Tagomics: Disease diagnosis firm bags £6.7m in funding for cancer research February 22, 2024 The funding round will enable Tagomics to discover new signs of cancer and advance drug development and therapy selection for patients.
Doctors must be paid more, but money alone won’t solve the NHS’s recruitment woes January 2, 2024 The NHS's cumbersome recruitment process must be reformed if we are to fix our broken healthcare system, writes Jonathan Evans.
Five areas of tech which will dominate 2024: From climate to blockchain December 23, 2023 Investors will also be closely watching government regulation against the misuse of AI.
Payally boss: Big Tech crackdown will kill London startups September 13, 2023 The UK needs to “loosen its grip” on Big Tech and steer away from copying the EU’s tough approach to the sector, the founder payments firm Payally has warned. “We need to be attracting big tech to London, not discouraging it,” Rafal Andzejevski told City A.M. “For right or for wrong, we left the EU, [...]
Covid medical boss Jonathan Van-Tam takes job at vaccine maker Moderna August 18, 2023 Former Covid medical officer Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam has joined vaccine maker Moderna as an advisor, it has been revealed. The former deputy chief medical officer, who played a key role in the UK’s pandemic response has taken the post on a part-time basis at the US pharmaceutical giant, since May. He is working as [...]
Wellbeing disruptor UNTIL bags Dragon Steven Bartlett in bid to mend ‘broken’ industry August 14, 2023 Entrepreneur and star of Dragon’s Den, Steven Bartlett, has pumped cash in to London wellness disruptor UNTIL, as he joins the brand in a top executive role to drive its expansion. The investor joined as its new marketing co-founder to help fix the “broken” sector, following investment into the industry which is worth £3.5tn . [...]
Philips shares and profits up as investors dismiss £575m sleep device recall bill April 24, 2023 Philips shares jumped 13 per cent on Monday as the Dutch health technology company reported much better than expected first-quarter results and said it had set aside €575 million ($631 million) related to lawsuits over its recall of respiratory devices. Amsterdam-based Philips has been grappling with the fallout of the global recall of millions of respirators used to treat [...]
Warning NHS dentistry ‘approaching the end of the road’ as Bupa to shut 85 practices impacting 1,200 jobs March 29, 2023 Bupa Dental Care is set to cut 85 dental practices in a move that will affect 1,200 staff across the UK, amid a national shortage of dentists and “systemic” challenges across the industry. The healthcare group said patients at the affected practices have not been able to access the NHS dental service they need. Bupa, [...]
Tech Nation’s fall must not mean the end of UK’s global talent visa February 1, 2023 The future of Britain’s global talent visa – otherwise known as the tech visa – is in doubt after the winding down of Tech Nation. It shouldn’t be. One of the successes of Britain’s transition out of the European Union has been the professional side of the immigration system. The transition for those seeking ‘settled [...]
London AI startup InstaDeep bought by BionTech in half-a-billion deal January 11, 2023 London based AI startup InstaDeep has been bought out by biotechnology giant BioNTech in a half-a-billion pound deal. InstaDeep focuses on machine learning and artificial intelligence, and has raised nearly £100m across four seed rounds. The deal will allow BioNTech to use InstaDeep’s machine learning to “improve its drug discovery process, including developing personalised treatments tailored [...]