Healthcare | Tuesday 28 April, 2020 3:15 pm

KACST, Weqaya Launch Initiative to Study Genetic Factors Behind Symptoms Variation of COVID-19 Cases

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), in partnership with the Saudi Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Weqaya), have launched an initiative to study and determine the genetic factors that cause variation of symptoms of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) among Saudis, as part ...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 28 April, 2020 7:28 am

Nahdi Medical and Ismail Ali Abudawood Trading Co. donate revenues from the sale of health and medical products to Zmzm Association

Nahdi Medical, the leading Saudi pharmaceutical retailer, has collaborated with Ismail Ali Abudawood Trading Co. in a campaign during which Nahdi guests buying Procter and Gamble (P&G) products will see part of their payments going to charity. Ismail Ali Abudawood Trading Co....

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Healthcare | Sunday 26 April, 2020 3:06 am

Saudi G20 Presidency Welcomes the Launch of “Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator” Initiative

The Saudi G20 Presidency welcomes the launch of “Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator”, a landmark, global and timely collaboration for the accelerated development, production and equitable access to new COVID-19 tools.The ACT Accelerator initiative will be a global platform for action to ...

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Healthcare | Sunday 26 April, 2020 3:05 am

The first largest virtual world dental conference concludes with thousands of medical participants around the world attending

The Saudi Dental Society has conducted the first and largest virtual  Dental Conference around the world, with senior lecturers from the most prestigious universities in the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia were contacted to give continuous lectures for 11 hours a day ...

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Healthcare | Saturday 25 April, 2020 8:21 pm

Health Ministry: MAWID service available free of charge to browse

“MAWID” service is now available free of charge for browsing without consuming data whether via an app or website, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) cited the Ministry of Health as announcing Saturday.The ministry said that it is carrying out this project in cooperation with the Communication and...

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Healthcare | Saturday 25 April, 2020 5:26 pm

On Behalf of G20, Minister of Finance Calls for Cooperation with All Active Organizations to Face Coronavirus Pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched today a global coalition to accelerate the development and production of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, and distribute safe and effective technologies for prevention and diagnosis so that they are available to all who need them all over the...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 22 April, 2020 1:47 pm

Globalpharma manufactures and supplies medicines and equipment to support the medical community efforts

Supporting the efforts of the medical community in the face of the global pandemic, Globalpharma, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC, has confirmed readiness for manufacturing & supplying essential medicines & medical requirements needed to face the disease and its...

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Healthcare | Monday 20 April, 2020 3:05 am

G20 Health Ministers Coordinate Efforts to Combat COVID-19

The G20 Health Ministers held a virtual meeting today to further coordinate efforts in combatting COVID-19.G20 Ministers emphasized that people’s health and well-being are at the heart of all decisions taken to protect lives, tackle illness, strengthen global health security, and alleviate the...

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Healthcare | Saturday 18 April, 2020 3:50 pm

WHO thanks Saudi Arabia for donating $500 million in fight against coronavirus

The World Health Organization thanked Saudi Arabia's King Salman for donating $500 million to support the international efforts in preventing the coronavirus spread, state news agency SPA reported on Friday."I express my great gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and to the Saudi...

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Healthcare | Saturday 18 April, 2020 5:36 am

Sanofi and GSK to join forces in unprecedented vaccine collaboration to fight COVID-19

Sanofi and GSK today announce that they have signed a letter of intent to enter into a collaboration to develop an adjuvanted vaccine for COVID-19, using innovative technology from both companies, to help address the ongoing pandemic. Sanofi will contribute its S-protein COVID-19 antigen,...

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