drugs
Association of medicine distributors object to 4 companies’ referral to prosecution
Egypt
December 3, 2015
Association of medicine distributors object to 4 companies’ referral to prosecution
The association of medicine distributors criticized the referral of four medicine distributing companies to public prosecution. The reason behind the referral…
Drug might help breast cancer patients avoid heart damage
Health & Fitness
November 15, 2015
Drug might help breast cancer patients avoid heart damage
Many cancer treatments have a dark side - they can damage the heart.
India’s ‘medicine man’ brings pills to the poor
Life & Style
November 9, 2015
India’s ‘medicine man’ brings pills to the poor
It's early morning but already "Medicine Baba" Omkarnath Sharma is pounding the pavement in one of New Delhi's upscale neighborhoods,…
How America’s ‘heroin city’ is turning itself around
Life & Style
October 18, 2015
How America’s ‘heroin city’ is turning itself around
Rutland is fed up with heroin. Take Tom VanEps. He and his neighbors used to just watch, disgusted, as dealers worked…
Strategy to dispose of expired medicine goes into force
Egypt
October 17, 2015
Strategy to dispose of expired medicine goes into force
Egypt’s Pharmacists' Syndicate and pharmaceutical companies will begin enforcing a commonly-agreed strategy to dispose of expired medicine on Sunday as…
Expired drugs to be withdrawn from pharmacies starting October 17
Egypt
October 12, 2015
Expired drugs to be withdrawn from pharmacies starting October 17
Expired drugs estimated at over LE600 million will soon be taken off pharmacy shelves in accordance with an agreement between…
Pharmacists prepare agreement on expired medications
Egypt
October 1, 2015
Pharmacists prepare agreement on expired medications
Pharmacists have prepared a strategy for getting rid of expired medicine, stressing that the failure to ensure a thorough process…
Drug addicts seeking therapy up by 97.2%: govt
Egypt
September 22, 2015
Drug addicts seeking therapy up by 97.2%: govt
Drug addicts approaching the government for treatment soared by 97.2 percent in 2015, Social Solidarity Minister Gahda Wali said in…
18% of highway drivers use drugs: study
Egypt
September 20, 2015
18% of highway drivers use drugs: study
Ghada Waly, the Social Solidarity Minister and Chairperson for the Addiction Treatment and Abuse Fund, said a survey conducted in…
White House program to aim at combating rise in heroin deaths
Health & Fitness
August 17, 2015
White House program to aim at combating rise in heroin deaths
With a rise nationally in fatal heroin overdoses, the White House on Monday will announce a plan pairing law enforcement…