medicine

Japan approves drug to treat Alzheimer's disease

Japan approves drug to treat Alzheimer's disease

Japan's health ministry has officially approved the domestic production and sale of a new drug for Alzheimer's disease. Donanemab was developed by U.S. pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly. The ministry gave the greenlight on October …

Iran produces 90% of medicines domestically

Iran produces 90% of medicines domestically

Iran produces 90% of drugs and medical equipment used by citizens of the country domestically, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said. "Today, thanks to the efforts of researchers and activists in the field of health …

Iran wants to become regional hub of medicine

Iran wants to become regional hub of medicine

Iran’s capacity to produce 95% of its needed medicines domestically could turn the country into the region’s hub of pharmaceuticals, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said. During a visit to the Ministry of Industry, Mine and …

Georgian gov’t says reference prices to lower medication costs

Georgian gov’t says reference prices to lower medication costs

The costs of medical drugs are expected to decrease by 40 percent next year following the anticipated introduction of reference prices, the Georgian government administration announced on Wednesday. The initial stage of the introduction …

No interruptions in medicine supply reported in Russia

No interruptions in medicine supply reported in Russia

There is enough medicine in Russia, there are no interruptions in supplies, the chairman of the board of directors of the Promomed group of pharmaceutical companies, Petr Bely said at the St. Petersburg International Economic …

Why did European people start eating Egyptian mummies?

Why did European people start eating Egyptian mummies?

Driven first by the belief that ground-up and tinctured human remains could cure anything from bubonic plague to a headache, and then by the macabre ideas Victorian people had about after-dinner entertainment, the bandaged corpses of ancient …

Turkey as the world's health care center

Turkey as the world's health care center

Investments are rolling in and studies related to Turkey's health care system are continuing full speed ahead. One outcome of these developments is that we are hearing "health tourism" more frequently. At this point, however, we …

Monkeypox goes global

Monkeypox goes global

Scientists are trying to understand why the virus, a less-lethal relative of smallpox, has cropped up in so many populations around the world

Turkish scientist found cure for ageing

Turkish scientist found cure for ageing

Emel Erdal Çalıkoğlu, a dermatology expert from Dokuz Eylül University in the western Turkish province of Izmir, has tapped into the insect’s larvae for producing a base for anti-aging products. The larvae, rich …

China and Arab States boost e-commerce

China and Arab States boost e-commerce

Though the energy sector has been underpinning China-Arab trade ties, cross-border e-commerce has increasingly been turned to as a vital thoroughfare linking Arab states and their largest trading partner