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Fidson Healthcare is putting up equity financing for consideration at its annual meeting of shareholders this month, hoping to secure a key approval for an additional capital raise of N30 …

Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson’s disease that’s caused by a single genetic mutation, according to a new …

A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced four individuals, two Nigerians and two Beninoise, to five years imprisonment each for smuggling 5.622 kilograms of cocaine across the Seme Border …

Fergus Walsh Medical Editor BBC Mary Catchpole is the first person to benefit from a new treatment for a rare condition affecting her family A teenager from Norfolk has become …

Penn-led researchers have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound. After isolating a new class of molecules from Aspergillus flavus, a toxic crop fungus linked to deaths in …

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Novo Nordisk’s new injectable obesity drug has the potential to …

Topline Yeztugo, a twice-a-year antiviral shot to prevent HIV, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, marking a major advance in battling AIDS. Yeztugo was approved by …

Law enforcement authorities from six countries took down the Archetyp Market, an infamous darknet drug marketplace that has been operating since May 2020. Archetyp Market sellers provided the market’s customers …

A groundbreaking UK-wide trial has found a chemotherapy-free approach to treating leukaemia that may lead to better outcomes for some patients, with the results being hailed as a “milestone”. Led …

The first time I gave him a gummy, I thought, ‘Oh my God, have I killed him?’ He just passed out in front of the TV. That never happens.” Jen is remembering …