UAE – Swiss pharmaceutical company Acino has expanded its market presence in the Middle East after completing its acquisition of Abu Dhabi’s ADQ-owned Pharmax Pharmaceuticals. The successful combination of Acino…
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Health workforce crisis looms as WHO flags concerns over mass migration of skilled professionals to developed nations
SWITZERLAND — According to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the mass migration of skilled healthcare professionals from low and middle-income countries to developed nations could have…
Read MoreSandoz seeks to keep identity of CMO involved in tainted antibiotic under wraps
SWITZERLAND — Pharmaceutical experts are raising concerns over Sandoz’s refusal to reveal the name of the European contract manufacturing organization (CMO) responsible for the contamination of the antibiotic Dicillin. The…
Read MorePregnancy kills 1 woman every 2 minutes—WHO report
SWITZERLAND —According to a report released by United Nations agencies, there has been a stagnation or an increase in maternal deaths in nearly all regions of the world. The report…
Read MoreNovartis appoints Gilbert Ghostine as chairman-designate of Sandoz Board of Directors
SWITZERLAND — Novartis, a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company has announced the appointment of Gilbert Ghostine as chairman-designate of Sandoz, the generics unit Novartis wants to spin off later this year.…
Read MoreWHO increases health surveillance after deadly Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea
SWITZERLAND — The World Health Organization (WHO) is ramping up its efforts to track the spread of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, a small country in Central Africa, after…
Read MoreWHO aims to speed up Marburg vaccine trials as Equatorial Guinea reports 9 fatalities
SWITZERLAND —The World Health Organization (WHO) has called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC), following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea.…
Read MoreHIV pandemic can end with preventive vaccines —UNAIDS
SWITZERLAND — According to UNAIDS, the end of the Mosaico HIV vaccine trial in January 2023 must spur a continued drive to innovate as well as an urgency to ensure…
Read MoreWHO launches new roadmap to tackle breast cancer
SWITZERLAND— The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework, providing a roadmap to attain the target to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer…
Read MoreAll countries ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics: IFRC
SWITZERLAND — The world is “dangerously unprepared” for future pandemics after the COVID-19 crisis hit three years ago and killed more than 6 million people globally, the International Federation of…
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