The Abraaj Group, a leading investor operating in growth markets, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide education, primary care interventions and more complex treatment for NCDs, communicable diseases and mother/child healthcare.

The partnership will build a trusted referral pathway that ensures patients from the IFRC network can access quality and affordable treatment options in the Abraaj Growth Markets Health"...

Minister of Health Jawad Awwad announced on Monday that the ministry has dispatched medical and emergency team to the Caribbean Islands that were recently hard hit by Hurricane Irma to help in the relief and rescue efforts.

He said the team, which left to the Caribbean on Sunday evening, will include experts in rescue operations as well as ambulance and emergency staff and specialized physicians and surgeons, particularly in pediatrics, chest and"...

(AETOS Wire)-- IPF is a progressive and debilitating disease which causes continual and irreversible damage to the lungs.1 Early diagnosis is vital because without appropriate medical intervention, the opportunity to slow disease progression is lost. However, diagnosis can be challenging.1,2This year for IPF World Week (16-24 September), Boehringer Ingelheim is raising awareness of ‘the sounds of IPF’ helping physicians recognise the velcro-like crackle which can be heard"...

• The CHMP of the EMA has issued a positive opinion for an update of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) for Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate)

• The CHMP recommends to include data showing that catheter ablation can be conducted in patients on 150 mg twice daily Pradaxa®, without interrupting Pradaxa® treatment

• In RE-CIRCUIT®, uninterrupted Pradaxa® showed less major bleeding than warfarin in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing catheter ablation

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• Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion for Cyltezo® (adalimumab biosimilar) for the treatment of multiple chronic inflammatory diseases
• Recommendation based on extensive analytical, pharmacological, non –clinical & clinical data, which demonstrated similarity of Cyltezo® /BI 695501 to Humira®
• Positive opinion follows the recent FDA approval of Cyltezo®1

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Foundation for a Smoke-Free World Secures Major 12 Year Funding Commitment;

Shares Initial Plans to Reduce Harm and Deaths from Smoking Worldwide

(AETOS Wire)-- With the goal of eliminating smoking worldwide, the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World formally launched today in New York City. The Foundation is founded and led by Dr."...

(AETOS Wire)-- The company Swiss Advanced Vision (SAV-IOL SA) announced today the launch of LUCIDIS and EDEN, two new intraocular lenses (IOLs) for the cataract surgery, both using the Instant Focus EDOF patented technology. With a brand-new concept, LUCIDIS brings two major achievements for the monofocal market: extending the depth of focus on a monofocal lens while being the first affordable EDOF IOL. Thanks to its advanced refractive design, it allows an extension towards the near"...

The blockaded Gaza Strip has run out of 90% of medicines for cancer-stricken patients and those with blood diseases, the Palestinian Health Ministry warned Wednesday.

The Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra appealed to the concerned institutions to take urgent action as regards the acute shortage in much-needed medicines.

He attributed the crisis to the suspension"...

The world should pay more attention to the dire water situation in the Gaza Strip. As much as 95% of Gaza's water from its only accessible water source–the Coastal Aquifer–is now contaminated and unfit for human consumption.

Overpopulation leads to over-pumping, and the Israeli government draws an inequitable amount of water from the aquifer, both of which accelerate contamination. This leads to alarmingly high levels of water-related"...