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An illustration of a pair of lungs that are filled with various circles of different colour and size. Some smaller circles are floating outside of the lungs. Image Credit: National Health Service. Metagenomic testing for diagnosis and surveillance
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UK consortium to build world’s first real-time pandemic surveillance system

The UK, along with a clutch of government and private entities, has set afoot plans to create the world’s first real-time surveillance system.

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British-Swedish AstraZeneca’s drug for treatment of a form of blood cancer has been granted a Priority Review in the US by the drug regulator.
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AstraZeneca’s experimental blood cancer drug gets US priority review

British-Swedish AstraZeneca’s drug for treatment of a form of blood cancer has been granted a Priority Review in the US by the drug.

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China’s drug regulator, the National Medical Products Association, has approved AstraZeneca Plc’s asthma drug.
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AstraZeneca’s asthma drug gets regulator’s approval in China

China’s drug regulator, the National Medical Products Association, has approved  AstraZeneca Plc’s asthma drug.

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The US drug regulator has granted permission for expanded use of British pharmaceutical company, GSK Plc’s endometrial cancer drug.
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US regulator allows GSK’s endometrial cancer therapy for expanded use

The US drug regulator has granted permission for expanded use of British pharmaceutical company, GSK Plc’s endometrial cancer drug.

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The Europen Union has approved AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso along with chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer patients after trials showed an extended nine months of survival.
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AstraZeneca’s medicine for non-small lung cancer gets EU nod

HQ Team July 5, 2024: The Europen Union has approved AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso along with chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer patients after trials showed.

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The World Health Organization has issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, an active ingredient in Ozempic, a diabetic drug made by Novo Nordisk and weight-loss medication Wegovy.
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WHO issues medical alert on falsified weight-loss, diabetic drugs

The World Health Organization has issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, an active ingredient in Ozempic, a diabetic drug made by.

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The government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has detected avian influenza in mammals for the first time in the sub-Antarctica region, threatening its fragile ecosystem and the risk of the disease spreading to other seabirds and sea mammals.
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First confirmed case of avian influenza in mammals found in sub-Antarctica 

HQ Team January 16, 2024: The government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has detected avian influenza in mammals for the.

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Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has cleared a vaccine made by Pfizer Inc., and its German partner BioNTech SE that targets Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant alone.
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Pfizer, BioNTech’s Covid-19 variant vaccine gets UK nod

HQ Team September 6, 2023: Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has cleared a vaccine made by Pfizer Inc., and its German.

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Roche’s atezolizumab drug Tecentriq, to treat cancer, was approved by Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
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Roche’s under-the-skin cancer injection gets Britain’s nod 

HQ Team August 30, 2023: Roche’s atezolizumab drug Tecentriq, to treat cancer, was approved by Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. Tecentriq.

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