Spire Healthcare shares soar on £1bn takeover offer
Posted on Thursday May 14, 2026
Activist investor Toscafund offers £2.50 a share for UK's largest private hospital operator
Zydus to buy Assertio for $166.4 million
Posted on Thursday May 14, 2026
Zydus is acquiring US-based Assertio Holdings for $166.40 million to bolster its specialty oncology presence in the US. The deal, structured as a tender offer followed
First clade I mpox case confirmed in Connecticut after patient traveled to Western Europe
Posted on Thursday May 14, 2026
A case of clade I mpox — a more virulent version of the virus that causes monkeypox, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — has been
Reported hantavirus protocol breach at hospital forces 12 employees into 6-week quarantine
Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2026
A Dutch hospital has quarantined a dozen staff members following reports of a protocol breach involving a patient infected with hantavirus, hospital officials said
Isomorphic Labs’ $2.1 Billion Fundraise Is The Biggest Bet Yet On AI Drug Discovery
Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2026
Isomorphic, which formed as an Alphabet company in 2021, has a massive cash horde, but it's tight-lipped on what drugs it might bring to the clinic.
Can We Stop A Heart Attack? How Longevity Care May Rewrite Prevention
Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2026
Longevity medicine seems to be the new shiny apple but how can it rewrite our health?
Joe Rogan podcast appearance tied to rise in demand for alternative cancer treatment
Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2026
Prescriptions for an antiparasitic drug spiked for cancer patients after a celebrity endorsed the medication during a recent episode of Joe Rogan's
Siemens eyes exit from cancer care chain AOI
Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2026
Siemens Healthineers is exiting its Indian cancer care chain, American Oncology Institute. The deal is valued between ₹1,500-2,000 crore. Private equity funds and
Teaching Your Body To Make Designer Antibodies
Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2026
Editing a small number of blood-forming stem cells to encode powerful antibodies turns the immune system into a living drug factory.
Public Health Officials Believe The Hantavirus Outbreak Is Under Control
Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2026
In this week's edition of InnovationRx, we look at the latest on the hantavirus outbreak, using quantum physics for metabolic MRIs, how AI can help fill prescriptions
