Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) at the Federal Ministry of Health declared yesterday the inauguration of the World Immunization Week from 24-30 April in the Friendship Hall.

Director of EPI Dr. Amani Abdul Muneim said the inauguration is expected to be addressed by the President of the Republic.

Amani stated the Immunization Week is targeting six diseases such as diphtheria, hepatitis A and B, measles, mumps, pneumococcal disease, polio, rotavirus, diarrhea, tetanus and yellow fever.

According to WHO, Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective...

Quintiles, the world’s leading global biopharmaceutical services company, today announced the appointment of Tom Pike as chief executive officer. This appointment is part of the company’s long-term succession planning. Dennis Gillings, CBE, who founded the company, continues as executive chairman of its Board of Directors. Pike joins Quintiles on April 30, 2012.

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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD) and Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified the companies that it will require a three-month extension to complete its review of the data supporting the New Drug Application (NDA) for linaclotide for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and chronic constipation (CC).

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Sign Against Stroke Campaign launched at World Heart Federation’s World Congress of Cardiology; calls for 1.7 million voices to unite to improve the care and treatment of atrial fibrillation, which increases stroke risk by 500 percent

World Heart Federation, World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2012 - April 23, 2012 :Seventy patient and professional organisations"...

This regional medical tourism project will be developed in three phases over an area of approximately 800,000m2 in the serene environment of Salalah, Oman.

One of the major aspects of the TMC project is environmental sustainability. The importance of environmental sustainability is embedded in each phase of the TMC project, from the business model, to the engineering design, to the operation level. The sustainability goals for the TMC project will be drawn from the 'One Planet Living' program, which is internationally recognized as a framework for addressing sustainability in development...

The national anti-polio and combating of Vitamin ( A) deficiency campaign, which targeted 6,704,412 children under the age of five years and organized during 16th- 18th of the current month is due to be concluded last Wednesday.

The Director of Expanded Vaccination Program, Dr. Amani Abdul-Moneim, pointed out that the campaign conducted through support from partners of international organizations, national partners and officials in the states.

Meanwhile, the federal Supervisor at East Darfur State Mohamed Al-Hussein Al-Haj; noted that the Minister of Health at the state has assured...

Also announced - new head-to-head trials, LUX-Lung 7 and LUX-Lung 8, initiated to further evaluate afatinib in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

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Highly anticipated results from LUX-Lung 3, the pivotal Phase III lung cancer trial investigating Boehringer Ingelheim's front running oncology investigational compound, the ErbB Family Blocker afatinib, in patients with EGFR mutations, will be presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago from 1 - 5 June 2012. LUX-Lung 3, which compares afatinib to standard platinum based"......

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Boehringer Ingelheim announced today the launch of the GLORIATM-AF Registry Program, which is set to become the largest worldwide registry with the aim of understanding the long-term use of oral antithrombotic therapy in the prevention of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF)-related stroke in a real-world setting.

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