Industry Developments

Bahrain is considering introducing a compulsory healthcare scheme in which employers will be responsible for providing health insurance for expatriate workers. The scheme will see... 2006-03-23

Turkish drugmaker Eczacibasi Pharmaceuticals has recently opened a new US$4mn antibiotics facility, which will specialise in the production of cephalosporin. Eczacibasi Pharmaceuticals... 2006-03-22

Despite recent delays, the US and the UAE are expected to resume talks over a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), with a final deal due in the short term. If the discussions are successful,... 2006-03-22

However, critics claim that such measures will have little impact and will merely force counterfeiters to produce their products within Nigeria. Even assuming these rules prove enforceable,... 2006-03-21

However, Israel offers a marked contrast. Approximately 35% of all civilian research is undertaken in the life sciences sector. In 2004, 30% of all Israeli scientists were in the... 2006-03-21

Zimbabwe claims that its chronic shortages of drug supplies are being caused by economic sanctions and that thousands of lives in the country are being endangered as a result. Dr... 2006-03-15

US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has acquired Israeli healthcare firm ColdBar for US$140mn. ColdBar manufactures collagen-based implants and has developed two new products to date,... 2006-03-15

South Africa has finally announced it new draft medicine dispensing fees, after months of deliberations. The move comes after a Constitutional Court ruling in October 2005, which... 2006-03-14

South Africa's department of Health has recently announced that it is to double the annual supply of doctors and increase numbers of nurses and pharmacists by 50% by 2011, in a bid... 2006-03-13

The government of Rivers State in Nigeria has announced that it will pay the mandatory 15% monthly contributions for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHI), all workers in the... 2006-03-13