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South Africa’s construction sector suffers worst quarterly slide

Following the release of construction output data for South Africa by Statistics South Africa, which revealed a sharp decline in output; Yasmine Ghozzi, Economist at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view on the outlook for South Africa’s construction sector: “In line with GlobalData’s expectations of a sharp decline in construction output […]
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Booms in cycling and staycations prop up Halfords

Following today’s release of Halfords’ figures for the 20 weeks ending 21 August 2020, Jonathan Rock, Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: “Consumer demand for bicycles remains high as consumers shun public transport and seek healthier lifestyles as a result of the pandemic. This, along with a rise in staycations […]
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ScS continues to make hay while the sun shines

ScS’ surge in orders has continued into August with a 51% like-for-like increase. Matt Walton, Senior Data Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on this news: “ScS has joined both DFS and Dunelm in indicating that a post-lockdown bounce back for Home retailers has continued through the summer; like-for-like […]
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Rising costs at Travis Perkins will impede investment in Wickes

Following today’s release of Travis Perkins H1 figures for FY2020, Georgina Sreeves, Associate Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: “The pandemic continues to throttle Travis Perkins as group sales declined £703m to £2,781m in H1 2020, dragged down by its plumbing & heating and merchanting businesses where sales dropped 33.3% […]
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Dunelm bounces back after share loss in Q2

Homewares retailer Dunelm today released strong sales growth results for July and August. Emily Stella, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view on this news: “Over lockdown, Dunelm lost circa 0.7 percentage points of homewares market share compared with the same quarter last year. This was as competitors, namely […]
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COVID-19 vaccines require innovative approaches to achieve best balance of safety and efficacy

At present, more than 200 prophylactic vaccines are in development for COVID-19. While promising candidates should be selected for diversity, the novel nature of SARS-CoV-2 requires innovative approaches to achieve the best balance of safety and efficacy, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Mohamed Abukar, MSc, Clinical Trials Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “AstraZeneca’s AZD-1222 […]
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Oncology remains market-leading therapy area with $142bn sales in 2019

In a global prescription drug market worth over $600bn, oncology has become the dominant area, claiming a market share of 23.4% as of 2019, followed by immunology at 12.4% and metabolic disorders at 10.8% according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s analysis of a proprietary dataset shows that global drug sales with […]
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BioMarin’s Valrox’s FDA rejection is a blow to severe hemophilia A patients in the US

Following the recent news that BioMarin received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicating that its gene therapy for severe hemophilia A, ValRox (valoctocogene roxaparvovec), was not yet ready for approval; Tajekesa Chapman, Senior Pharma Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “ValRox was expected to be the first-to-market hemophilia gene therapy and BioMarin had set its hopes on launching the product this year. However, the FDA has recommended evidence of durability with two years of follow-up safety and efficacy data, and so delaying launch to 2022. The introduction of gene therapies […]
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Travel & tourism sector witnessed marginal improvement in deal activity during July 2020

The number of deals announced in the global travel and tourism sector remained at a similar level in July compared to the previous month. Deal volume increased marginally by 0.9% from 109 in June 2020 to 110 in July 2020, according to GlobalData’s deals database. Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The travel and tourism sector is among the worst hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic and deal activity in the sector has remained inconsistent since the outbreak. Though marginal, July’s growth marks the second consecutive month of growth in deal activity following three straight months of […]
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Global deal activity up by 16.6% in July 2020

A total of 6,423 deals were announced globally during July 2020, which is an increase of 16.6% over 5,507 deals announced during the previous month, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database also reveals that deal volume during the month remained above the first quarter (Q1) of 2020 and […]
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