BSD Medical (BSDM) Says MicroThermX Marketing Approved in South Africa
BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) today reported that Terumo Europe NV (Terumo) has obtained approvals to market and import the MicroThermX® Microwave Ablation System (MicroThermX) in South Africa, Dubai, Qatar, and Jordan. These approvals are part of Terumo’s comprehensive marketing strategy to expand MicroThermX distribution outside of Western Europe. BSD’s exclusive, multi-million dollar agreement with Terumo covers distribution of the MicroThermX in more than 100 countries, including Europe, Western Asia and Africa, with a market potential that exceeds $1 billion.
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Tabuk Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer enter into partnership
Tabuk Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), has signed a commercial agreement with Pfizer, the US-based global industry leader. The venture leverages the respective companies’ market leading presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to deliver increased value to patients in the Cardiovascular, Central Nervous System, Anti-infective and Respiratory therapeutic areas.
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Africa’s first medical tablet wins award
Five young visionaries from Africa, India, Europe and the Middle East were announced at London’s leading scientific institution, the Royal Society, as winners of the 2014 Rolex Awards for Enterprise.
One winner in particular, Arthur Zang from Cameroon, has invented what is believed to be Africa’s first medical tablet, which will allow health-care workers in rural areas to send the results of cardiac tests to heart specialists via a mobile-phone connection.
Scholarship helps Coastal medical student visit Africa
A TRIP to Ghana last year has driven Ciara Peddell to help those less fortunate.
Working at a small rural hospital in the town of Asesewa, the Burnie-placed medical student watched helplessly as locals suffered due to a lack of amenities and treatment.
"We complain about our health care system here all the time," Miss Peddell said.
"You go there and young children are dying in front of you from simple illnesses.
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