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Numab Therapeutics and Boehringer Ingelheim Enter into Collaboration to Develop Multi-specific Antibody Therapeutics for Cancer and Retinal Diseases
July 7, 2020
Boehringer Ingelheim and Numab Therapeutics (Numab) today announced that they have entered into a research collaboration and worldwide licensing agreement. It will start with two projects aiming at novel therapies for difficult-to-treat lung and gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and patients with geographic atrophy (GA), a progressive, irreversible retinal disease that occurs in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) for which there is no current treatment. The collaboration brings together Boehringer Ingelheim’s leading expertise in the research and development of life changing breakthrough therapies with Numab’s multi-specific antibody platform. Lung and GI cancers and retinal diseases are key focus areas of Boehringer Ingelheim’s research and development program. In oncology the company has built a broad and diverse pipeline, combining cancer immunology and......
Dubai achieves another milestone in healthcare with the launch of state-of-the-art cosmetic surgery hospital
July 7, 2020
NMC Healthcare has officially launched its new CosmeSurge Hospital in Jumeirah. The facility, completed in December of last year, specialises in providing cosmetic surgeries, and is located near the iconic Burj Al Arab. This will be the 17th branch of the CosmeSurge brand of facilities. The launch coincides with all the significant measures currently undertaken by the Emirate of Dubai towards bringing life back to normalcy, including the issuance of"...
rf IDEAS® Adds HID® Mobile Access to Its WAVE ID® Mobile Offering
July 7, 2020
rf IDEAS, a leading manufacturer of credential readers for logical access and authentication, continues to advance the future of secure mobile access. Developed in partnership with HID Global, the newest addition to the rf IDEAS WAVE ID Mobile reader line supports the HID Mobile Access credential on Bluetooth® Low Energy enabled mobile devices. The WAVE ID Mobile for HID Mobile Access provides smartphone users with contactless logical access"...
Promoting and pursuing value-based healthcare can help GCC countries improve outcomes and control expenditure
July 6, 2020
Current healthcare systems around the globe are struggling to be sustainable, and solutions must be considered and applied by governments to optimize healthcare spending and improve services for citizens – including in the GCC, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report, titled ‘Curbing the Cost Curve in Health Care: Plugging the Leakage,’ insists that, although there will be challenges along the way, the transition to a value-based healthcare system is a necessity for every system"...
Health sector legislation and the role of the NHRA in monitoring and regulating the healthcare system in Bahrain highlighted
July 5, 2020
National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) Chief Executive Officer Dr Mariam Al Jalahma has highlighted in an online lecture for the Shura Council the 05. During the lecture organized by the Bahrain Institute for Public Development (BIPD), she explained that NHRA is an independent regulatory body established in 2010 under Law 38 of 2009 with a mission to regulate the provision of healthcare in Bahrain. NHRA"...
Maternity care during COVID-19
July 5, 2020
Pregnancy is a special time for couples – full of excitement and happiness. However, given the current situation, and the increasing restrictions imposed on our lives as the world grapples with this pandemic, expectant mothers can feel anxious and nervous. To ensure pregnant women can sail through this period smoothly, Dr. Desislava Markova, Lead, Fetal Medicine, IVI Fetal Medical Center, Abu Dhabi, outlines some easy tips to help women protect"...
EUSA Pharma Announces FDA Approval of Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Siltuximab in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
July 4, 2020
EUSA Pharma, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology and rare disease, today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial protocol to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravenous siltuximab plus standard of care in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Siltuximab is a monoclonal"...
Northern Governorate launches disinfection campaign
July 4, 2020
Manama, July 3 (BNA): Northern Governor, Ali bin Al-Shaikh Abdulhussain Al-Asfoor, has asserted that the disinfection campaigns carried out by the Northern Governorate are part of the national efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The campaigns aim to raise awareness on the importance of continuing the sanitisation process, as the best means to reduce the"...
Urethral Stricture Treatment by Hybrid Cell Therapy, Granted Japanese Patent
July 3, 2020
Treating male urethral stricture with the patient’s own buccal mucosal cells, encapsulated in a polymer scaffold as carrier, has been granted a patent in Japan. A longer duration of relief to patients who had recurrence of the disease after earlier conventional treatments, has been reported by this method called “Bees-Haus” (Buccal epithelium Expanded and Encapsulated in Scaffold‐Hybrid Approach to Urethral Stricture; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/iju.13852). "...
Leading Health Organizations Recommend the Use of Hand Dryers
July 3, 2020
The topic of hygiene has come to the forefront in mainstream media as reopening plans are introduced around the globe. While leading health organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recommend the use of hand dryers, misinformation about them remains online, and continues to be quoted and perpetuated. Leaders from Excel Dryer, manufacturer of XLERATOR® Hand Dryers, wish to deliver a message to educate the professionals, consultants and government officials who are creating reopening guidelines, and the general public, especially in times of COVID-19: Excel hand dryers are a safe, hygienic touchless solution and an effective way to achieve completely dry hands, a critical part of proper hand hygiene, the top defense against the spread of germs. Kelly Reynolds, Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair at the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, offered an explanation as to the root of these misconceptions, stating that, “Consumers may only read [sensationalized]......
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