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A groundbreaking study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that a combination of two existing biologic drugs can stop the progression of multiple myeloma, a serious type of blood cancer. The research, coordinated...

Scientists have taken a significant step in understanding mutations in the BRCA2 gene, associated with increased cancer risk, by characterizing the role of thousands of genetic variants. The study, published in the prestigious journal Nature,...

The establishment by the European Parliament, last week, of the new standing committee on public health (SANT) - which in the previous European Parliament was only a subcommittee - could become a platform for lobbyists from the pharmaceutical...

Neuralink, a company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has received the green light to launch its first clinical trial in Canada. The step marks an important milestone in the development of its revolutionary device, designed to allow paralyzed...

Sick people in our country could lose access to essential medicines such as Paracetamol and Metformin (a basic treatment for diabetes) due to legislative and administrative blockages, generic medicine manufacturers warn. They stress that the...

The medical world has a major new discovery, a revolutionary device designed to transform the treatment of brain tumors. The chip, made of graphene and the size of a postage stamp, represents a medical first and could redefine neurosurgical...

The British-Romanian Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) organized the 3rd Edition of the Healthcare Forward - Shaping Tomorrow's Solutions conference, that took place this week on October 22nd, 2024, at the JW Marriott Bucharest.

The rains covered the entire globe. From the US to Nepal and from Mexico to Romania, water creates problems, big or small.

The development of the IT&C sector, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents a huge challenge for the entire global economy, a challenge that must be carefully managed and strictly regulated in order not to...

Medical researchers bring new good news for humans. In the UK, a new £42 million prostate cancer screening trial has been launched with the aim of revolutionizing the way the disease is diagnosed and treated. The study, called Transform,...

The appearance of new diseases simultaneously with the appearance of new vaccines and medicines is proof that the pharma industry is involved in turning citizens into simple patients, claims European deputy Gheorghe Piperea, lawyer and university...

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The modern pharmaceutical industry, a global market of billions of dollars, is no longer limited to treating and curing the sick. In recent years, new advertising techniques have been developed that aggressively target healthy audiences, turning...

The pharma industry has been in a real economic and financial boom for 20 years, which is supported by recent technical developments, biotechnological research-innovation and deepening research on DNA and every microcell in the human body. An...

Freedom was wider before the COVID-19 pandemic, and now we hardly remember that until the year 2020 we lived completely differently. Moreover, epidemics had a profound impact on the history of humanity, shaping the course of civilizations and...

The medical expertise ordered in the 13 criminal files regarding the suspicious deaths of some patients in the ATI Covid section of the Sibiu Emergency Clinical County Hospital have not been completed, although 3 years and 5 months have passed...

Yesterday, the government approved the Start-Up Nation 2024 program, with a budget allocation of almost 446.2 million euros, of which 80% are European funds from the Education and Employment Program 2021-2027 through the European Social Fund...

Two ATI doctors, employed at the Pantelimon Hospital in the capital, are accused by the prosecutors of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Bucharest Court (PTB) of the premeditated murder of a patient by drastically reducing the dose of...

The social and political convulsions of the first three months of the current year left their mark on the entire semester, because the PSD-PNL coalition turned to the state piggy bank to calm them down. Thus, the Ciolacu government decided to...

The budget deficit continued its decline in the second financial quarter as well, its growth being a little smoother compared to the first three months of 2024. Thus, if at the end of March the budget deficit recorded for the first quarter stood...

Drugs are being tested more and more often by specialists for treatment schemes in certain conditions. An advisory committee within the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is examining the possibility of future authorization of a treatment...

The second month of spring was a stormy one for the PSD-PNL political coalition, which had to face the media revelations about how the doctor Cătălin Cîrstoiu - the candidate of both parties for the position of general mayor of the Capital - made...

There are also happy "accidents" in the pharmaceutical field. Combinations of substances dedicated to the treatment of one condition also prove effective for others. A drug already known and used to treat asthma, called Xolair, proved...

Reporter: Confind's main clients are OMV, Petrom, Romgaz, ExpertPetroleum. Will the list of collaborations expand in 2024?

Medical experts emphasize the importance of developing collaboration and medical education in the field of rare diseases. The project "Together MANY for RARE," launched in the fall of 2022, primarily involves organizing meetings between...

The European Commission is preparing to introduce a tax - "fair share" - based on the "senders-pay" concept, according to which the largest traffic generators, such as Netflix or Google, should contribute financially to the...

Declaraţiile premierului Marcel Ciolacu, legate de concediile medicale, au reuşit să producă valuri, majoritatea de indignare. "Un strănut poate îmbolnăvi toate persoanele pe o rază de doi metri", îi transmite Alianţa Pacienţilor Cronici...

The statements of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, related to medical leaves, managed to produce waves, mostly of indignation. "A sneeze can make all the people within a two-meter radius sick," the Alliance of Chronic Patients from Romania...

Medicine is about to take another big step forward. Researchers have discovered a new drug that can successfully inhibit the development of the most aggressive form of breast cancer. A preclinical study led by the University of Adelaide,...

The 10% taxation of medical leave, a measure introduced by GEO 115/2023, is contested by some leaders of the governing coalition who want to eliminate this tax for certain categories of patients, through a legislative amendment. Senator Nicoleta...

Science and medicine give a chance at life to people facing serious conditions. Surgeons and scientists have developed a world-first blood test for brain cancer, which experts say could revolutionize diagnosis, speed up treatment and increase...

The world map is filled with red dots, marking places where armed conflicts of various sizes are taking place. In addition to these, there are also "orange' zones where tensions are escalating, and direct confrontation seems imminent....

The snowball of dissatisfaction has started rolling through Romanian society, becoming larger and harder to stop. Doctors have begun to express their grievances more vocally. The Federative Chamber of Trade Unions of Romanian Doctors (CFSMR)...

The tightening of the limits provided by the geographical criterion and the demographic criterion regarding the establishment of pharmacies, a measure provided for in the draft government ordinance initiated by the Ministry of Health, a normative...

The coronavirus is proving persistent, and an alarming update comes from the United States. Hospitals in at least four American states have reinstated the mandatory use of masks due to the increasing number of COVID cases, seasonal flu, and other...

The tragedy at the boarding school in Odorheiu Secuiesc could have been avoided, if the PNL-PSD government led by Nicolae Ciucă and the Parliament led by the majority of liberals and social democrats would not have changed the deadlines set out...

Research aimed at finding effective treatments for serious illnesses often leads scientists down unconventional paths. For instance, fecal matter collected from healthy subjects is now being used in the treatment of patients. As studies on the...

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly used by the industry of services offered to businesses, because the use of this technology brings added value to the activity of companies and increases their competitiveness, said yesterday, the...

The coronavirus is no longer dominating daily news headlines, but that doesn't mean it's no longer causing problems. The pandemic has passed, but the complications caused by this virus, which turned the world upside down, have remained....