MEDICA 2019 + COMPAMED 2019 bring in over 6,200 exhibitors – a meeting point for the entire medical world It’s also the number one for health start-ups: an explosion of innovations and exciting ideas for improving health More dynamic, more digital and more networked than ever: the medical…
NAIROBI, Kenya September 25, 2019 - The Pharmacy and Poisons Board today celebrated the World Pharmacists Day under the theme “Safe and Effective Medicines for All,” with a launch of three key pharmaceutical guidelines. The Guidelines on good distribution practices, Guidelines on disposal of pharmaceutical waste and Guidelines…
Ranitidine is a medicine used to treat and prevent ulcers of the stomach and intestine, and belongs to a group of medicines known as H2-Blocker. It works by reducing the amount of acid that the stomach produces. Swissmedic, the National Medicines Regulatory Authority of Switzerland through the Swissmedic’s…
"Daily dose of aspirin 'not worth risk' as study warns of bleeding side-effects," reports The Daily Telegraph. Aspirin slows the ability of the blood to form clots, which means it can reduce the chances of dangerous blood clots causing heart attacks and strokes. However, the same action means it…
BBC News reports that a "cheap drug could save thousands of lives a year". This follows a large trial, carried out across 29 countries, which used the medicine tranexamic acid to treat people with traumatic brain injury. Tranexamic acid helps to stop bleeding by enabling blood to clot.…