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ICUs are nearing capacity in this French city. And it’s only September

That’s how Dr. Olivier Joannes-Boyau, head of the intensive care unit at University Hospital in the southwestern city of Bordeaux, describes the resurgence of Covid-19 in France. After young French people took advantage of the lifting of lockdown and summer months to socialize freely, Covid-19 hospitalizations have risen in large cities like Paris, Bordeaux and… Read More »

GlaxoSmithKline offloads Polish plant with 700 workers to French CDMO Delpharm

With plans to take its consumer healthcare joint venture with Pfizer public in the next few years, GlaxoSmithKline has been in Marie Kondo mode for some of its expansive global assets. After cutting a Canadian plant with 400 workers earlier this year, GSK is now hiving off an even bigger facility in Poland.  GSK has sold… Read More »

French coronavirus case numbers extend decline

Beach umbrellas are aligned on ta private beach of the Promenade des Anglais after France reopened its beaches following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nice, France May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard PARIS (Reuters) – France’s coronavirus case numbers are continuing to decline, health officials said on Saturday, with 14,380 patients currently in… Read More »

French COVID-19 cases slow and patient tallies continue to fall

PARIS (Reuters) – Coronavirus infection rates in France have slowed further and the number of COVID-19 patients in hospital and intensive care continued to fall, health ministry figures showed, a sign that social distancing is keeping contagion in check for now. FILE PHOTO: A woman, wearing a protective face mask, sits on the beach of… Read More »