Israel's Together Pharma to buy 50 percent stake of German cannabis

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Aug, 2018

Together Pharma, which produces medical cannabis   had signed a deal to buy a controlling 50.01 percent stake in an unnamed German company, which is one of its customers, for 2 mi...Read more

Hebrew University researchers develop a drug for acute leukemia

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Aug, 2018

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said they have developed a new biological drug that had a 50 percent cure rate for lab mice with acute leukemia. The rights to the molecul...Read more

Pharmax initiates operations at new Dubai facility

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Aug, 2018

UAE-based Pharmax Pharmaceuticals has begun production out of its new $34 million facility located in Dubai Science Park. According to the company, the custom-built factory is the first adv...Read more

iCAN, Yom Chai signs MoU for crohn's disease and autism

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2018

Singapore - The Directors of Ananda Developments recently announced that investee company iCAN has signed an MoU with a new Israeli Medical Cannabis company Yom Chai to develop and clinical...Read more

BiondVax relocates to new manufacturing facility

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Aug, 2018

BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd., developer of the M-001 universal influenza vaccine candidate, recently reported the company's relocation to a newly constructed mid-size commercial scale manu...Read more

FSD Pharma, SciCann Launch clinical research program in Israel

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Aug, 2018

FSD Pharma announced the launch of a clinical research collaborative program in Israel, via its strategic R&D partner, SciCann Therapeutics Inc. This comprehensive clinical resear...Read more

Middle East, Africa pharma economy to reach $38.8B by 2021

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2018

CPhI MEA (Middle East and Africa) launches next month as favourable market conditions are driving increased growth across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) pharma market – agein...Read more

Cellect Granted Key European Patent for Its Stem Cell Selection Technology

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2018

Cellect Biotechnology Ltd., a developer of a novel stem cell production technology, announced today the European Patent Office has granted the company a patent for its platform ApoGraf...Read more

DNAtix, Mapmygenome partner to advance personalized preventive medicine

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2018

Digital DNAtix Ltd., the blockchain genetics company, and Mapmygenome, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced their alliance to advance cutting-edge, personalized and preventive m...Read more

HUJI gets an ultra-high resolution U-CT system

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Aug, 2018

A MILabs dual-energy, ultra-high resolution U-CT system has been installed at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel (HUJI). Under the direction of Professor Galia Blum, this institute h...Read more

Abdi Ibrahim selects rfxcel for FMD Compliance

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2018

Abdi Ibrahim, the Turkish pharmaceutical industry leader, has carefully selected rfxcel to implement and support new compliance management and serialisation processing software to ensure fu...Read more

Wockhardt starts manufacturing and R&D facility in Dubai

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2018

Wockhardt, an India-based pharmaceutical company and Biotech major, sets up its first facility in Middle East for manufacturing of NCEs (New Chemical Entities) catering to the global market...Read more

Now your smartphone camera can perform clinical urinalysis at home

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Jul, 2018

Israel based Healthy.io, the first company in the world to enable the smartphone camera to be used as a clinical grade diagnostic device, announced that it received Class II U.S. Food and D...Read more

Dubai Diabetes Centre to extend services

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2018

The Dubai Diabetes Centre (DDC), is planning to undergo expansion services to enhance its capacity and cater to a larger number of patients. The centre recently completed a proof of concept...Read more

Israel Govt to grant funds to GE, Change & Medtronic

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2018

Israel's government will award grants to GE Health, Medtronic, and Change Healthcare to support the expansion of their research and development centers in the country. The six-year program...Read more

Qatar Health Ministry recalls 7 pharma products

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2018

The Ministry of Public Health at Qatar has recalled seven pharmaceutical products that contain the ingredient Valsartan, manufactured by Chinese company Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical LT, o...Read more

NewStem announces $4M seed financing

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2018

NewStem Ltd., a Jerusalem-based biotech with a novel precision-medicine technology that can increase chemotherapy's effectiveness, today announced a $4 million seed financing from a publicl...Read more

Sight Diagnostics launches new POC system

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jul, 2018

Sight Diagnostics, an Israeli medical devices startup that uses computer vision and machine learning technology to speed up blood testing, is launching a point-of-care (POC) blood diagnosti...Read more