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Dubai to switch off lights
The city of Dubai is joining the Earth Hour and will switch off lights from 8pm to 9pm, tonight, Saturday night, reported Gulf News. Several establishments, including the Burj Al Arab have joined the campaign, wherein exterior lights will be turned off for one hour.
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, March 29 - 2008 at 08:44 |

Pfizer makes Dubai its regional HQ
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is setting up a medical and marketing headquarters in Dubai. It will be sited in the Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park (DuBiotech), and is part of its plan to make Dubai its regional hub for Middle East and Africa. The company already employs 1,300 people in the Middle East.
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, March 27 - 2008 at 14:34

Dubai hospital names CEO
Dubai Healthcare City has appointed James Kingsbury as Chief Executive Officer of its recently launched University Hospital. Kingsbury joins from the University Hospital and Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati in the US, where he was Executive Director and Senior Vice-President. The University Hospital's mandate is to be a regional centre of life sciences research, post graduate medical education and secondary and tertiary medical services.
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, March 27 - 2008 at 14:29

Bird flu sweeps Egypt
Egypt is now the third most affected country by bird flu, after Indonesia and Vietnam. To date there have been 47 human cases, with 20 deaths from the H5N1 influenza virus. So far the government has closed 18 infected chicken farms this year as the disease sweeps the country, but authorities said it is still difficult for humans to catch. Generally, victims catch the virus after inhaling the blood, feathers or powered faeces of chickens.
Egypt: Thursday, March 27 - 2008 at 10:03

UAE scientists honoured
Nineteen scientists in the UAE have been honoured for their research into areas such as microbiology and genetics. All received commendations under the Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences (Shams).
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, March 27 - 2008 at 08:59

Saudi okays center for blood disease
Saudi Arabia has approved a Human Rights Commission's (HRC) recommendation to establish centers across the kingdom for sufferers of blood diseases, reported Arab News. The HRC's third recommendation requiring marriage registrars not to wed couples at probable risk of producing unhealthy children was also approved.
Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, March 26 - 2008 at 08:33

Mideast medicines up 18% yearly
According to IIR Middle East, the Middle East pharmaceutical market grows between 15 and 18% annually, cited Gulf News, due to increasing public and private investment in the sector. IIR is organizing the International Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Exhibition in the region to cover key areas in drug discovery, clinical trials and manufacturing through to biologics, devices, global licensing and regulatory aspects.
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, March 25 - 2008 at 09:13

Maternity hospital for Sharjah
Sharjah is getting a Dhs350m independent maternity hospital. On the same site as Al Qasimi Hospital, it will have 200 beds and be ready next year. The hospital will include an obstetrics and a paediatric department, a gynaecology unit and an open heart surgery unit.
United Arab Emirates: Monday, March 24 - 2008 at 08:09