Aspire Pharma buys Morningstar healthcare divisions in undisclosed sum consolidation Aspire Pharma has bought Morningside’s pharmaceutical and healthcare divisions, as well as their subsidiaries for an undisclosed sum. The deal cements an ongoing post-pandemic trend of consolidation within the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. Morningside’s boss Tim Brady added that the deal will give Aspire access to over 120 mid and late-stage programs. Chief executive officer [...]
Career Pivot: How To Transition To Tech You may be hearing rumblings of tech slowdowns and layoffs, and it’s true that as fears of recession deepen, many firms are tightening their belts and shoring up their bottom lines as preventative measures. Others are choosing to cut headcount across less well-performing projects or are shedding teams in areas where focus has been pulled. [...]
British defence firm Qinetiq ditches Belgian space division in acquisitions spree defence sector British defence technology firm Qinetiq has sold off its Belgium space division due to “limited” commercial alignment with its global orbital defence ambitions. Qinetiq has sold Space NV to Belgium-based Redwire Space Europe for £28m, having first bought the commercial satellite systems company in 2005. The space firm generated around €49m (£43m) worth of revenue [...]
Semiconductor supply to be tight until end of 2023, says Stellantis boss October 2, 2022 The supply of critical semiconductors is expected to remain tight until the end of next year, the boss of Fiat carmaker Stellantis said today. Speaking to French newspaper Le Parisien, Carlos Tavaresn said: “The situation will remain very complicated until the end of 2023, then will ease a little. “Semiconductor manufacturers have an interest in making [...]
Moderna rejects request from China for Covid-19 vaccine technology October 2, 2022 Moderna has reportedly refused a request from China to reveal the technology behind its Covid-19 vaccine. The rejection prompted negotiations for its sale there to fall apart, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The US pharmaceutical company remains “eager” to sell its product in China after negotiations between 2020 and 2021 [...]
Health secretary shelves plans to buy extra monkeypox vaccines October 2, 2022 The new health secretary has reportedly shelved plans to buy additional doses of the monkeypox vaccine, as cases of the infection decline in the UK. Health minister Thérèse Coffey rejected advice from officials of the UK Health Security Agency, who recommended that extra vaccines be procured to ensure the country is protected against the infection [...]
iPhone 14 Pro Max review: The notch is gone and other stories September 30, 2022 When Apple went fullscreen with the iPhone X, doing away with all but the slimmest black frame around the display, it divided the world into two categories: regular people, and those who vehemently, violently hated “the notch”. The notch, for those struggling to remember the furore it caused back in November 2017, is the little [...]
Top Apple exec let go over vulgar viral TikTok video September 30, 2022 A top Apple executive is to leave after being filmed making inappropriate jokes on social media. Tony Blevins, the technology giant’s vice president of procurement, was heard talking about “fondling big-breasted women” for his job, during a viral post on TikTok. In the clip by Daniel Mac, a viral blogger who asks people in nice [...]
Cisco chief says apprentices can plug digital skills gap September 30, 2022 Chief of Cisco UK said more needs to be done to plug the digital skills gap, putting greater focus on early careers. Speaking to City A.M., David Meads said the apprenticeship levy is a specific area of policy that could be reformed to drive better productivity in the tech sphere, echoing Keir Starmer’s stance earlier [...]
‘Safe home’ app gets support as cost of living puts night-owls off taxis and Ubers September 30, 2022 The cost of living is set to increase the number of women walking home from a night out rather than getting a taxi or a minicab home, according to new research. A fifth of women told pollsters that they were walking more and taking few taxis at the end of a night out. The safety [...]