Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $750m for deliberately concealing cancer-causing asbestos in its baby powder
Four plaintiffs with mesothelioma first accused Johnson & Johnson of covering up the fact its Baby Powder talc…
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World Cancer Day 2020: How ‘game-changing’ new technologies can improve clinical trials of cancer drugs
04 Feb 20US tech company Medidata has 20 years of experience in using software to improve the effectiveness of clinical…
First AI-generated drug to begin human clinical trials in Japan
30 Jan 20Exscientia CEO Andrew Hopkins has described the OCD medication reaching human trials as a "key milestone" in AI…
Air pollution will lead to seven million children being diagnosed with asthma by 2023, says analyst
18 Dec 19A report by the World Health Organisation in 2018 found that 630 million children under the age of…
Cancer cure may be on the horizon after synthesis of halichondrin molecule
13 Nov 19Japanese scientists first sourced halichondrin from sea sponges in 1986, and have been attempting to manufacture it for…
The future of postoperative care could be like a luxury hotel experience – but end up cutting healthcare costs
07 Nov 19Radboud University Medical Center, in the Netherlands, is aiming to transform postoperative care by giving patients more control…
What is Healthy.io? The smartphone app that can perform a urine test at home
02 Oct 19Healthy.io has been granted FDA clearance and raised $78m in investment to date
Technology in the wine industry: How IoT is transforming vineyards
10 Sep 19Smart sensors can detect crop disease, monitor soil quality and optimise cellar temperatures to maximise wine quality