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More than 1.5 million courses of Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid have expired unused in European countries by the end of November, the health analytics firm Airfinty has revealed. It is predicted that the figure could surge to 3.1 million, at a value of $2.2 billion (around £1.73 billion), by the end of Feb 2024. According to Airfinty analysis, Britain has the highest unused stock, with an estimated one million expired drug courses worth $700 million (over £550 million). With 2.2 million courses estimated to expire unused by the end of June 2024 due to the low prescription of the antiviral in the country, the total drug value wasted in the UK could reach $1.5 billion (£1.1 billion), the report added.

In a recent announcement the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) unveiled its strategic approach to artificial intelligence (AI), as it sets out to embrace the transformative potential of AI in healthcare regulation. Building upon the Government's white paper 'A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation', released in 2023, the MHRA outlined five key strategic principles guiding its adoption of AI. These principles encompass safety, security, and robustness; appropriate transparency and explainability; fairness, accountability, and governance; and contestability and redress. A science-led organization, the MHRA was tasked with providing an independent view of its approach to AI in medicine and science, aligning with a government white paper. Recognising its role in UK's goal to be a science and tech leader by 2030, MHRA is tasked to evaluate AI's opportunities and risks across regulatory, public service, and evidence-based decision-making area.

Heart surgery is a medical procedure performed to address various types of heart-related issues. There are several forms of heart surgeries, one of which is coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

বিশ্বব্যাপী লোকেরা বিভিন্ন ধরণের চোখের সমস্যার সম্মুখীন হয়, তবে আধুনিক ওষুধগুলি গ্লুকোমা এবং ছানি সহ অনেক চোখের সমস্যাগুলিকে কার্যকরভাবে মোকাবেলা করার জন্য অস্ত্রোপচারের কৌশলগুলিতে উল্লেখযোগ্য অগ্রগতি করেছে।

Responding to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report that indicated that NHS England's Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) needs improvements, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has expressed concerns that the plan may not adequately address the needs of GPs. Published in June 2023, the workforce plan estimated that the NHS's health workforce will need to grow from 1.4m full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in 2021-22 to between 2.3m and 2.4m FTE workers in 2036-37, an increase of 65 per cent to 72 per cent. However, the NAO report highlighted that the workforce modelling has significant weaknesses, including a complex design; manual adjustments; optimistic future assumptions and limited public communication of their uncertainty; and modelling outputs that could not be fully replicated. To improve the modelling, the report recommended exploring the uncertainty of these assumptions and considering potential outcomes if they do not materialize as expected. Additionally, it suggested including full integration of the different parts of the modelling pipeline to minimise manual adjustments.

Ventricular septal defect (VSD), also referred to as a hole in the heart, is a congenital heart disorder in which a hole forms in the wall separating the heart's lower chambers. The ventricular septal defect surgical treatment fee in India is one of the cheapest in the world.

الجراحة هي علاج شائع لمشاكل الرؤية، وتهدف إلى تصحيح الأخطاء الانكسارية. الغرض من جراحة العيون الانكسارية هو تقليل أو إلغاء الحاجة إلى النظارات أو العدسات اللاصقة. تعتمد الرؤية الدقيقة على مدى فعالية القرنية والعدسة في تركيز أشعة الضوء على شبكية العين.

Dental surgery encompasses a spectrum of medical procedures performed by dental professionals to address various oral health issues. Dental surgical treatment is part of dentistry that is a branch of medicines managing teeth, gums, and the mouth.

The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has cautioned men on valproate to talk to their healthcare professional about their treatment, if they want to start a family in the next year. The warning came after a new study, commissioned by the European Medicines Agency, suggested that children fathered by men who took the anti-seizure medicine in the three months prior to conception may be at higher risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders. Around five in 100 children born to fathers treated with valproate around conception were diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder, compared to three in 100 children whose fathers were taking other antiseizure medicines (lamotrigine or levetiracetam). However, the risk is believed to be much smaller than the risk associated with valproate in pregnancy.

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Clear and sharp vision relies on the precise alignment of your cornea and lens, allowing light rays to accurately focus on the retina. However, when refractive errors occur, the light from an object is not properly centered on the retina, resulting in a blurred image.