Dubai, UAE: All eyes were on Dubai at the end of last month as the world’s healthcare professionals and companies specialising in medical equipment came together at the Arab Health Exhibition & Congress 2012 at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, UAE. As the 37th edition of the event, the show achieved an estimated [...]
Inaugural Asia Middle East Surgery Conference Creates Huge Interest in the Region and Beyond. Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai Health Authority, participation in this event is foreseen as huge. Bringing together some of the finest minds both [...]
Dubai, UAE: Total joint replacement had been in effect as early as the 1970s and 80s. Lots of patients from the Middle East, who underwent their primary knee or hip surgeries abroad at that time, are now undergoing revision joint replacement here in their home countries. That by itself is a testimony of technology transfer [...]
The Roads and Transport Authority of the Government of Dubai (RTA) has awarded a 13-year maintenance contract for the Al Sufouh tramway inDubai, in theUnited Arab Emirates, to a consortium comprised of Alstom and Cofely Besix Facility Management (FM). The total value of the contract amounts to €120 million, including €68 million for Alstom, the [...]
Dubai, UAE: As is often the case in the Arab world many women are not part of the formal work force and, as a consequence, many of their symptoms or healthcare needs may be overlooked or missed due to their lack of access to healthcare. Hoping to overcome these issues, experts from around the world [...]
Dubai, UAE: Informa Exhibitions, the organiser of the world’s second largest healthcare exhibition, Arab Health, and the International Congress for Joint Reconstruction (ICJR), the organiser of worldwide conferences on joint reconstruction, have announced they will be working together on the launch of the International Congress for Joint Reconstruction – Middle East (ICJR-ME), which is scheduled [...]
SAN ANTONIO – Saturday, January 28th 2012 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)– The Board of Directors of the parent company of Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and LifeCell Corporation today announced that Ronald A. Matricaria has joined the Board of Directors and will serve as its Chairman. Matricaria will oversee the implementation of a new management structure under [...]
Diagnostics Company looks to expand current market share in MENA Region DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Saturday, January 28th 2012 [ME NewsWire] Roche Diagnostics, diagnostic division of global healthcare company Roche announced that it will set up its Middle East headquarters in Jafza and commence operations next month. The announcement was made on the sidelines [...]
Two studies investigating afatinib* in patients with locally advanced or recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer are open for recruitment. INGELHEIM, Germany – Thursday, January 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)– FOR NON-US MEDIA ONLY Boehringer Ingelheim announced today the initiation of two phase III clinical trials, LUX-Head & Neck 1 and LUX-Head & Neck 2. [...]
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Sunday, January 22nd 2012 [ME NewsWire] At the 2012 World Future Energy Summit, a group of young Emirati women showed how they are leading the way on energy and climate change in the UAE. Alice Marsden, an attorney at Latham & Watkins, moderated a panel discussion on clean energy [...]
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