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US pharma exports to Iran cut in half in 2012Exports of US pharmaceuticals to Iran were cut in half last year, according to data released on Friday, while overall US exports to the Islamic republic rose about 9 per cent because of grain sales. The official US government stat More… |
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UAE ban on Diane 35The UAE's Ministry of Health has aksed local health authorities and directors of medical districts, public and private hospitals and private clinics to temporarily suspend the usage of Diane 3 More… |
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Abu Dhabi forum to discuss advances in medicineA major conference on advances in medicine, which will open in Abu Dhabi next week, is expected to draw healthcare professionals from across the GCC, Middle Eastern countries and North America. More… |
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Preventive medicine will save money? Think againIt seems like a no-brainer. Since about 75 percent of healthcare spending in the US is for largely preventable chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, providing more preventiv More… |
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Fears over fake drugs in Bahrain allayedMedicines being sold in registered private sector pharmacies were procured only through authorised dealers, said a top official amid claims that up to 30 per cent of drugs sold in Bahrain could be counterfeit. "These authoris More… |
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Entering the age of $1m drugThe Western world's first drug to fix faulty genes promises to transform the lives of patients with an ultra-rare disease that clogs their blood with fat. The only snag is the price tag of over $1 million. The gene therapy for More… |
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US new drug approvals hit 16-year highUS regulators approved 39 new drugs in 2012, the most in 16 years, suggesting that pharmaceutical makers are poised for growth after losing billions of dollars in recent years to generic drug makers because of patent expirations. More… |
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Japanese, UK scientists win Nobel medicine prizeA British and a Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for work on creating stem cells, opening the door to new methods to diagnose and treat diseases. Briton John Gurdon and Japan's Shinya Yamanaka equa More… |
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Adnic cardholders to benefit from SehaMedical insurance cardholders of the Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (Adnic), one of the leading insurance companies in the UAE, can now benefit from the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) services. Seha has a network of 12 hosp More… |
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Drug costs 'will push millions into poverty'Tens of millions of people in low and middle income countries would be pushed below the poverty line by buying common but vital medicines which are already unaffordable to hundreds of millions more, a study has found. Laurens Niens' team a More… |
