Healthcare

January 22, 2020

Moroccan Health Minister Rules Out Free Treatment for Cancer Patients

Rabat – Moroccan Minister of Health Khaled Ait Al Taleb announced patients with cancer need universal health coverage rather than access to free treatment.

The minister announced the news on Monday, January"...

January 22, 2020

Takeda Named Global Top 100 Most Sustainable Corporation for Fifth Year Running

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) is proud to be named in the Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (Global 100) for the fifth consecutive year. Corporate Knights assesses more than 7,300 companies against 21 key performance indicators. It uses these indicators to determine the top 1% most sustainable companies in the world, which are announced annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Building sustainable value is a fundamental part of the way we do business at Takeda, and we are proud to be recognized as a global leader in sustainability,”......

January 20, 2020

ResMed Introduces AirFit F30i, Its First Tube-up Full Face CPAP Mask

ResMed (NYSE: RMD) (ASX: RMD) today introduced AirFit F30i, its first tube-up full face CPAP mask, rounding out the most complete full face mask portfolio on the market.

Full face CPAP users can now choose between"...

January 20, 2020

Obesity key to type 2 diabetes, which has quadrupled in the last 35 years

Abdulatif, a 73-year old man suffered from complex diabetes which led to kidney failure. Abdulatif, an Emirati by origin weighed 115 kgs and clearly suffered from obesity, a key factor that led to his condition. Research indicates that more than two billion people are overweight or obese"...

January 18, 2020

Tej Kohli Foundation Moves One Step Closer to the Regeneration of Corneal Tissue to Cure Blindness

The Tej Kohli Foundation has moved one step closer to a non-surgical treatment for corneal blindness as it prepares to enter into a collaboration with researchers in Montreal, Canada and Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK to develop the Foundation’s recently acquired proprietary technology"...

January 17, 2020

Mundipharma Enters Partnership With Samsung Bioepis to Expand Biosimilars Into Hong Kong and Taiwan

Mundipharma today announced a partnership with Samsung Bioepis to commercialize Samsung Bioepis’ first-wave biosimilar candidates in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The partnership covers Samsung Bioepis’ biosimilar"...

January 15, 2020

Takeda to Outline Progress on Business Transformation and Priorities at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) will provide an update on the progress of its business transformation and priorities today at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. President and Chief Executive Officer, Christophe Weber, will share details on Takeda’s portfolio and pipeline strategy, financial outlook, and ongoing sustainability efforts, including its newly established commitment to carbon neutrality across its value chain. “Last year was an important and successful year for Takeda as we accelerated our transformation to become a leading global biopharmaceutical company,”......

January 15, 2020

Covetrus Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Divest scil animal care to Heska

Covetrus (NASDAQ: CVET), a global leader in animal-health technology and services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its scil animal care business (“scil”) to Heska Corporation (“Heska”) (NASDAQ: HSKA) for a purchase price of $125"...

January 15, 2020

Cost Management Is the Scientific, Methodical and Process Driven Buzz Word for Sustainability in Healthcare Industry

The Cost Diagnosis

The medical industry is always advancing the accuracy of diagnosis for better treatment. A transition from a 64 slice CT scan to 128 and then 256 to 320 slice CT scan produces enhanced diagnosis"...

January 15, 2020

Fakih IVF welcomed over 8,000 patients with high success rates

Fakih IVF, one of the leading infertility centers in the GCC welcomed over 8,000 patients in the past year, demonstrating a success rate of 65%. To further extend their support to individuals battling infertility, the fertility center is running a campaign “New Year, New beginnings"...