Tadweer Group has announced a major milestone in the development of Abu Dhabi’s first greenfield Material Recovery Facility, awarding a contract to Urbaser, one of the world’s leading environmental solutions companies, to support the delivery of the landmark project.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US have developed an experimental therapeutic DNA vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) that is delivered through the nose, said a report.
Geodis, a leader in transport and logistics, said it has achieved the IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification for its site located in the south Indian city of Hyderabad, thus reinforcing its commitment to delivering top-class healthcare logistics solutions.
Saudi National Center for Privatization & PPP (NCP) has invited bids for the development of a 391-bed hospital in Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, as a public-private partnership venture. The project will be delivered under a 30-year design-build-finance-operate-maintain (DBFOM) contract.
An Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could cost the continent $3.6 billion and put thousands of jobs at risk if it is not contained, warned the UN. A smaller number of infections has been reported in neighbouring Uganda, raising concerns over the virus spreading to countries such as South Sudan.
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Fahd University (PMU) has awarded a SAR994 million ($262 million) contract for the construction of a new specialty hospital within its premises at Al Khobar in the kingdom's Eastern Province. The 10-storey healthcare facility will come up on a 60,000 sqm area.
A severe heatwave affecting several European countries has caused the deaths of 74 people by drowning in France since June 18, coinciding with Germany recording a new temperature record for the second consecutive day, reaching 41.5 degrees Celsius, said media reports.
Abu Dhabi Biobank, a strategic initiative between the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, and global health leader M42, has announced a strategic partnership with BioTwin to expand the deployment of their AI-based Virtual Human Twin technology focusing on early detection, prevention and precision health in Abu Dhabi.
Burjeel Holdings, a leading super-specialty healthcare group in the GCC, priced its inaugural $500 million Regulation S 5-year senior unsecured Sukuk offering due 2031 under its newly established $1.5 billion Senior Unsecured Sukuk Programme.
AKI Logistics, a company of Al Khayyat Investments, has signed a strategic three-year agreement with NMC Group Services, a leading UAE healthcare service provider, to deliver comprehensive warehousing and logistics solutions across all its locations in country.
