
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.
AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) Fasenra (benralizumab) has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA).1 EGPA is a rare, immune-mediated vasculitis that..
GSK plc has announced that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin)..
GSK plc has announced positive headline results of a phase II trial (NCT06431607) for its mRNA seasonal influenza vaccine programme. The trial studied a range of mRNA formulations in older..
GSK plc has announced that it has completed the primary objective data analysis from the phase II part of the TH HSV REC-003 trial. This trial is a combined phase..
GSK plc has announced that the European Commission has authorised Arexvy (respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, recombinant adjuvanted) for active immunisation for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused..
GSK plc has nnounced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Nucala (mepolizumab), a monoclonal antibody that targets interleukin-5 (IL-5), for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis..



























