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A personal health choice that turned into a successful venture
Malaysia’s BMS Organics started in the healthy-eating and organic retail trend that initially spread in Taiwan 20 years ago. According to Terry Lee, executive director of holding company FMC Greenland, his three elder brothers, a doctor, an accountant and an […]
A new class of diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer
Fresh insight into understanding therapy resistance in lung cancer and unveil new avenues to monitor and treat the disease more effectively were found in a study conduct by a team of researchers in Singapore. The team discovered a class of […]
Most people are not aware of what’s in their cigarette smoke, says survey
A national phone survey conducted by the University of North Carolina (UNC) Center for Regulatory Research on Tobacco Communication recently revealed that most people tried to find out what chemicals are in tobacco products or smoke, but most were not […]
Thinfilm, global pharma firm partner to create NFC platform for medical devices
Thin Film Electronics ASA, also known as Thinfilm and a global leader in printed electronics and smart systems, has recently entered into an agreement with Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firm to create an NFC OpenSense platform for medical devices. The two […]
Invention inspired by sneezing fits that nearly caused an accident to debut at MEDICAL FAIR ASIA 2016
By John Battersby Joseph Moore was inspired to invent something to protect himself from allergens when his own allergies almost killed him. It wasn’t anaphylactic shock, just a severe sneezing attack while driving which almost resulted in his car being […]
US CDC monitors 320 pregnant US women with Zika
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that it is monitoring 320 pregnant US women with laboratory evidence of Zika virus infection, up from 287 women a week earlier. But the number of babies born in the […]
Pfizer commits to include addiction risks in opioid marketing
The city of Chicago and global pharmaceutical company Pfizer recently announced an agreement that commits the drugmakerto disclosing the serious risks of addiction in its marketing of prescription opioid painkillers. Prescription opioid abuse is blamed for nearly 19,000 deaths a […]
Viral hepatitis’ death toll matches AIDS or TB
A research in The Lancet suggests that viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches AIDS or tuberculosis. The report estimates that hepatitis infections and their complications led to 1.45 million […]
Some ‘healthy foods’ might not be as healthy as you think -survey
The New York Times collaborated with the polling firm Morning Consult to survey 2,000 Americans and nearly 700 nutritionists from the American Society for Nutrition to find out what each group considered healthy versus unhealthy food. The results showed that […]
Spain’s Almirall eyeing dermatology assets from Canada’s Valeant
Spanish pharmaceutical company Almirall is building up its skin treatments business and could be interested in acquiring dermatology assets from Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals, according to the head of the Barcelona-based company. Valeant is also looking to divest various products as […]
