World news | The Guardian5d ago
GSK reports promising early results in ovarian and womb cancer drug trial https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/12/gsk-promising-early-results-ovarian-womb-cancer-drug-trial #Gsk #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Business #UkNews #Cancer #MedicalResearch #Health #Drugs #ManufacturingSector #WomensHealth
GSK reports promising early results in ovarian and womb cancer drug trial

Mo-Rez reduced or eliminated tumours in over 60% of patients and is expected to be a blockbuster drug

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US news | The GuardianApr 2
Trump threatens 100% tariff on US drug makers that don’t strike deals to lower prices https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/trump-100-tariff-us-pharmaceutical-drug-makers #TrumpTariffs #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Business #UsNews #Tariffs #DonaldTrump #Drugs
Trump threatens 100% tariff on US drug makers that don’t strike deals to lower prices

New tax will hit branded drugs and active ingredients while exempting generics for at least one year

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
Some medicines could run out in weeks or even days, NHS England head warns https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/31/medicines-run-out-weeks-nhs-england #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Business #Nhs #Health #Society #England #ManufacturingSector #UkNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #Lbc
Some medicines could run out in weeks or even days, NHS England head warns

Jim Mackey tells LBC phone-in he is ‘really worried’ about supply issues amid US-Iran war

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World news | The GuardianMar 30
Mounjaro maker wants NHS drug price rises in return for more investment in UK https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/30/mounjaro-maker-eli-lilly-wants-nhs-drug-price-rises-in-return-for-more-investment-in-uk #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Nhs #Business #ManufacturingSector #UkNews #UsNews #WeightlossDrugs #Health
Mounjaro maker wants NHS drug price rises in return for more investment in UK

US firm Eli Lilly, which is also pushing for end to rebate scheme, optimistic about talks with ministers

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World news | The GuardianMar 28
UK ‘weeks away’ from medicine shortages if Iran war continues, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/28/uk-weeks-away-medicine-shortages-iran-war-impacts-experts-warn #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Business #UsisraelWarOnIran #ManufacturingSector #Nhs #UkNews #WorldNews #StraitOfHormuz
UK ‘weeks away’ from medicine shortages if Iran war continues, experts say

Concern that supply chain disruption could hit health essentials – and prices – from painkillers to cancer treatment

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Business | The Guardian USMar 16
Chinese-owned Syngenta to build new £100m bioscience hub in UK https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/16/syngenta-china-new-bioscience-hub-uk #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Agriculture #Business #Science #Biosciences #Farming #UkNews #Investing #Pesticides #Environment
Chinese-owned Syngenta to build new £100m bioscience hub in UK

Agrichemical group will open a research centre in Berkshire, in a move hailed by UK government as ‘clear’ vote of confidence

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World news | The GuardianMar 13
Patients face long journeys for medicines as pharmacies cut weekend hours https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/13/patients-face-long-journeys-for-medicines-as-pharmacies-cut-weekend-hours #Nhs #Society #Health #RuralAffairs #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Business #UkNews #HealthPolicy #Politics #PublicServicesPolicy
Patients face long journeys for medicines as pharmacies cut weekend hours

More than 20% of weekend availability lost in England since 2022, forcing some to turn to A&E, says national association

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US news | The GuardianMar 11
Sir Ronnie Hampel obituary https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/11/sir-ronnie-hampel-obituary #Ici #Business #Unilever #CorporateGovernance #RichardDesmond #DailyExpress #Astrazeneca #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Austria #UsNews #EdenProject
Sir Ronnie Hampel obituary

Chief executive and chairman of ICI in the 1990s who oversaw the creation of the pharmaceutical company Zeneca

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World news | The GuardianMar 10
Pipeline of new drugs to fight superbugs is ‘worryingly thin’, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/10/new-drugs-fight-superbugs-uk-gsk-astrazeneca #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Gsk #Astrazeneca #Business #InfectiousDiseases #MedicalResearch #Science #UkNews
Pipeline of new drugs to fight superbugs is ‘worryingly thin’, experts warn

UK’s GSK is leading the way in research but AstraZeneca is not involved in the area, report finds

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World news | The GuardianMar 6
Weight-loss drugs alone will not solve UK’s obesity crisis, says Chris Whitty https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/06/weight-loss-drugs-alone-not-solve-uk-obesity-crisis-chris-whitty #WeightlossDrugs #ChrisWhitty #Obesity #UkNews #Society #Science #HealthPolicy #Health #PharmaceuticalsIndustry
Weight-loss drugs alone will not solve UK’s obesity crisis, says Chris Whitty

Chief medical adviser warns of side-effects and calls for action on junk food advertising and making food healthier

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