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Sanofi 2022 net profit at $7.3bn
Dupixent drug has been a huge success for the firm.
- Sanofi is aiming for US$10.9 billion in sales of Dupixent this year.
- The company's net profit rose by eight percent in 2022.
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DHA, DIEZ ink MoU to support healthcare sector
DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority...
- The MoU aims to enhance the private health sector’s investments in Dubai and consolidate the sector’s role in the ongoing development of health facilities.
- DHA, DIEZ will develop a special framework to pinpoint innovation standards of healthcare start-ups in Dubai.
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Arab Health 2023: Emirates Health Services unveils ‘Microbubble treatments for Children’
‘Microbubble Treatments for Children’ programme research project is being pursued in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
- ‘Microbubble Treatments for Children’ programme research project is being pursued in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- The project aims to administer various treatments through microscopic bubbles that moves in the bloodstream to reach the target areas as needed