AstraZeneca PLC updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about AstraZeneca PLC news. AstraZeneca has agreed its first major deal in RNA, signing a partnership with VaxEquity to create therapeutics using the technology that first proved itself with Covid-19 vaccines. The UK drugmaker will commercialise up to 26 drug…
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Pharmaceuticals sector updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Pharmaceuticals sector news. AstraZeneca is making its first deal in RNA, signing a partnership with VaxEquity to create therapeutics using the technology that first proved itself with the Covid-19 vaccines. The UK drugmaker will commercialise up to 26 drug…
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This concluding part extends the narrative from insurtech orchestrators (Part-1) and pioneers like Discovery’s Vitality (Part-2) to emerging ecosystem impacts, based on examples of Manulife and John Hancock, its US subsidiary. Customer-focused health ecosystems are being designed to seamlessly deliver the right care in the right setting at the right time. Globally, they are evolving…
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COP26 updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about COP26 news. Progress at this week’s UN General Assembly has left climate negotiators more hopeful for the COP26 summit in Glasgow, after significant climate commitments from both China and the US. A surprise announcement from President Xi Jinping that China…
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UK energy updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about UK energy news. The UK electricity company Drax has said it could keep its coal-fired power plants operating beyond their planned closure next year as the energy crisis in Europe highlights potential fragilities in Britain’s energy supplies. Will Gardiner,…
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Covid-19 vaccines updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Covid-19 vaccines news. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a third shot of the BioNTech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for vulnerable Americans including those aged 65 years and up and working in high-risk jobs such as healthcare. The decision to…
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Facebook Inc updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Facebook Inc news. Facebook’s longtime chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, is stepping down in the latest high-profile departure from the social media company as it battles its biggest public relations crisis since the Cambridge Analytica scandal. According to regulatory…
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LONDON (AP) — Scientists have found evidence of a resistant form of malaria in Uganda, a worrying sign that the top drug used against the parasitic disease could ultimately be rendered useless without more action to stop its spread. Researchers in Uganda analyzed blood samples from patients treated with artemesinin, the primary medicine used for…
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The UK’s economic recovery slowed at the end of the third quarter while price pressures intensified as companies passed on the rising costs of wages, transport and raw materials, a survey showed on Thursday. The flash, or interim, composite output index published by the research group IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and…
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The UK’s economic recovery slowed at the end of the third quarter while price pressures intensified as companies passed on the rising costs of wages, transport and raw materials, a survey showed on Thursday. The flash, or interim, composite output index published by the research group IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and…
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