The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) discussed ways to further foster their relationship with regard to application systems that the HMFP has developed for the DHA…
Novel Protein Hope For Possible Parkinson’s Disease Cure
By ScienceDaily (Nov. 3, 2009) Researchers at Iowa State University USA have found an essential key to possibly cure Parkinson’s disease and are looking for others. Anumantha Kanthasamy, a distinguished professor of…
Paragon Biomedical Collaborates to Conserve Clinical Research Resources
IRVINE, CA — 10/30/09 — The stakes in clinical research have never been higher. Now operating in an environment in which a one-day delay can result in millions of dollars in lost…
Saudis smoke cigarettes worth SR8bn annually
JEDDAH: About six million smokers in Saudi Arabia burn SR8 billion woth of cigarettes every year, disregarding the dangerous effects of the habit on their health, according to a statistical report published…
Akonni Launches TruTip™ Kits for Rapid Nucleic Acid Extraction
FREDERICK, Md. Akonni Biosystems, a molecular diagnostic (MDx) company focused on providing rapid and highly scalable solutions for research and infectious disease testing, today announced the worldwide launch of their TruTip product…
Inovio Biomedical Corp.-Detailed Product Pipeline – research report released
Inovio Biomedical Corp.-Detailed Product Pipeline – a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Company-Profile/inovio-biome Pipeline Reports contain detailed information on pipelines by phase and therapeutic indication as well as management information,deals and…
SRL launches Global Knowledge Forum for exchange of ideas amongst biomed sciences professionals
Super Religare Laboratories (SRL), India’s largest diagnostics network, announced the launch of the ‘Global Knowledge Forum’, inaugurated by Nobel Laureate in Medicine professor Peter C Doherty from University of Melbourne. The SRL…
Novartis To Invest $1b For R&D Institute In China
For the development of new drugs including small molecule and biological medicines to treat diseases that are highly prevalent in China. Novartis reported that it will invest $1billion over the next five…
GICD, Stanford University collaborate to develop stem cell and regenerative medicine therapies
NHLBI funds multi-year, multimillion dollar project to focus on stem and progenitor cell tools and treatments Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and Stanford University School of Medicine will…
A Day in the life of healthcare professionals
Part of our series A Day in the life of healthcare professionals A typical day in the life of a biomed engineer at a 500 bed hospital in the Middle East By…
Mass Production of Spider Silk for Medical Uses Takes a Step Closer to Reality
A recent discovery by researchers in molecular biology at the University of Wyoming, USA, brings scientists closer to being able to mass produce spider silk for commercial use. The key in being…
Drug Delivery Method Introduced Using Magnetism and Nanotechnology
A new solution to deliver drugs into the body more effectively has been devised using magnetism and nanotechnology. In order to deliver drugs into the body effectively for various medical conditions such…
Saudi Arabia’s pharmaceutical market attracts multinationals
JEDDAH – The Saudi Arabian pharmaceutical sector is becoming increasingly attractive for multinationals to enter, driven by the expansion of private healthcare and altering patient demographics and also for domestic generics companies…
Al-Jouf governor opens development projects
AL-JOUF Saudi Arabia: Governor of Al-Jouf Prince Fahd bin Badr opened a multimillion 220-bed hospital here on Saturday at a function that was also attended by Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah….
Saudi Arabia Researchers Develop Cancer Antigens
Arab News has reported that researchers at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia have developed antigens that can prevent the spread of cancerous cells by boosting a cancer patient’s immune…