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The sixth annual ranking of companies in the region with the highest growth. Health tech businesses thrive post-pandemic even as VC funding drops.
...Crowds poured on to the streets of Niger’s capital Niamey this week to call for the withdrawal of US forces only days after the arrival of dozens of Russian military instructors....
...The Department of Health and Social Care said: “We have cut overall waiting lists for four months running despite disruptive strikes and record winter pressures on our NHS....
...UK capital spending on health has fallen to half the OECD average since 2010. New fiscal rules must allow more. There is also a strong case for protecting spending on preventive health....
...“Labour’s plans will cost the taxpayer a lot more as very large profits are being made from NHS care by private companies,” he said....
...It may occur that all this is something we might care to do anyway as part of decarbonising the energy system and limiting climate change....
...The focus now is on care to reduce mortality.”...
...The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended Wegovy for people with a BMI of at least 35, or 30-35 if they have other health conditions....
...In some cases, outdated attitudes stand in the way of better maternal care....
...The goal of the AI stethoscope, designed by US company Eko Health, is to close these gaps and save the lives of heart patients who end up needing emergency care in hospital....
...Mobile-health Network Solutions, which operates the MaNaDr platform and other healthcare services, filed for a US listing in February which, at the midpoint of the proposed pricing range, would result in...
...A growing majority of EU capitals support the new sanctions, which would target the Iranian networks that supply Iran-backed militant groups across the region, according to four people briefed on the matter...
...Its woes stem from a debt-fuelled buying spree of health, education and social housing properties during the low interest rate era....
...Each of these measures would provoke fierce resistance from backbenchers, the media and industry, and eat up vital political capital....
...“This new study highlights the importance of preventing and managing obesity from early life to adulthood, through diet, physical activity and adequate care, as needed,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...
...Following the admittedly rather catastrophic population decline in England after the Black Death, the balance of economic power tilted dramatically in favour of labour over capital....
...Hunt’s announcement marked a significant change in approach from the Treasury, which has in the past shut down proposals for capital injections into the NHS that the Department of Health and Social Care...
...A 21st-century health and care system needs an estate and a long-term capital strategy to match. Sir Julian HartleyChief Executive, NHS ProvidersLondon SW1, UK...
...The drug, known as Dato-DXd, is an antibody drug conjugate that offers more targeted cancer care than traditional chemotherapy drugs....
...One reason for this is that Asia is a region containing half the world’s poor, where governments are still actively involved in addressing the challenges of low incomes and ill-health....
...Venture capital investment in gene editing dropped last year along with other biotech investments, falling from $2.45bn in 2022 to $1.06bn in 2023, according to data provider PitchBook....
...In France, start-ups in the Paris region accounted for two-thirds of the total capital raised in 2023, according to EY — which can mean founders are often reluctant to start a company in other regions....
...The health of the UK stock market moves inversely to media attention on the UK stock market. The more we care, the more it hurts. The more it hurts, the more we care....
...Silicon Valley’s blue-chip venture capital firm....
...Earlier this year, CVS Health spent nearly $20bn to acquire home health provider Signify Health and primary care network provider Oak Street Health....
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