Health

ISLAMABAD: The federal government pharmaceutical firms will hold talks on overcoming the shortage of medicines and the opening of letters of credit (LCs) for the imports of raw materials, citing sources. Sources told ARY News that an important meeting will be held between the pharmaceutical firms and the federal government in Karachi today. The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association chairman Farooq …

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has suggested pharma companies to use Yuan and Lira for importing medical raw materials to ensure the availability of essential medicines amid a dollar liquidity crunch, citing sources. The DRAP has come up with a plan to save pharma companies from the dollars’ scarcity effects and has offered pharma companies to open …

People in Spain will no longer have to wear face masks on public transport, the government said Tuesday, ending one of the country’s last remaining rules against the coronavirus pandemic. The rule requiring mask wearing on trains, buses and ferries will expire Wednesday but will still apply in hospitals, health centres and care homes, Health Minister Carolina Darias said. The …

Containing and cleaning up environmental pollution, especially in waterways, is crucial to controlling increasingly bullet-proof superbugs which could kill tens of millions by mid-century, a new UN report said Tuesday. Superbugs — strains of bacteria resistant to antibiotics — are estimated to have killed 1.27 million people in 2019, and the World Health Organization says antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one …

ISLAMABAD: Pharmaceutical companies have decided to halt production citing the unavailability of raw material and delay in their cases seeking price increase. In a letter penned to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) pharmaceutical companies said that they are going to halt production in a week due to the unavailability of raw materials. Citing the increasing rate of the …

ISLAMABAD: The nationwide anti-polio campaign, held in three phases in January, ‘failed’ to achieve set targets, citing sources. Sources familiar with the matter said as many as 44.2% of children aged 5 years were said to be inhaled anti-polio drops, but the target was not met. As many as 552,256 children were left without anti-polio drops during the three-phase drive …

During Arab Health 2023, Dubai Health Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Trends Research and Advisory to collaborate on several health-related research projects, studies and polls. The MoU was signed by Fatima Abbas, CEO of Strategy and Corporate Development Sector at the DHA and Dr Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali, CEO of Trends Research and Advisory. The MoU will enhance the …

Experts have warned that the recent detection of bird flu in mammals including foxes, otters, minks, seals and even grizzly bears is concerning but emphasised that the virus would have to significantly mutate to spread between humans. Since late 2021, Europe has been gripped by its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu, with North and South America also experiencing severe outbreaks. …

Rows of sleek new school desks equipped with bike pedals are allowing students in Mexico to power through their class work while cranking out some light exercise, burning off calories in a country known for its alarming obesity rates. But for the students at a high school just outside the bustling city of Monterrey, the new bike desks offer benefits …

India will spend $79.6 million on strengthening its drug regulatory system, the health minister said on Friday, after the World Health Organization raised concerns about domestically produced cough syrups being linked to the death of 89 children in two countries. India is known as the “pharmacy of the world” and its pharmaceuticals exports have more than doubled over the past …