News in Numbers

5 July 2023 marked 75 years of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).  When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery.

U.S. orthopaedics manufacturing giant Zimmer Biomet announced closure of its plant in south Wales, putting 540 jobs at risk.

In response to high demand for the first-ever malaria vaccine, 12 countries in Africa will be allocated a total of 18 million doses of RTS,S/AS01 for the 2023–2025 period.

As per the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, e-cigarette monthly unit sales increased by 46.6% in December 2022 compared to January 2020.

The European Commission fined Illumina a record €432 million fine for its untimely acquisition of Grail. EU regulators see the acquisition as anti-competitive