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Dr. Emmanuel Alexandrakis is a Global Market Strategist at the WifOR Institute, a German independent Economic Research Organization, and Adjunct Professor at the MBA International Program of the Athens University of Economics and Business for Health Sector Strategy. The recent global crisis, that was triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, underlined the importance of investing in the health sector. The unprecedented effects of this global pandemic, […]
As the coronavirus plows through the United States, health experts worry President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will become a new hotspot for coronavirus infections. Leaders and public health experts have expressed concern, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, as well as Bruce Dart, the director of Tulsa’s health […]
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN N)Two of President Donald Trump’s top officials are now pointing the finger at the administration’s own scientists and Americans’ pre-existing health conditions to explain the country’s world-leading Covid-19 death toll. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar suggested Sunday that underlying health conditions, including among minorities, were one reason for the high American […]
President Donald Trump on Friday invoked the Defense Production Act to ban “unscrupulous actors and profiteers” from exporting critical medical gear used to protect wearers from the coronavirus. The president unveiled the new order amid a dispute with U.S. manufacturing giant 3M, which had warned the Trump administration that halting its exports of respirator masks could make them even […]
Countries worldwide are preparing for the possibility of public health emergencies related to the novel coronavirus, as the World Health Organization warned a shortage of protective equipment is hampering the response to the outbreak. The virus has infected more than 92,800 people and killed at least 3,200 since it was first identified in the Chinese […]
by Anna Smith The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland (the Scottish Academy) has published its strategic priorities to 2023, outlining a focus on collaborative working between the different medical professions in Scotland, to “improve quality of care for patients.” The Academy, which promotes and co-ordinates the work of the Medical Royal Colleges […]
By Anna Smith The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted Ipsen a licence update for Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA), extending the use of the drug to focal spasticity of upper limbs in paediatric cerebral palsy (CP) patients, two years of age or older. The regulatory body says that the approval was based on a […]
By Anna Smith The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a drug alert, as Creo Pharma Limited and Tillomed Laboratories have recalled their unexpired stock of prescription-only ranitidine. GSK’s formulation of the drug, called Zantac and used for heartburn and stomach ulcers, was recalled in the USA last month after the US Food and […]