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    Pharmacies, suppliers fined for selling face masks on inflated price

    02 Apr 2020

    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 high demand for hygiene essentials following the nationwide alert against the Covid-19 pandemic.

    26 European nations face acute scarcity of antibiotics, medicines to treat colds and flu

    19 Jan 2023

    The EU is experiencing a shortage of antibiotics, like amoxicillin, medicines to relieve colds, the flu, and other respiratory infections, and paediatric treatments. The top health official wants access to all patients in need and stave off any hiccups in supplies of such medicines in the EU.

    Aster inaugurates UAE’s first hub of integrative medicine

    11 Nov 2022

    To strengthen the UAE’s position as a global destination of wellness, Aster DM Healthcare, one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in GCC and India, has unveiled Wellth,

    AD health body removes medicine batches

    10 Jul 2019

    The Department of Health-Abu Dhabi decided to withdraw 20 batches medical products used in catheterisation and other healthcare operations from the Emirate because of their possibility of causing serious infection to patients if they were not immediately substituted with good ones.

    Undermining prescription patents is harmful to our health

    29 Dec 2023

    In a public effort to bring down prescription drug prices, the Biden administration plans to use the government’s “march-in” authority to sever some pharmaceutical drug patent protections. By setting aside patents on discoveries that relied on some amount of government funding, we would

    Price caps on 10 US drugs to be negotiated

    30 Aug 2023

    Medical aid and medical insurance in the United States are in a mess, and people in the richest economy are forced to pay more than others in the world for their health needs. The problem has become acute after Covid-19 and the rough patch that the US economy is going through. The Democrats have been

    Pfizer and Novartis lead pharma spending spree on gene therapy

    01 Dec 2019

    Eleven pharma companies led by Pfizer and Novartis have set aside a combined $2 billion to invest in gene therapy manufacturing sector since 2018, according to a Reuters analysis, in a drive to better control production of the world’s priciest medicines.

    Indonesia temporarily suspends liquid medicines after 99 kids die of acute kidney injury

    20 Oct 2022

    Some cases are accompanied by symptoms such as diarrhoea, coughing, nausea, or vomiting," Ministry spokesman Mohammad Syahril told reporters here on Wednesday.

    India bans anti-cold drug combination for kids aged under four

    20 Dec 2023

    The order comes as India draws lessons from a spate of child deaths since 2019 that authorities linked to toxic cough syrups made in the country, including at least 141 deaths in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon since the middle of last year.

    Arab Health convenes thousands of healthcare professionals in UAE

    25 Jan 2022

    Badly stricken during the advent of the Novel Coronavirus in 2020, there is no let-up for Italy in the fields of Science, Medicine and Technology.

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