VUMI opens new office in Dubai

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Mar, 2020

US based health insurance company VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) have now expanded to Dubai. The company has announced the opening of a new administrative office in Duba...Read more

Weizmann Institute develops coronavirus predictor

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Mar, 2020

A method of predicting the coronavirus spread, pioneered and developed by Israel based Weizmann Institute scientists, may enable the authorities to focus efforts on areas where an outbreak ...Read more

Israeli Researchers Announce successful Coronavirus Treatment in birds

Middle East countries |  News | 1 Comment | 04 Mar, 2020

A group of researchers in northern Israel announced on 27 Feb 2020 that they had achieved a “scientific breakthrough” in treating coronavirus. At a press conference,...Read more

Predicting Immunotherapy Success

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Feb, 2020

One of the frustrations with anti-cancer therapy is that no one drug fits all: Most work well in some people but have little effect in other patients with the same type of cancer. This is a...Read more

New Algorithm predicts gestational diabetes

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Feb, 2020

A new computer algorithm can predict in the early stages of pregnancy, or even before pregnancy has occurred, which women are at a high risk of gestational diabetes – according to a s...Read more

Director General DHA opens Medlab Middle East

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Feb, 2020

Taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from 3-6 February 2020, Medlab Middle East, the MENA region’s largest medical laboratory exhibition and congress, is set to welcome...Read more

Medlab Middle East organises series of free-to-attend workshops

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Feb, 2020

Hands-on approach to learning and knowledge-sharing on new product offerings, technology and best practice is taking place at Medlab Middle East, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Workshops ...Read more

Medlab Middle East addresses future of laboratory medicine

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Feb, 2020

Over 25,800 medical laboratory industry professionals and 600 exhibitors from 35 countries are meeting in Dubai for Medlab Middle East, the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region&rsqu...Read more

Hikma, Arecor to co develop RTU medicine using Arestat™ technology

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Jan, 2020

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, Dubai (rated Ba1/stable Moody's and BB+/positive S&P), the multinational generic pharmaceutical company, and Arecor Ltd, the biopharmaceutical company advanci...Read more

VGS acquires Intellectual Property developed by Kipsbay Medical Inc

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Jan, 2020

Vascular Graft Solutions (VGS), Israel announces on the acquisition of several patent families from NEOGRAFT Technologies Inc. which include patents that were previously developed...Read more

Zebra Medical Vision announces agreement with DePuy Synthes

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Jan, 2020

Israel based Zebra Medical Vision, the deep learning medical imaging analytics company has announced a global co-development and commercialization agreement with US based DePuy Synthes...Read more

Cellect Biotechnology receives approval for U.S. clinical trial

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2019

Israel based Cellect Biotechnology Ltd., a developer of innovative technology to enable the functional selection of stem cells, has received approval to initiate the trial in the U.S. to ev...Read more

New Molecules Precisely Target Mutant Disease Gene: Weizmann Institute of Science

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Dec, 2019

When Weizmann Institute of Science’s Prof. Rivka Dikstein set out to study a gene regulating inflammation, she had no idea she’d find a promising route to developing a drug for ...Read more

Abu Dhabi unveils world's most comprehensive Genome Program

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Dec, 2019

The Department of Health - Abu Dhabi has announced the launch of the Population Genome Program, a national project set to use population-scale genomic data to improve health and well-being....Read more

Dubai Health Authority signs MoU with VPS Healthcare

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Dec, 2019

Dubai Health Authority and UAE based VPS Healthcare have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation and partnership and exchange experiences. His Excellency ...Read more

Zebra Medical Vision to bring more AI to diagnostic imaging

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Nov, 2019

Israel based Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical-imaging analytics company, announced that its AI1™ “all-in-one” bundle of AI products will be available on the...Read more

Teva increases offering and pricing size to $2.1 B

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2019

Israeli company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (“Teva”) announced that it successfully upsized and priced approximately $2.1 billion (equivalent) of its senior notes (th...Read more

Some humans can smell just fine without olfactory bulbs

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2019

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers recently showed that some humans can smell just fine, without olfactory bulbs. Their finding – that around 0.6% of women, and more specifica...Read more