NLS Global report

This year’s BIO international Convention is back in Boston again after 5 years in other cities or going digital during the pandemic. Considering the number of attendees (at least 18,000 from 85 countries) and exhibiting companies in a fully packed exhibition area, it feels like BIO in Boston 2018, yet significantly different in some respects. […]

Pfizer and Seagen have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Seagen for 229 USD in cash per Seagen share for a total enterprise value of 43 billion USD. “Together, Pfizer and Seagen seek to accelerate the next generation of cancer breakthroughs and bring new solutions to patients by combining the […]

The partners in Pandemic Antiviral Discovery (PAD) initiative has announced grants totalling more than USD 26 million for 14 research projects aimed at facilitating early-stage development of drugs to treat henipavirus infection and disease in humans. These grants mark the majority of the first investments to come from the PAD initiative, a global philanthropic collaboration […]

The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization (CMA) for CSL’s HEMGENIX, the first and only one-time gene therapy for the treatment of severe and moderately severe hemophilia B in adults without a history of Factor IX inhibitors. In the ongoing clinical trial, HEMGENIX reduced the rate of annual bleeds with a single infusion by delivering […]

This weekend most countries in Europe will spring backward one hour. We take a closer look upon how our inner clock regulates critical functions like behavior, hormone levels, sleep, body temperature and metabolism. Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not removed in 2022 despite the fact that the European Parliament voted to end daylight saving time in […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has made a Medical Product Alert that refers to four substandard (contaminated) products, identified in The Gambia and reported to WHO in September 2022. The four products are Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup. The stated manufacturer of these products […]