World’s first gene-editing therapy for humans approved in UK
Treatment offers relief and possibly a cure for patients with sickle cell disease and one other blood ailment
Medicines And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Diabetes patients forced to ration insulin due to product shortage
Medicine scarcity forcing some patients to change their diet in effort to use less insulin
Irish patients wait more than 18 months for new drugs after green light, survey finds
Average of 567 days from time drug authorised by European Medicines Agency to being made available to patients
Vaccine trials: Reparations and consent not only points of conflict between Government and GSK
Clinical trials carried out between 1934 and 1973 centred on childhood vaccines and infant milk products
Medicine shortage: What impact is it having in Ireland?
A lack of key drugs causes workload mayhem for GPs and pharmacists as well as being a threat to the health and habits of patients
Medical aesthetics clinic group Thérapie to expand in US
Group run by siblings Phillip and Katie McGlade will report revenue of more than €100m for 2022
Irish pharma firm Amryt nears approval for butterfly skin treatment
EMA has 67 days to decide whether to back recommendation of its expert committee
All adults aged over 40 in UK to be offered Covid vaccine booster
Broadening of booster campaign in UK to ‘help extend protection into 2022’
Johnson to set out Covid plan for coming months with focus on jabs
British PM says he is ‘determined to get rid of any powers’ no longer needed
Governments need ‘portfolio of vaccines’ to beat Covid, says EMA head
Dr Emer Cooke warns against depending too heavily on a single shot or type of vaccine
If the vaccine clot risk is tiny, why is it scaring people?
We face a far higher risk from Covid-19 than from very rare clots after vaccination
Q&A: Covid vaccine side effects – What are they, who gets them and why?
The AstraZeneca and Pfizer jabs both have side effects, but experts say most are mild and brief
How have other countries responded to concerns over the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Indonesia continues use of Covid-19 jab while Italy, Philippines, South Korea set age limits
Spain and Italy to restrict AstraZeneca’s Covid jab to over-60s
Shift will complicate both countries’ efforts to step up vaccination programmes
North’s Covid-19 vaccine programme opens to people aged between 40 and 44
Almost a million doses administered in NI, including 167,000 second jabs
EU may restrict Covid-19 vaccine exports, Von Der Leyen says, as Europe faces third wave
Professor says decision by European countries to halt AstraZeneca vaccine ‘not logical’
North’s chief medical officer ‘delighted’ to get AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab
NI still administering vaccine, use of which has been temporarily halted in the State
Newton Emerson: EU attitude to goods checks in North is unhelpful
Is bureaucratic intransigence behind Brussels’s quest for border enforcement?
Covid-19: AstraZeneca jab may reduce transmission by two-thirds
New coronavirus mutations similar to South African variant discovered in Bristol and Liverpool
UK ready to tweak vaccines to fight variants, says Johnson
British prime minister says he is concerned about dangerous new strains of coronavirus
How well does the Oxford vaccine work? What we know so far
How the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab works, its advantages and possible limitations
Allergy warning on Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine
UK regulator alert after two NHS staff have adverse reaction shortly after getting first shot
Supply of Covid vaccine doses held up by manufacturing delays
Oxford/AstraZeneca will rely on European plants for initial supplies after UK supply chain holdup
Fauci slams UK drugs regulator for speedy approval of Pfizer vaccine
US government’s top infectious-disease specialist claims data was not scrutinised
Britain is certainly not leading the fight against Covid-19
We are not in a race against each other, only coronavirus and the havoc it can wreak
Covid-19 vaccine distribution could start early in new year, says Donnelly
European Medicines Agency to complete review of Pfizer vaccine by December 29th
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine: what you need to know about UK approval
Q&A: Britain rushes to start Covid vaccination campaign
Oxford Covid vaccine trials offer hope for elderly
Vaccine in development with AstraZeneca triggers antibodies in older people
Irish company to test vaccines on volunteers deliberately infected with Covid-19
Open Orphan’s hVivo unit will conduct world’s first human challenge trials of several vaccine candidates
EpiPen declared ‘out of stock’ amid global shortage
Health Products Regulatory Authority expects shortage to be alleviated next month
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