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    When pharmaceutical firms throw in the towel...

    28 Dec 2019

    We’re crawling on your skin. Teeming under your toenails. And lurking on your doorknobs and countertops. We’re drug-resistant microbes, immune to all but your strongest antibiotics.

    Duterte orders reduction in prices of medicines

    17 Feb 2020

    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 about 120 essential medicines that have gone beyond the reach especially of poor Filipinos, a senior cabinet official revealed on Monday.

    Stem cells need follow-up: Doctor

    02 Aug 2019

    Stem cells are magic that need follow-up for best results, says Dr Steven Victor, an American Board Certified Specialist in Regenerative Medicine and Regenerative Cosmetic Dermatology, in an exclusive Facebook Live interview with Gulf Today.

    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.

    How safe is it to give cold medicines to children?

    04 Mar 2020

    Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines may not always be the best way to help a child who has a cold as they may only treat the symptoms and not the underlying disease.

    Ministry reduces prices of 188 medicines

    10 Mar 2022

    Abdulrahman Bin Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention (Mohap), issued five decisions, including three regarding prices of 221 medicinal products.

    Is it time to ditch the painkillers?

    10 Mar 2022

    When I was at university every morning my father would drop me off at the train station before he set off to work. One morning, as he dropped me off, I was in such a rush to get out of the car that I accidentally brushed the tip of my right

    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.

    Trial of Chinese traditional medicine for COVID-19 successful, say Pakistan health authorities

    17 Jan 2022

    "Since it was tried on patients with different variants of COVID-19, we expect it to be effective on Omicron as on other variants," Professor Iqbal Chaudhry, director of the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Science (ICCBS) where trials were conducted, told reporters.

    UAE Health Ministry helps low-income expats with affordable medicines

    19 Feb 2022

    The initiative aims to provide affordable medicines to uninsured and low-income expat patients or those whose insurance is not covering the cost of treatment of the following diseases; pulmonary arterial hypertension, multiple myeloma, active ulcerative colitis.

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