Hemispherx signs deal with Saudi Arabian drug company
Hemispherx BioPharma, in its first deal since the company’s new management, pledged to seek more partnerships, has entered into an agreement with a Saudi Arabian drug company.
The clinical trial, sales, marketing, distribution, and supply agreement was signed by Philadelphia-based Hemispherx and Scientific Products Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in Riyadh. The contract — which covers Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Bahrain — calls for Scientific Products to purchase certain… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 5, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
Declining trends in injuries and ambulance calls for road traffic crashes in Bahrain post new traffic laws of 2015 - Awadalla MS, Asokan GV, Matooq A, Kirubakaran R.
Road traffic crashes (RTC) are of serious global health concern. To identify whether the number of ambulance calls, injuries, and deaths has declined after the implementation of the new traffic law (NTL) 2015 in Bahrain, de-identified administrative RTC da... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 24, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Weekend Roundup: Putin's Drawdown Is as Much About World Order as About Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin's surprise announcement this week of a withdrawal of some forces from Syria has put an end to the narrative that Russia was bound to be trapped in a Mideast quagmire. Whether in Ukraine or in Syria, it has become clear that Russia's actions are as much about its role in the world order as about those countries.
Writing from Beirut, former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke puts it this way: "The common thread running through both conflicts (Ukraine and Syria) has been the Russian leadership's overriding concern to deflect any Western or NATO dynamic towards confrontation with Russia. One of Putin'...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Weekend Roundup: Putin's Drawdown Is as Much About World Order as About Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin's surprise announcement this week of a withdrawal of some forces from Syria has put an end to the narrative that Russia was bound to be trapped in a Mideast quagmire. Whether in Ukraine or in Syria, it has become clear that Russia's actions are as much about its role in the world order as about those countries. Writing from Beirut, former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke puts it this way: "The common thread running through both conflicts (Ukraine and Syria) has been the Russian leadership's overriding concern to deflect any Western or NATO dynamic towards confrontation with Russia. One of Putin'...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Doctor held for 'misusing' social media
A Bahraini doctor arrested for his use of social media must be granted access to legal and medical support, urged the BMA.
Sa'eed Mothaher Habib al-Samahiji was arrested at his home in 'Issa town, around 15km south of the Manama (pictured), the capital, on 3 January for posting on Twitter.
Dr Sa’eed al-Samahiji told his family that he is being held for interrogation regarding a post about the execution of the prominent Saudi Shi’a cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi Arabian Government, and for insulting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Twitter.
The doctor still suffers from injuries sustained during a ...
Source: BMA News - March 1, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Dilaforette and Bahrain's AGU partner for Phase II trial of sevuparin to treat sickle cell disease
Swedish biotech firm Dilaforette and Bahrain-based Arabian Gulf University (AGU) are to collaborate on a Phase II proof-of-concept trial of sevuparin in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) experiencing acute vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC). (Source: Drug Development Technology)
Source: Drug Development Technology - February 16, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
UNISON takes the ‘route of shame’ in defence of workers’ rights
To mark today’s Human Rights Day, UNISON is taking part in a ‘route of shame’ in London, visiting six embassies and high commissions whose countries have appalling records on workers’ rights.
A letter will be delivered by hand to the residing ambassador or high commissioner of Colombia, Turkey, Bahrain, South Korea, Qatar and Swaziland – countries that systematically deny rights to workers and actively seek to undermine or ban trade unions.
The letters will be presented by UNISON assistant general secretary and TUC president Liz Snape.
Head of the union’s international department Nick Crook said that the ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - December 10, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News colombia international qatar social media trade union bill 2015 trade union rights working internationally Source Type: news
Iraq cholera outbreak threatens region
Cases rose sharply last month and infections have been confirmed in Bahrain and Kuwait. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - November 20, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Cholera spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain: UNICEF
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to neighboring Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit the country, UNICEF's Iraq director said. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
From Bahrain to Boston for very early onset IBD care
During a recent visit to Boston Children’s Hospital, three-year-old Gassen Boabed quietly entered the waiting room of the hospital’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center.
With Mom and big brother in tow, the tiny toddler, boasting a pretty pink headband and nail polish to match, sat at a child-sized table, picked up crayons and started coloring. She was at ease, and her surroundings were familiar.
For the past year and a half, Gassen, a native of Bahrain, a small island country east of Saudi Arabia, has been receiving treatment at Boston Children’s for a rare and debilitating condition called very early onset (VEO) infl...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - September 30, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Maureen McCarthy Tags: Diseases & conditions Our patients’ stories Stem cell Athos Bousvaros Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) International Scott Snapper Source Type: news
DSEI weapons fair: authoritarian regimes descend on London
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Azerbaijan and Bahrain are among 61 countries the UK government has invited to biennial eventAuthoritarian regimes including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and Azerbaijan are among the official guests invited by the UK government to one of the world’s largest arms bazaars, opening in London’s Docklands this week.The biennial weapons fair, which opens on Tuesday, is the focus of an increasingly heated debate between those who say major weapons producers such as Britain cannot claim at the same time to defend human rights, and those who say the arms industry provides tens of thousands of jobs and valua...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 14, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Richard Norton-Taylor Tags: Arms trade Weapons technology Science World news Business BAE Systems UK news Source Type: news
LifeCell looking at around 50% revenue growth in FY16
Internationally, the company has presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - August 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What It's Like to Have Severe Sleep Paralysis
(Photo: SOA) By Melissa Dahl It didn't happen every night, but every now and then, Blake Smith, a 45-year-old writer and programmer from Kennesaw, Georgia, would jolt awake, believing he was under attack. Just what exactly was attacking him was something of a mystery, as it was invisible -- a ghost, maybe. Whatever it was, he could feel that it meant him harm. Related: What It's Like to Need Hardly Any Sleep What was really happening, he now knows, was that he was experiencing sleep paralysis, a phenomenon that occurs either upon falling asleep or awakening and is thought to be a mix-up of normal REM sleep. On the one ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fears of MERS Virus Prompt Broadening of Cautions in South Korea
Officials nearly doubled the number of quarantined people, temporarily closed over 700 kindergartens and schools, and refused to identify the hospitals where infections had been confirmed. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CHOE SANG-HUN Tags: Viruses South Korea Saudi Arabia SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Qatar China Bahrain Hospitals Hong Kong MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) World Health Organization Source Type: news
How MERS Patient Zero Inadvertently Sparked An Outbreak In South Korea
We reported him to the disease control center but because he went to Bahrain, which was all we knew at that time, his case dragged on," said an official at the hospital where he was diagnosed on May 20, who also declined to be identified. "Too much time was spent finding him positive." The person the index patient shared a room with at the Pyeongtaek hospital contracted MERS, as did that person's son, who had visited. The son broke voluntary quarantine and traveled to Hong Kong and mainland China, where he was diagnosed with MERS. He is in hospital in China. ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 3, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
