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What was heard in the Parliament about Adonis Georgiadis underlines that at some point the whole truth must be heard about the real and existing Novartis scandal A minister asks a businessman to give an advertisement to a journalist friend of his. The same politician supports a witness in a high-profile case, in a court case of his, because he considers that he had not yielded to a judge who had…

The controversy over the Novartis case is on the rise. Marios Salmas files a lawsuit against Adonis Georgiadis “to make him accountable to justice”. The Salma-Georgiadis “war” continues well with the former “blue” MP and now independent announcing that he will go to court against the Minister of Health. “Adonis Georgiadis, instead of apologizing and explaining whether he is really involved with…

Das habe ich auch nicht so oft: Erst durch das Verfassen dieses Beitrags ist mir richtig bewusst geworden, welche außerordentlich positive Bilanz die Aktie und in den letzten 12 Monaten vorzuweisen hat. Die meisten Aktien in meinem Depot zahlen ja quartalsweise Dividende, so dass ich sie viel näher verfolge. Bei diesem Pharmawert läuft das Geschäft aber seit Jahren so stabil, dass ich die Aktie…

The family of a black woman whose cervical cells were harvested in 1951 without her knowledge and replicated infinitely ever since has reached a settlement with a second biotech company. The Switzerland-based company Novartis was accused in a lawsuit of profiting from Henrietta Lacks' cells, which were taken without consent but have enabled huge advances in medical science. Lacks' family never received any compensation, and have fought for years to get justice for the "stolen" cells. Nearly three years ago, the family settled with another biotech company, Massachusetts-based Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, for undisclosed terms. Lacks, a 31-year-old mother from Baltimore, Maryland, began experiencing pain in her abdomen and abnormal bleeding in 1951. She was examined by gynaecologists at Johns Hopkins Hospital, who discovered a large mass on her cervix. Without informing her or asking for permission, doctors sent a sample of her tumour to a lab for medical research before treating her for aggressive cervical cancer. But, while nearly all cell cultures died quickly in the lab, those taken from Lacks continued to multiply and didn't age, making them "immortal". This meant that scientists all over the world could replicate experiments using identical cells. The cell line, called "HeLa" after the patient's first and last name, was sent to research labs around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), HeLa cells have led to the creation of the polio vaccine and advancements in HIV, cancer and infertility research.

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advances, including the polio vaccine. Details of the agreement, which was finalized in federal court in Maryland this month, aren’t public. The Lacks…

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The UAE approved Itvisma gene therapy for SMA, improving motor function and reducing long-term treatments/Image: WAM The UAE has taken a major step in healthcare innovation by approving Itvisma (onasemnogene abeparvovec), a gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in adults and children aged two years and above. This makes the country only the second in the world to authorize the…