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Pharmaceutical Press, the knowledge business of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, will attend WHX Dubai 2026 to shine a spotlight on one of the most pressing - yet preventable - threats to patient safety worldwide: medication errors. At WHX Dubai 2026, Pharmaceutical Press will demonstrate how its evidence-based pharmaceutical knowledge supports confident decisions about the safe [...]
Orlando Agrippa comments on why tightening regulation must not come at the expense of progress for patients In recent years, a quiet but consequential transformation has been unfolding far above the Earth’s surface. Thousands of satellites have been placed into low-Earth orbit, forming a dense and expanding digital mesh around the planet. With further large-scale [...]
Corxel has raised US$287m in a series D to fund phase 2 studies of its oral GLP-1 receptor agonist for obesity and support planned phase 3 trials. GLP-1 receptor agonists are medicines that mimic a natural hormone to help control blood sugar and reduce appetite, and have become a major focus in the weight-loss market. [...]
Scanning ultrasound was safe and well tolerated in a first-in-human Alzheimer’s pilot study conducted in Australia. The pilot split 12 people with Alzheimer’s into groups to test different levels of ultrasound stimulation in the brain. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia and affects more than 480,000 Australians. Without major scientific advances, 6.4 million [...]
CluePoints, provider of leading statistical and AI-driven software solutions, has appointed Sinead Godkin as its new chief people officer (CPO). With deep experience scaling global technology organisations through periods of rapid growth, Godkin will lead CluePoints’ people strategy as the company enters its next stage of expansion. Godkin brings senior leadership experience from some of [...]
Medtronic has finalised a US$90m investment in Anteris Technologies, a Minnesota medtech firm developing TAVR valve technology. Anteris focuses on structural heart technologies and is known for its biomimetic DurAVR transcatheter heart valve (THV) system, which the company says is the first of its kind. The DurAVR valve is made from a single piece of [...]
Gifthealth has announced the appointment of Jeremy Richardson as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Richardson brings nearly two decades of leadership experience in sales, marketing, trade, and business development across some of the most respected organizations in healthcare. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Strategy & Commercial Growth at Elevance Health. Richardson [...]
StuffThatWorks has announced that Julie A. Ross, former CEO of global CRO Advanced Clinical, has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and president, effective immediately. Ross will lead the company’s next phase of growth as it scales its proprietary patient-derived AI model designed to address the most persistent constraint in pharmaceutical development: lack of [...]
Psyomics has launched beseen for neurodiversity, a new digital tool that supports NHS services struggling to meet the demand of neurodevelopmental referrals and backlogs. Developed in collaboration with Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) and informed by engagement with more than 15 NHS providers, the platform has been tailored to meet the needs of [...]
PharmaForceIQ has announced its acquisition of Aktana, aligning its cutting-edge digital orchestration platform with the industry’s premier AI-driven field Next-Best-Action (NBA) platform. The strategic move creates the industry’s first optichannel-in-a-box solution for pharma companies – an end-to-end commercial customer engagement system that can go live in as little as 6–8 weeks. This becomes the most [...]
