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Pfizer’s Blood Cancer Therapy Adcetris Succeeds In Late-Stage Trial
Pfizer, said on Tuesday its drug, Adcetris, extended survival in patients with the most common type of lymphoma in a late-stage study, bolstering efforts to expand the use of the treatment gained through its $43 billion purchase of Seagen.…
Oyo Trails Lagos, Bans Use Of Styrofoam For Food Services, Others
Trailing an earlier policy by the Lagos State Government, the Oyo State Government has also banned the use of styrofoam for food services, storage, and other related purposes.
The state Commissioner for Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi,…
Migration: UK Bans Overseas Health Workers From Bringing Dependants
Releasing a new development to further make its migration policy more stringent, the United Kingdom has banned healthcare workers from bringing dependents to the country.
The Home Office in a statement issued on Monday said the new plan…
Japa: Nigeria Lost 16,000 Doctors In Five Years – Health Minister
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, has said that the country lost no less than 16,000 doctors to foreign health system in five years.
The number, it was noted, has further deprived Nigeria of its top…
UCH Resident Doctors Begin Strike Over Alleged Assault
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has commenced a three-day strike over an alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital.
A statement by UCH ARD…
Lassa Fever: NCDC Registers 411 Cases, 72 Deaths In 6 Weeks
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it registered 411 confirmed cases and 72 deaths from Lassa fever across 21 states of the federation from week one to week six of 2024.
The NCDC said this on its official…
Neuralink’s First Human Patient Able To Control Mouse Through Thinking, Musk Says
The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts, the startup's founder Elon Musk said late on Monday.
"Progress is good, and…
President Tinubu Orders Immediate Upgrade Of Equipment At UBTH, LUTH, ABUTH, 3 Others
President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of key health infrastructure and equipment across all six geo-political zones in line with his administration’s vision of overhauling the health and social welfare sector for enhanced…
Pfizer Agrees To Pay $93 Million To Settle Lipitor Antitrust Lawsuit
Pfizer has agreed to pay $93 million to settle antitrust claims by wholesale drug distributors that accused it of conspiring with India's Ranbaxy Laboratories to delay sales of less expensive, generic versions of the cholesterol drug…
Tinubu Promises To Give Healthcare Priority
President Bola Tinubu says his administration is prioritising and improving Nigeria’s health sector through massive investments and the allocation of increased funds to the sector in the proposed 2024 budget.
The President spoke at the…