Bepanthen seminar held at the Cultural Palace Qasr Al-Thaqafah in Sharjah

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About Dr. Hala Hammad
Dr Hammad graduated from Alexandria University of Medicine in 1987. Specialized in psychiatry and neurology in 1989. She started her career in the UK working with adult psychiatric patients. In 1998 she specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry and joined the biggest unit specialized in adolescent inpatient care in England.. In 2001 she gained her membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. In 2003 she moved to work in child adolescent and family services which is an NHS outpatient unit caring for children and adolescents. She trained in family therapy in 2003/ 2004 along with being an active member in the British Arab Psychiatric Association (BAPA) . In 2005 she was promoted to a consultant position in the same unit and led her own team of professionals. In 2007 she decided to take an unpaid leave from her job in Northampton in order to transfer her knowledge to her mother country and serve the Middle Eastern community.

About Bayer HealthCare AG
Bayer HealthCare, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, is one of the world's leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry and is based in Leverkusen, Germany. The company combines the global activities of the Animal Health, Consumer Care, Diabetes Care and Pharmaceuticals divisions. Bayer HealthCare's aim is to discover and manufacture products that will improve human and animal health worldwide.The Consumer Care Division of Bayer HealthCare LLC is among the largest marketers of over-the-counter medications and nutritional supplements in the world. Some of the most trusted and recognizable brands in the world today come from the Bayer portfolio of products. These include Bayer® Aspirin, ALEVE®, Flanax®/Apronax®, Alka-Seltzer Plus®, Bactine®, RID®, Phillips'® Milk of Magnesia, Midol®, Alka-Seltzer®, Talcid®, Rennie®, Canesten®, Bepanthen®, Bepanthol®, One-A-Day® vitamins, FlintstonesTM vitamins, Supradyn®, Redoxon®, Berocca®, Cal-D-Vita/Elevit®, Vital 50 Plus®, CardioAspirin®.

About Bepanthen
Bepanthen® is an established household name with a heritage of family skin healing. The brand is closely associated with "wound healing". Bepanthen encompass a range of skin protecting and healing products covering three categories (nappy rash, minor wounds and minor burns). Bepanthen® is the support behind Mum's healing touch for life's little injuries giving her complete "peace of mind". Bepanthen® forms a protective barrier on the skin, penetrates deeply and accelerates the natural healing process from within.
Nappy rash: Bepanthen® Ointment: Clinically proven and unique double action: Bepanthen® forms a protective barrier on healthy baby's bottom, penetrates deeply and accelerates the natural healing process from within should nappy rash occur. It is so gentle and safe that it can even be used on the most sensitive skin on earth: the skin of premature babies. Bepanthen® Ointment is the "Gold Standard" ritual of care product based on the latest scientific thinking as defined by leading Paediatric Dermatologists.
Minor Burns: Bepanthen® Burn relief cream: Clinically proven double action: immediate cooling effect in order to reduce the pain and long-lasting moisturising (thanks to Dexpanthenol and the physiologic skin lipid Lecithin) to support the natural healing process from within. Bepanthen® Burn Relief cream is the "Gold Standard" product based on the latest scientific thinking for the treatment of minor burns/sun burn.
Minor wounds: Bepanthen® Plus: Provides mums with fast relief, disinfects (dirty) wounds without stinging and helps the natural healing process the minute it's applied. It is a special combination of a very effective antiseptic (Chlorhexidin), which is gentle to the skin and has no stinging effect, together with a natural agent (Dexpanthenol) which penetrates deeply and accelerates natural healing process from within. The cream is particularly suitable for use on open wounds.

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