News in Numbers

Thermo Fisher completed the acquisition of data intelligence company CorEvitas for $912.5m in cash, in August.

As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis each year.

3M announced that it will pay $6 billion in cash and stock to resolve hundreds of thousands of veteran’s lawsuits over faulty earplugs.

Twenty percent of women surveyed reported experiences of mistreatment during pregnancy and delivery care, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report. Mistreatment during maternity care was higher among Black (30%), Hispanic (29%), and multiracial (27%) women.

Industrial action by UK NHS junior doctors from 11 – 15 August saw 61,200 rescheduled acute inpatient and outpatient appointments and procedures. The number of staff absent from work due to strikes peaked on 11 August with 23,682.