Medicine
Revolutionary new cancer drug granted European marketing authorisation
Bayer has announced that the European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for a "revolutionary" new class…
Malta: Government to offer cancer drugs currently funded by Community Chest Fund – MaltaToday
MaltaToday leads with the story that cancer drugs currently funded by the Community Chest Fund will gradually be absorbed into the government…
French doctor suspected of poisoning over 50 patients
A French doctor already charged with poisoning seven patients was taken into custody for questioning over the suspected poisoning of around 50…
Pig’s brain function restored hours after death
Scientists at Yale University in the US have restored activity in a pig’s brain hours after its death. The findings challenge assumptions…
In a world first… kidney transplanted from one HIV-positive patient to another
For the first time ever US doctors at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland, have transplanted a kidney from one HIV-positive patient to…
On this day, in 1929 Sir Alexander Fleming discovers Penicilin
Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an accidental discovery led to one of the great developments of modern medicine on…
New EU rules to combat fake medicines enter into force
The falsification of medicines has remained a serious threat to public health in the EU for too long. As of tomorrow, the…
Inventor of ibuprofen dies at 95
A British chemist who helped invent the painkiller ibuprofen after he took it to cure his own hangover has died at the…
Prospects of no-Deal Brexit leads to medicine stockpiling
Ministers have been urged by top doctors to reveal the extent of national drug stocks, amid growing evidence patients are stockpiling medication…
International operation leads to 859 arrests and seizure of USD 14 million of potentially dangerous pharmaceuticals
Fake cancer medication. Counterfeit pain pills. Illicit medical syringes. These are just some of the potentially life-threatening medicines and goods seized during…
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo win the 2018 Nobel Prize for game-changing discoveries to harness to fight cancer
American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday for game-changing discoveries about…
Eleven babies die after Dutch women given Viagra in drug trial
The Guardian reports that Dutch women who were given Viagra to increase the growth of their unborn child as part of a…