US biotech stocks suffer sharp slide

Lawmakers raise concerns over price of hepatitis C drug

Betrayal behind rout of Syrian rebels

Regional power struggles are having dramatic consequences

Health care assistants work in the stroke ward at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon

NHS hospital operator halves losses

Circle Holdings sees revenues rise by 13%

Ayse Kocak, CEO of GC Aesthetics, the only female head of a breast implant maker
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A female face of breast implants

Ayse Kocak argues that her job selling silicone enhancements is helping other women

Washington learns to forget Sandy Hook

The mass shooting has led not to tighter gun controls but to a more assertive gun rights lobby

Cambian to float as NHS outsourcing rises

Care group will be first to list in London for several years

Medical division holds back Smiths

Engineering company blames ‘disruption’ of aborted approach for unit

Viagra scientist chases new breakthrough

UK-listed group in talks over premature ejaculation treatment

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Norbrook vows to defend founder’s legacy

Management will continue to advance Lord Ballyedmond’s vision

Fast-track plan for serious illness drugs

Initiative to promote investment in the life sciences sector

Bupa’s ‘open referral’ system pays off

Cost-cutting helps profits leap by more than a quarter

Sun Pharma sinks on US FDA import ban

‘Alert’ covers drugmaker’s products at Gujarat plant

Circassia raises £200m in biotech IPO

Allergy treatment maker valued at £581m as it leads flotations

Cash cuts pile pressure on care providers

Services at risk of collapse owing to local authority cuts

Bayer: high hopes

Optimism about pharma is linked to a belief in increased research productivity

Aerospace and autos are star performers

Advanced manufacturing key to UK’s industrial future

Osborne fights to keep northwest science jobs

Drugs group sells campus to public-private partnership

Lombard Medical looks to US

Science-based group plans IPO on Nasdaq

MPs back powers to close hospital wards

Plan to safeguard weaker institutions

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