Health

Companies engaged in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, research services, home healthcare, hospital operations, long‑term care, and the manufacture and supply of medical equipment and supplies. The sector also includes pharmaceutical retailers and providers of health‑information services. UK‑listed companies in this sector include AstraZeneca plc, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Smith & Nephew plc, Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc, ConvaTec Group plc, Spire Healthcare plc and EMIS Group plc.

Nuformix appoints Kreston Reeves Audit as new auditor

Nuformix has appointed Kreston Reeves Audit LLP as its new auditor following the restructuring of Kreston Reeves LLP...

Aptamer Group to announce full year 2025 results on 14 October

Aptamer Group will publish results for the year ended 30 June 2025 on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, with an online analyst briefing at 9.30 am hosted by CEO Dr Arron Tolley and CFO Andrew Rapson. ...

Smith & Nephew to host Capital Markets Days in London and New York

Smith & Nephew will hold Capital Markets Days on 8 December in London and 11 December in New York to outline its new strategy, mid-term priorities, and portfolio growth plans...

Aptamer Group secures £360,000 contract with top 3 global pharma

Aptamer Group has signed a £360,000 development contract with a leading global pharmaceutical company to engineer Optimer® binders as targeted radiopharmaceuticals...

EDX Medical launches TC100, UK’s most advanced testicular cancer testing service

EDX Medical Group plc has commenced marketing its TC100 testicular cancer testing service, described as the most advanced of its kind in the UK...

When physicians turn practice into property

Physicians are increasingly turning to medical real estate to convert income into lasting ownership, transforming their practices into legacy assets that outlive their careers...

Cizzle Biotechnology strengthens North American rollout of CIZ1B lung cancer test (LON:CIZ)

Cizzle Biotechnology Executive Chairman Dr Allan Syms spoke with DirectorsTalk about the company’s interim results and progress in commercialising its CIZ1B blood test for the early detection of lung cancer...

Cizzle Biotechnology US Rollout Begins as Lung Cancer Test Moves from Lab to Clinic (Video)

Cizzle Biotechnology is now in commercial motion, with its lung cancer diagnostic test entering clinical validation across North America. Backed by Cizzle Bio, OmniHealth, and the Moffitt Cancer Center, the company is moving from lab bench to nationwide rollout — with royalty payments already in hand...

GSK Plc names Luke Miels as CEO Designate, effective January 2026

GSK has announced the appointment of Luke Miels as CEO Designate, with full responsibilities and a Board position from 1 January 2026. Currently Chief Commercial Officer, Luke has been key in expanding GSK’s specialty medicines and vaccines portfolio, bringing senior experience from AstraZeneca, Roche and Sanofi-Aventis...

Cizzle Biotechnology expands North American rollout of CIZ1B lung cancer test

Cizzle Biotechnology has confirmed further progress in the US launch of its CIZ1B biomarker test through exclusive partner Cizzle Bio Inc, which is completing validation with Omni Health Diagnostics...

Aptamer Group to present at ShareSoc Growth Company seminar in Leeds

Aptamer will present at the ShareSoc Growth Company Seminar on Wednesday, 8 October 2025, at the Leonardo Hotel, Leeds. CEO Dr Arron Tolley and CFO Andrew Rapson will update investors on the Company’s progress, with a recording of the presentation to be published on the Aptamer website after the event...

Halma Plc lifts FY revenue growth guidance in trading update

Halma plc reported strong progress in the first half of its financial year to 30 September 2025, raising full-year revenue growth guidance to low double-digit organic constant currency growth, up from upper single digits...

Nuformix to present NXP002 data at ERS Congress 2025

Nuformix will attend the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam from 28 September 2025, where it will present new findings from its lead programme, NXP002, an inhaled treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...

AstraZeneca’s Tezspire recommended for EU approval in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

The European Medicines Agency’s CHMP has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Tezspire (tezepelumab) for adult patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps...

Roquefort Therapeutics Stephen West analyses value of US acquisition (LON:ROQ)

Roquefort Therapeutics Executive Chairman Stephen West discusses the company’s proposed £30 million reverse takeover of Coiled Therapeutics. The deal, supported by a £6 million investment from A2A Pharmaceuticals and its investors, will pivot Roquefort into a clinical-stage biotech, adding AO-252, a novel TACC3-targeting cancer therapy already in Phase I trials, to its pipeline...

One Health Group reports strong trading and progress on surgical hub development

One Health Group has confirmed that trading for the year to date remains in line with expectations, with continued organic growth and progress on its first Surgical Hub in Scunthorpe. The company will provide a further trading update for the six months to 30 September 2025 in late October...

Roquefort Therapeutics secures exclusivity with Coiled Therapeutics RTO, eyeing AIM relist and NASDAQ (Video)

Executive Chairman Stephen West explains how AO-252, Coiled’s first-in-class oncology asset, could reshape Roquefort’s pipeline, transform shareholder value, and set the stage for an AIM relist with an eye on NASDAQ..

Aptamer signs contract with Metir for Cryptosporidium detection binders

Aptamer has signed a new contract with Metir plc to develop Optimer® binders for the rapid detection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in Metir’s Pathogen Detector platform...

One Health Group shortlisted for two prestigious awards at the 30th anniversary AIM Awards

Sheffield-headquartered One Health Group plc (LON:OHGR), an independent provider of NHS-funded medical procedures, is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for two categories..

Roquefort Therapeutics plc plans transformational acquisition into clinical stage biotech company (LON:ROQ)

Roquefort Therapeutics has signed Heads of Terms to acquire 100% of Coiled Therapeutics, Inc. in a reverse takeover valued at £30 million, payable in shares. Coiled USA, a spin-out from A2A Pharmaceuticals, holds exclusive worldwide rights to AO-252, a first-in-class cancer therapy currently in Phase I trials in the United States...
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Nuformix appoints Kreston Reeves Audit as new auditor

Nuformix has appointed Kreston Reeves Audit LLP as its new auditor following the restructuring of Kreston Reeves LLP...

Aptamer Group to announce full year 2025 results on 14 October

Aptamer Group will publish results for the year ended 30 June 2025 on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, with an online analyst briefing at 9.30 am hosted by CEO Dr Arron Tolley and CFO Andrew Rapson. ...

Smith & Nephew to host Capital Markets Days in London and New York

Smith & Nephew will hold Capital Markets Days on 8 December in London and 11 December in New York to outline its new strategy, mid-term priorities, and portfolio growth plans...

Aptamer Group secures £360,000 contract with top 3 global pharma

Aptamer Group has signed a £360,000 development contract with a leading global pharmaceutical company to engineer Optimer® binders as targeted radiopharmaceuticals...

EDX Medical launches TC100, UK’s most advanced testicular cancer testing service

EDX Medical Group plc has commenced marketing its TC100 testicular cancer testing service, described as the most advanced of its kind in the UK...

When physicians turn practice into property

Physicians are increasingly turning to medical real estate to convert income into lasting ownership, transforming their practices into legacy assets that outlive their careers...

Cizzle Biotechnology strengthens North American rollout of CIZ1B lung cancer test (LON:CIZ)

Cizzle Biotechnology Executive Chairman Dr Allan Syms spoke with DirectorsTalk about the company’s interim results and progress in commercialising its CIZ1B blood test for the early detection of lung cancer...

Cizzle Biotechnology US Rollout Begins as Lung Cancer Test Moves from Lab to Clinic (Video)

Cizzle Biotechnology is now in commercial motion, with its lung cancer diagnostic test entering clinical validation across North America. Backed by Cizzle Bio, OmniHealth, and the Moffitt Cancer Center, the company is moving from lab bench to nationwide rollout — with royalty payments already in hand...

GSK Plc names Luke Miels as CEO Designate, effective January 2026

GSK has announced the appointment of Luke Miels as CEO Designate, with full responsibilities and a Board position from 1 January 2026. Currently Chief Commercial Officer, Luke has been key in expanding GSK’s specialty medicines and vaccines portfolio, bringing senior experience from AstraZeneca, Roche and Sanofi-Aventis...

Cizzle Biotechnology expands North American rollout of CIZ1B lung cancer test

Cizzle Biotechnology has confirmed further progress in the US launch of its CIZ1B biomarker test through exclusive partner Cizzle Bio Inc, which is completing validation with Omni Health Diagnostics...

Aptamer Group to present at ShareSoc Growth Company seminar in Leeds

Aptamer will present at the ShareSoc Growth Company Seminar on Wednesday, 8 October 2025, at the Leonardo Hotel, Leeds. CEO Dr Arron Tolley and CFO Andrew Rapson will update investors on the Company’s progress, with a recording of the presentation to be published on the Aptamer website after the event...

Halma Plc lifts FY revenue growth guidance in trading update

Halma plc reported strong progress in the first half of its financial year to 30 September 2025, raising full-year revenue growth guidance to low double-digit organic constant currency growth, up from upper single digits...

Nuformix to present NXP002 data at ERS Congress 2025

Nuformix will attend the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam from 28 September 2025, where it will present new findings from its lead programme, NXP002, an inhaled treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...

AstraZeneca’s Tezspire recommended for EU approval in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

The European Medicines Agency’s CHMP has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Tezspire (tezepelumab) for adult patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps...

Roquefort Therapeutics Stephen West analyses value of US acquisition (LON:ROQ)

Roquefort Therapeutics Executive Chairman Stephen West discusses the company’s proposed £30 million reverse takeover of Coiled Therapeutics. The deal, supported by a £6 million investment from A2A Pharmaceuticals and its investors, will pivot Roquefort into a clinical-stage biotech, adding AO-252, a novel TACC3-targeting cancer therapy already in Phase I trials, to its pipeline...

One Health Group reports strong trading and progress on surgical hub development

One Health Group has confirmed that trading for the year to date remains in line with expectations, with continued organic growth and progress on its first Surgical Hub in Scunthorpe. The company will provide a further trading update for the six months to 30 September 2025 in late October...

Roquefort Therapeutics secures exclusivity with Coiled Therapeutics RTO, eyeing AIM relist and NASDAQ (Video)

Executive Chairman Stephen West explains how AO-252, Coiled’s first-in-class oncology asset, could reshape Roquefort’s pipeline, transform shareholder value, and set the stage for an AIM relist with an eye on NASDAQ..

Aptamer signs contract with Metir for Cryptosporidium detection binders

Aptamer has signed a new contract with Metir plc to develop Optimer® binders for the rapid detection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in Metir’s Pathogen Detector platform...

One Health Group shortlisted for two prestigious awards at the 30th anniversary AIM Awards

Sheffield-headquartered One Health Group plc (LON:OHGR), an independent provider of NHS-funded medical procedures, is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for two categories..

Roquefort Therapeutics plc plans transformational acquisition into clinical stage biotech company (LON:ROQ)

Roquefort Therapeutics has signed Heads of Terms to acquire 100% of Coiled Therapeutics, Inc. in a reverse takeover valued at £30 million, payable in shares. Coiled USA, a spin-out from A2A Pharmaceuticals, holds exclusive worldwide rights to AO-252, a first-in-class cancer therapy currently in Phase I trials in the United States...
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