WHO says asymptomatic spread of coronavirus ‘very rare,’ but experts raise questions
The World Health Organization made noise Monday when the head of its emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, said during...
Government to finalise budget on June 8
The government is set to finalise the outlay for the federal budget 2020-21 on June 8 in a meeting of the National...
Covid-19: Amazon planning to build its own testing lab for staff
Retail giant Amazon says it will build its own coronavirus testing lab to monitor the health of its staff.
Cases of Covid-19 have...
Germany to provide €12m grant for healthcare development in KP, GB
ISLAMABAD:Â Economic Affairs Division Secretary Noor Ahmed and German Development Bank (KfW) Country Director Wolfgang Moeller on Thursday signed financing agreements for Social...
Medicinal imports rise 3.54pc to $929m
ISLAMABAD:Â Pakistan has imported medicinal products worth $929.355 million during the first ten months of the current fiscal year, showing a growth of...
Construction of Pakistan’s largest Shaukat Khanum Hospital commences in Karachi
The hospital, which will be completed with an estimated cost of Rs6.2bn, is planned to become operational by Dec 2021
The year 2019...
GSKCH paid-up capital increases post merger
In a notification sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), GSKCH Pakistan said the shareholding of its holding company GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare B.V is now 100,423,259
GSK Chairman Hampton to step down ahead of split
The announcement comes a month after GSK’s Chief Executive Emma Walmsley announced her boldest plans yet - to split the company into two businesses — one for prescription drugs and vaccines, the other for over-the-counter products
PSQCA issues notice to beauty cream manufacturers over health concerns
Faiza Beauty Cream causes skin cancer, other diseases
Punjab Food Authority declares 61 ghee, cooking oil brands ‘unhealthy’
PFA has declared 61 ghee and cooking oil brands unhealthy for usage and has further seized 47,233 litres of ghee and cooking oil
PBBC proposes to establish network of hospitals across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD:Â Finance Minister Asad Umar on Friday received a delegation of Pakistan-Britain Business Council (PBBC) and its sister organisation, Pakistan-Scotland Business Council (PSBC),...
Reckitt Benckiser collaborates with four Pakistani brands to facilitate health sector
KARACHI: Reckitt Benckiser, in collaboration with Shan Foods, Shield Corporation, Syntax and English Biscuits, is setting up a company in Pakistan to...
Cigarette manufacturers fail to comply with health ministry’s directives
A recently conducted market survey has identified that a majority of the brands of local cigarette manufacturers in Pakistan are still non-compliant with the latest Pictorial Health Warning (PHW) law
Colgate-Palmolive to raise prices as raw materials costs surge
Colgate, which makes Speed Stick deodorants and Softsoap hand-wash, said raw material inflation had hurt second-quarter gross margins by 320 basis points
GSK contemplating splitting up the group: Report
Some investors have long called for the group’s break-up, arguing that it would crystallize value for component businesses and that there are limited synergies between consumer and pharma.