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Top Life Science News and Trends in 2023 at Xtalks

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In 2023, there were significant advancements and notable trends in the life sciences. These advancements and trends addressed important industry challenges and offered opportunities to foster innovations and solutions in areas including drug development, healthcare and medical devices.

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4 Life Sciences Trends for 2023

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The life sciences and healthcare are among the biggest industries globally, and their significance was particularly highlighted during the past couple of years by the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the hyperfocus on the life sciences thanks to COVID, consumers appear to be more autonomous and vocal about their medical demands and choices.

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UK Vaccine Taskforce head lifts lid on Novavax deal

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The UK’s unique offering as a life sciences research hub helped convince US biotech Novavax to develop its COVID-19 jab there, according to the head of the country’s Vaccines Taskforce. . If you look at the development, we signed 15,000 people in six weeks in a trial set up by the NHS.

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Large pharma companies support Women in STEM leadership pilot 

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The programme is aimed at organisations seeking to develop leadership and mentoring skills and promote diversity in the life sciences work environment. The programme is aimed at organisations seeking to develop leadership and mentoring skills and promote diversity in the life sciences work environment.

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Governments and pharma relationships and implications for antimicrobial resistance

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Before the Covid-19 pandemic, government-led investment and engagement in life sciences was relatively restricted worldwide, with the industry mostly funded via private investment. This included more than £6bn ($7.3bn) being made available by the UK Government in November 2020 for the development and procurement of successful vaccines.

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UK’s NHS Backs World’s Costliest Drug for Treatment of MLD + Report Finds Increase in Pharma Cybersecurity Threats – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 48

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The drug was developed by Orchard Therapeutics and the NHS was able to negotiate a greater discount on it with the company so that it can offer it to patients in England. The team also talked about a digital risk report that revealed the existence of significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities among the world’s top pharma companies.

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The Pandemic Treaty and the opportunity to end ‘vaccine apartheid’

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Ben Hargreaves discovers why some have referred to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as a form of apartheid. Further, with a pandemic treaty in development, there are reasons to believe that many countries and the WHO want to see a more equitable distribution of medical products for future pandemics.