LONDON: GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical company recently announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) validated the marketing authorisation application (MAA) for belantamab mafodotin. The drug could be used for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma whose prior therapy included an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor and an anti-CD38 antibody. Belantamab mafodotin was accepted…
Canada: The World Health Organization recently notified the public of a flu-like outbreak in China: a cluster of pneumonia cases had been reported in Wuhan, possibly from vendors’ exposure to live animals at the Huanan Seafood Market. BlueDot uses an AI-driven algorithm that scoured foreign-language news reports, animal and plant disease networks, and official proclamations to give…
KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) and the Patients Behbud Society for AKUH (PBS) recently announced their partnership with Eli Lilly Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. (Lilly) to provide access to targeted therapy treatment of cancer patients with limited financial means. Ms Shagufta Hassan, Chief Executive Officer, AKUH, Ammad Siddiqui, GM, Lilly, and Nadeem Mustafa Khan,…
MANILA: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of Samoa recently signed a grant agreement to provide support to the health sector. The agreement would help to strengthen the country’s immunization program and procure cold chain equipment to safely transport vaccines. The program was supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the…
Houston and St Louis: RadioMedix Inc and its commercial partner, Curium, recently announced that the New Drug Application for copper Cu 64 dotatate injection was filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The copper Cu 64 dotatate injection is a PET diagnostic agent intended for somatostatin receptor (SSTR) expressing neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The…
KARACHI- A press conference was recently held at the Golden Jubilee Hall of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi. The conference was called by the Center for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research (CBSCR) and Hunan Anbang Pharmaceutical Company. Among the speakers were Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary, Director ICCBS,…
Karachi: a Pakistani pharmaceutical firm recently clinched an international award at the 6th Annual Global Generics and Biosimilars 2019 ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany. A locally-invented iron supplement made by the firm was declared as the best intervention to overcome iron-deficiency anemia among women and children. Iron-deficiency anemia among women and children is found in around…
KARACHI: One of Pakistan’s leading pharmaceutical companies, the Searle company Ltd., recently announced that it is acquiring OBS Pakistan Ltd. A recently issued statement said that Searle had been a US-based multinational company as it was acquired by IBL Group in 1993 and listed in the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The latest acquisition will strengthen Searle’s…
Why are anti-vaxx people fearful of vaccine? Quitting vaccination will cause resurgence of defeated infections! The last two centuries have witnessed significant progress in the invention, development and availability of many vaccines against diseases that are potentially fatal. Smallpox vaccine remains the most celebrated discovery in this area, whereas, there has been an incontrovertible reduction…
KARACHI: As part of its policy to augment and enhance areas of medical facilities by providing free treatment with dignity and compassion in the remote parts of Sindh, the Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT) has established a new operation theater complex at its Chhablani Medical Centre in Sukkur. The state of the…
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