The Emirates Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Co. has signed an agreement with Korean biomedical firms, G.L. Rapha and Hankook Korus Pharm, to set up the region’s first biotechnology plant in the UAE, The…
164 investment projects at $1 bln in Free Zone says to be set up, says al-Suaibi
ADEN, 15th November 2009 (Saba Yemeni News Agency) Deputy Chairman of the Yemen’s General Authority of Free Zones and Chairman of Aden Free Zone Abdul-Jalil al-Shuaibi revealed that the number of licensed…
Qatar Minister of Health Meets New York First Lady
Doha, November 17 (QNA) – H.E. Minister of Public Health and Secretary-General of Supreme Council of Health Abdullah Bin Khalid Al Qahtani, met here today with New York First Lady Michelle Paige…
Singapore ramps up biomedical sciences effort
SINGAPORE, Nov. 20 Singapore announced on Friday that it will inject 36 million Singapore dollars (25.9 million U.S. dollars) into new programs to give a greater push to its growing medical technology…
Do You Know the Five Risk Factors for Lung Cancer BESIDES Smoking?
By Dr. Mercola Edited By Jamal Panhwar This a great article appeared Mercola.com This tell you the real truth about Lung cancer. Lung cancer is a force to be reckoned with and…
Deadlier than Cocaine, Heroin, and the Swine Flu?
Addiction to prescription painkillers which kill thousands of Americans a year — has become a largely unrecognized epidemic, experts say. In fact, prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal…
New Guidelines Recommend Pap Smears Every Two Years To Reduce Risk From Unnecessary Treatment
The new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists or ACOG recommend starting cervical cancer screening at 21 years and extend routine pap smears to once in two years instead…
GE Healthcare presented Centricity Clinical Notification System at Medica 2009
20th November 2009 Dusseldorf GE Healthcare has presented its new Centricity Clinical Notification System at Medica 2009 Exhibition. GE New tool to help avoid clinical incidents, manage care deviation and compliance guidelines….
Oni Medical sells MRI technology platform to GE Healthcare
Nov 20, 2009 Oni Medical Systems has successfully closed the sale of its magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI technology platform to the GE Healthcare. With the purchase of Oni’s high performance, low-cost…
ECRI Institute Releases Roadmap to the Evidence on Finasteride for Prevention of Prostate Cancer
20th November 2009 ECRI Press Release – PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—In response to a recent New York Times article that questions why currently available medications designed to treat and prevent some cancers are…
Industry shows an appetite for innovation at MEDICA
Medical experts can see the innovativeness of the industry for themselves during their visit to MEDICA 2009. In a presentation clearly structured according to product groups, the event will show the entire…
Kuwait participates in HIV/AIDS conference
WASHINGTON 20th November 2009: Kuwait MOH Official Dr. Hind Al-Shoumer affirmed here late Thursday that the AIDS virus continues to widely spread all over the world and more efforts should be exerted…
AIDS: HIV Coat Could Lead to New Drugs
Biologists have described the architecture of the complex of protein units that make up the coat surrounding the HIV genome and identified in it a “seam” of functional importance. The researchers used…
Islamic Leaders Get Lessons On Birth Control
Marie Stopes, a leading provider of sexual and reproductive healthcare services, is conducting seminars to educate Islamic leaders, ‘Mullahs’, on the benefits of birth control. As an organisation that is committed to…
Medica 2009 Day 3
20th November 2009 : Medica 2009 enters in its 3rd day its busy and there are lots of of people to meet and products to see thats how some of the vistors…