In this episode, Jack, Ollie, and Jen discuss some recent European-based newsworthy items, including the potential impact of Wegovy in reducing excess deaths in the UK, a groundbreaking report on minimising the environmental footprint of surgical care, and Lithuania\’s innovation wave in biotech and MedTech.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, obesity, medtech, sustainability, biotech, medtech, innovation, lithuania 

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Excess mortality in England post COVID-19 pandemic: implications for secondary prevention UK life expectancy falls to lowest level in a decade Excess deaths involving cardiovascular disease: an analysis Wegovy made available in the uk for weight loss in people with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes Our response to serious supply issues of drugs for people with type 2 diabetes Ministers launch £40m pilot scheme to trial wider access to slimming jab Health Inequalities, Lives, Cut Short, January 2024 Can Denmark\’s world-beating drugs maker stay ahead? Landmark report on reducing environmental impact of surgical care published Green Surgery – Reducing the environmental impact of surgical care Lithuania Set to Become Home to Largest Biotech City Northway Group to build $7.6bn ‘biotech city’ in Lithuania Baltic-bound: is Lithuania desirable for EU life science investment? 

Panel – Jack Young, Jen Burke, Ollie May

Research & Production – Jack Young, Karan Pandya, Ollie May

Recording & Editing – Mike Liberto, Rachel Skonecki 

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