A new gene therapy has been used to treat patients with a rare inherited eye disorder which causes blindness, reports BBC News. It's hoped the National Health Service...International
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has announced that together with the Health Department it has developed and distributed clinical guidelines and...Breaking News
The number of confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus has overtaken the 2003 SARS outbreak inside of mainland China with more than 6,000 confirmed cases of...International
A twice-a-year injection that reduces bad cholesterol to protect the heart is to be pioneered by the National Health Service (NHS) in England, reports BBC News....Weekly Roundup
US retailer CVS has become the latest to suspend the sale of a heartburn drug being investigated for links to cancer. BBC News reports that it follows concern in...Weekly Roundup
Additional shortages of blood pressure drugs in the US are possible following recent recalls related to traces of a probable carcinogen found in some versions a...
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The Sunday Times reports on one SA family's journey with their daughter, who has spinal muscular atrophy, trying to access hugely expensive new breakthrough drugs...
The development of new medical products that are considered the highest priority for people in developing countries is highly concentrated – among five pharmaceutical...International
The fight against life-threatening infections suffered another blow when one of the world’s biggest drug makers waved the white flag. Business Day reports that...Weekly Roundup
Rival cancer cell therapies from Swiss drugmaker Novartis and US-based Gilead Sciences have won a key recommendation from a European Medicines Agency panel, likely...
