Medicines

US Study Discovers 275 Million New Genetic Variants That Can Significantly Improve Drug Development

US Study Discovers 275 Million New Genetic Variants That Can Significantly Improve Drug Development

A new study that examined the genetic code of nearly 250,000 volunteers in the US found over 275 million entirely new variants.

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GlaxoSmithKline Seeks No Patent to Make Medicines More Affordable for Poor Nations

GlaxoSmithKline pledged not to file patents to make drugs more affordable to poor countries. Any GSK drugs that are included in the list of the World Health Organization's important medicines will be included automatically.

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GSK cuts U.S. sales and research jobs as market gets tougher

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) said on Wednesday it would shed "several hundred" U.S. commercial jobs and a similar number of research positions as it restructures operations in its biggest market, where drug sales are flagging.

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Thermo Fisher pledges to fix glitch in drug analysis software

Thermo Fisher Scientific has pledged to correct a glitch in software used to analyze data from clinical drug trials within "four to eight weeks", after independent experts highlighted a potential for errors.

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Does taking more medicines make you sicker?

Patients with a single illness who take many drugs have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital, but for patients with multiple conditions, taking many medicines is now associated with a near-normal risk of admission.

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