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Varicoceles can be found in 15 percent of the adult male population
With the holiday upon us, many companies in the pharma and biotech industry have made some important announcements – some big, some small. BioSpace has gathered a number of announcements that might have gone unnoticed and put them together below.
As news continues about Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder containing carcinogenic asbestos, more than 100 drug inspectors in India are seizing samples, characterized The Times of India. The company, however, downplays that description, suggesting that the samples are fairly routine.
Paris-based Sanofi announced it was transferring its listing of American Depositary Shares (ADS) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to The Nasdaq Global Select Market starting end-of-day December 31, 2018. They will start trading on January 2, 2019.
Company to supply a six months’ stock of ready-to-use medicines in the event of an emergency
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Scientists from A*STAR’s Bioinformatics Institute (BII), together with collaborators in Amsterdam, have discovered that the evolution of influenza viruses from natural selection is more closely linked to the transmission stage rather than within the human body.
Clinical trial results also suggest that immune responses to flu vaccinations in independent elderly individuals are not affected by their levels of frailty
UAE remains number 1 globally with highest number of accredited health facilities
The Ministry of Health and Prevention organized a seminar on women’s heart health titled ‘Oxygen Plus for your Heart.’ Dr. Muna Al-Kuwari, Director of the Specialized Care Department, and Vice Chair of the Executive committee on Cardiovascular Index, attended the seminar along with representatives from Dubai Media Incorporated, the Ministry of Education, the UAE University, and the National Ambulance.
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