Tag: Medicines
Abu Dhabi Receives 1st Global Shipment of Astrazeneca “Evusheld” COVID-19 Medication
Abu Dhabi received its first global Evusheld shipment on December 20
In partnership with Etihad Cargo, AstraZeneca, and Department of Health-Abu Dhabi
Storage and distribution of...
WHO Halts Hydroxychloroquine Testing Over Safety Concerns
The World Health Organization has suspended testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after a study published in The Lancet reported that COVID-19 patients taking the drug...
Experimental Drug Remdesivir Speeds Recovery from COVID-19
American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences on Wednesday announced study results showing that patients receiving a 5-day treatment course of Remdesivir achieved similar clinical improvement...
Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype
On March 16, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted that the anti-malaria drug chloroquine was “maybe worth considering” as a treatment for COVID-19. He got...
Fake, Low-quality Medicines Prevalent in Developing World
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that substandard and falsified medicines, including medicines to treat malaria, are...