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Cardiff-based CatSci eyes strategic growth following senior board appointments

Dr Claire Madden-Smith and Andy Jones are joining the firm as board advisors

Birmingham Post

Glasgow minister to host drug death vigil to remember thousands of lives lost

Campaigners will be gathering to "remember and reflect" on the lives lost to drug deaths at a vigil in Glasgow. The event will include the lighting of candles and a silent walk around the streets.

Glasgow Live

Mum tries nine different pharmacies in desperate search of antibiotics for sick son

Concerns have been raised over a "shortage" of antibiotics

Liverpool Echo

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As fentanyl use spikes, feds urge states to ease methadone rules

Ever since the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl began showing up in the illicit drug supply in 2014, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has skyrocketed — exceeding all other accidental deaths, including car crashes and gun violence.

Tribune News Service

Coronavirus update: China's Covid tsunami could spark a dangerous new variant that infects the world

BEIJING: The tsunami of Covid-19 that’s taking hold across China is spurring concern that a dangerous new virus variant could emerge for the first time in more than a year, just as genetic sequencing to catch such a threat is dwindling.

The Times of India

Warning issued after nearly 200 children die from contaminated cough syrup in Indonesia

Parents have been given an urgent warning over 'substandard' medicine after suspected contamination of cough syrup in Indonesia led to the deaths of almost 200 people, mostly children

Daily Mirror

'Asia's El Chapo' extradited to Australia

SYDNEY: The alleged boss of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most wanted men has been extradited to Australia and arrested on drug trafficking charges, police said Thursday.

Bangkok Post

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DDC urges polio jabs for kids

The Public Health Ministry is on full alert to administer the polio vaccine to Thai kids aged under five years old as almost 600 polio cases were recently detected in 22 countries, including Indonesia.

Bangkok Post

'Asia's El Chapo' extradited to Australia to face drug trafficking charges

Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday it had taken the head of a global drug trafficking syndicate, dubbed 'Asia's El Chapo', into custody after he was extradited from the Netherlands.

Reuters

Thousands of MDMA tablets seized in pre-Christmas bust in Tasmanian hotel

Tasmanian police arrest a man and seize thousands of colourful MDMA pills worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in a pre-Christmas bust.

ABC News

Accused global drug kingpin faces court

The alleged kingpin of a global drug trafficking syndicate has appeared in a Melbourne court after being extradited from the Netherlands to face justice.

AAP

Alleged global drug syndicate leader Tse Chi Lop extradited to Australia from the Netherlands

Canadian national Tse Chi Lop is extradited to Melbourne from the Netherlands to face charges of conspiracy to traffic commercial quantities of controlled drugs.

ABC News

Tasmanian police seize $400k MDMA batch

A 47-year-old Hobart man has been charged after police seized more than 11,000 MDMA pills, worth about $400,000, along with drug manufacturing equipment.

AAP

Gambia says it has foiled alleged coup attempt

Several soldiers are arrested in Gambia over a foiled alleged coup plot. Authorities say they're in pursuit of three other suspected accomplices. Also in Gambia, a parliamentary committee recommends that the government ban and prosecute an Indian pharmaceutical company accused of causing the deaths of at least 70 children. And…

France 24

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Birmingham Post

Construction firm Merit completes first phase of £66m Stevenage scheme

Merit delivered the milestone three years faster than the biotech industry standard of around five years

Daily Mirror

Enough fentanyl was seized in the US this year by drug cops to kill EVERY American

More than 397 million fatal fentanyl doses have been intercepted this year with just two milligrams enough to be deadly, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration

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3 Biotech Stocks to Buy for Under $20 Right Now

The need for more advanced biotech research and development has increased amid an aging population and growing medical needs. Investors' sentiment toward biotech stocks has improved significantly over the past months. Given the industry's solid prospects, fundamentally sound biotech stocks Exelixis (EXEL), Innoviva (INVA), and Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX) might be…

Reuters

First foreign COVID vaccines head to China from Germany

Berlin has sent its first batch of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to China to be administered initially to German expatriates, a German government spokesperson said on Wednesday, the first foreign coronavirus vaccine to be delivered to the country.

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China to Boost Supply of Pfizer’s Covid Pill as Demand Soars, Expert Says

The antiviral drug Paxlovid will be gradually made available at all medical institutions and at the community level, says head of the infectious diseases department at Peking University First Hospital

The Independent UK

Gambia parliament recommends suing of Indian manufacturer of cough syrups

India says premature blame on Indian drugs ‘adversely impacted image’ across globe

Dynamite News

Rising COVID Cases News From China Is Concerning: SII CEO Adar Poonawala, Urges People Not To Panic

Raising concern on the rising COVID-19 cases in neighbouring China, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala on Wednesday asked the people not to panic because of India's "excellent vaccination coverage and track record". Read on for details:

The Canberra Times

139 drug samples tested in fourth month of ACT pill testing

By the end of November, the Moore Street facility had processed 371 samples.

The Independent UK

Enough fentanyl to kill every American was seized this year, DEA says

DEA says it seized more than 379 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl in 2022

The Independent UK

Ministers warned not to delay release of papers in PPE Medpro row

MPs have been told the release of documents on coronavirus contracts awarded to PPE Medpro might have to wait for criminal investigations to end.

WEKU

CVS and Walgreens limit sales of children's meds as the 'tripledemic' drives demand

Walgreens will limit online orders of children's fever and pain medicine to six items "to help support availability and avoid excess purchases." At CVS stores, purchases will be limited to two.

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