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Nursing, medical, dentistry graduates protest in Sulaimani against unemployment
August 14, 2018
A number of dentistry, medical and nursing graduates in Sulaimani held a protest on Monday (August 13) against high rate of unemployment in the Kurdistan Region. The protesters gathered outside the building of Sulaimani Governorate demanding employment as promised by the Minister of Health, Rekawt Hama Rasheed. “We are here to defend our rights,” the protesters"...
New Study Investigates the Utility of Home Monitoring Using Masimo SET® Pulse Oximetry to Screen Children with Down Syndrome for Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prior to Diagnostic Multichannel Sleep Studies
August 14, 2018
(AETOS Wire) -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of a recently published study in which researchers investigated whether home pulse oximetry monitoring might be a useful initial screening method of determining which children with Down syndrome (DS) – who are at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) – be recommended to undergo multichannel sleep studies to diagnose the condition. The home monitoring was conducted using Masimo SET® Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion™ pulse oximetry.1 Noting that OSA “can only be reliably diagnosed using multichannel sleep studies, which are expensive, demanding for families and only available in specialist centres,” Dr. Hill and colleagues at the University of Southampton and Southampton Children’s Hospital sought to determine whether home pulse oximetry monitoring could identify children......
Shipment of carcinogenic chicken planned to enter Iraq coming from Jordan
August 13, 2018
An Iraqi lawmaker has warned that a shipment of carcinogenic chicken is planned to enter Iraq after having been re-packed in Jordan. “The 500-ton shipment of cancer-causing chicken was labeled with names of fake Jordanian and UAE companies in Jordan so as to facilitate their entry into Iraq via border ports,” MP Alia Nasif told AlSumaria News Saturday. She"...
Boehringer Ingelheim, the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium, Imperial Innovations and Oxford Biomedica Announce New Partnership to Develop First-in-Class Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
August 6, 2018
Boehringer Ingelheim, the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium (GTC)—consisting of Imperial College London and the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh—Imperial Innovations, and Oxford BioMedica (OXB) announce a global collaboration to develop a first-in-class, long-term therapy for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The new partnership brings together the academic partners’ leading expertise in developing gene therapy for CF and OXB’s leading expertise in manufacturing lentiviral vector-based"...
Toilet Paper Innovation Sets Fine Hygienic Holding on a Roll
August 6, 2018
The original patent for the modern toilet paper roll was made in 1883, with the standard design of a long strip of toilet paper wrapped around a paperboard cylinder remaining unchanged for over a hundred years. It seemed so simple and so effective a design that it couldn’t be improved upon. Granted, manufacturers have meddled and tinkered with the size of the roll, and the softness of the paper itself, but the fundamental design hasn’t been challenged since. However, after 135 years, Fine"...
EU provides Healthcare for Vulnerable Communities
August 4, 2018
The European Commission for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) has provided an additional € 4.5 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to maintain health security and resilience for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), returnees and host communities in conflict-affected governorates of Iraq. This comes on top of the €29.2 million already contributed by the commission since 2015. This"...
Graminex® LLC successfully challenges Serelys’ patents for use of pollen extracts in treating women's PMS and menopausal symptoms
August 3, 2018
Graminex® LLC is pleased to announce the US Patent Office has rejected Serelys’ patents for use of its pollen extracts in treating women's PMS and menopausal symptoms. In parallel reexamination proceedings against US Patents 6,569,471 and 6,669,967, the US Patent Office recently rejected all claims of both patents. Based on overwhelming evidence submitted, the Office found the claimed solvent-extracted GC FEM and PI 82 pollen extracts,"...
AstraZeneca Investigated for Alleged Corruption in Iraq
August 2, 2018
UK-bassed pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has said it is the subject of an anti-corruption investigation in the US relating to its activities in Iraq In its latest quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company said: “As previously disclosed, in the US, in October 2017, AstraZeneca and certain other pharmaceutical and/or medical"...
Takeda Reports First Quarter FY2018 Results
August 2, 2018
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502): Underlying Revenue growth +6.4% with growth in every region - Underlying Revenue grew +6.4%, led by Takeda's Growth Drivers (Gastroenterology, Oncology, Neuroscience and Emerging Markets) displaying strong growth of +11.8% over prior year. Key products Entyvio (+34.1%) and Ninlaro (+43.3%) made important contributions to revenue growth.
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GAC Dubai Raises Its Pharmaceutical Logistics Game
August 2, 2018
GAC Dubai has been awarded the ISO 13485:2016 Medical Devices Management System certification, demonstrating its ability to provide quality warehousing, distribution and value-added services of medical devices that meet the high standards of the sector and the regulations that govern it. Certification comes after a stringent independent audit which confirmed the company’s compliance with the internationally recognised standard. The company"...
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