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No benefit, higher death rate for malaria drug in coronavirus: Study

22 Apr 2020

A malaria drug widely touted as a potential cure for COVID-19 showed no benefit against the disease over standard care — and was in fact associated with more deaths,...

The road ahead

14 Apr 2020

The need of the hour is urgent clinical trials with different drugs and medicines and universal sharing of the data amongst global medical personnel (“India not entered stage 3 yet,...

DHA to deliver medicines at home all across the UAE

07 Apr 2020

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that it has expanded the scope of its “Dawa’ee” medicine home delivery service to now cover the entire UAE. The ‘Dawa’ee’ service aims...

Pharmacies, suppliers fined for selling face masks on inflated price

02 Apr 2020

Business Bureau, Gulf Today Dubai Economy issued fines to nine pharmacies and two pharmaceuticals suppliers for inflating the prices of face masks and trying to take undue advantage of the...

Pre-clinical testing for coronavirus vaccine begins in Australia

02 Apr 2020

Australia's national science agency said on Thursday it has commenced the first stage of testing potential vaccines for COVID-19, as it joins a global race to halt the coronavirus...

Ministry of Health withdraws a drug

01 Apr 2020

Iman Abdullah Al Ali, Staff Reporter The Ministry of Health and Community Protection withdrew one batch of the medical product “Dopamine HCL 200mg/5ml Ampoule” because it did not pass...

Japan's Fujifilm starts to test anti-flu drug, Avigan to treat coronavirus patients

01 Apr 2020

Japan's Fujifilm has begun clinical trials to test the effectiveness of its anti-flu drug Avigan in treating patients with the new coronavirus, after reports of promising results in China....

Ministry of health issues circular for medication

26 Mar 2020

Iman Abdullah Al Ali, Staff Reporter The Ministry of Health and Community Protection allowed the patients who have been prescribed controlled medication to have the medicine in one package...

How safe is it to give cold medicines to children?

04 Mar 2020

It is very common among parents to get over-the-counter cough and cold medicines themselves when their children are under the weather, instead of asking a doctor to prescribe them....

Duterte orders reduction in prices of medicines

17 Feb 2020

Manolo B. Jara, Correspondent President Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte signed an executive order for a sharp reduction of as much as 56 per cent in the maximum current prices of...

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