#pharmaceutical

The health ministry’s pharmaceutical services on Monday warned of “serious risks” associated with the supply and use of unauthorised or illegally traded medication, stressing these could bear significant health ...

The Pharmaceutical Services on Thursday warned patients not to stop taking their medication following a recall issued by pharmaceutical company Remedica earlier this week, cautioning that doing so could have ...

Only 66 of the 168 innovative medicinal treatments approved by EU authorities from 2021 to 2024 were available in Cyprus, a survey has shown. Carried out by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and ...

The National e-Health Authority on Friday dismissed reports suggesting that the availability of medicines in Cyprus was at risk due to prescriptions issued abroad. Commenting on recent concerns raised by ...

Limassol-based generics company Remedica on Friday dismissed corruption allegations linking it to the government following the circulation of a video on X, stressing that it has not made political donations ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Friday visited the pharmaceutical services to mark #MedSafetyWeek, a campaign encouraging both patients and health professionals to report suspected side effects of medicines. Reports can ...

A large number of nicotine pouches was found in kiosks and other retail outlets and the Pharmaceutical Services have warned that these products, which are illegal, can cause a series ...

There is “no suspicion of disciplinary misconduct” regarding any public servant over the flooding of a drug storage warehouse last year, a report into the matter found. The report, which ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Thursday urged pharmacies to carry out their duties properly, following the discovery of new irregularities in the filling of prescriptions. This reminder comes after ...

A project which aims to detoxify wastewater of pharmaceutical origin was unveiled in Limassol on Thursday. The project, called “Life Pharma Detox”, is being worked on by scientists from across ...

Turkish Cypriot police arrested two more people on Tuesday night as part of the ongoing investigation into the “fake prescription scandal”. The total number of arrests in the scandal now ...

Increasing pharmaceutical exports can boost the economy, presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Prospects for providing specialised services to European multinational pharmaceutical companies also exist, Christodoulides said, highlighting the ...

Officials denied that Cyprus is facing a shortage in key medicines such as antibiotics, amid reports of pharmacies running low. Elena Panayiotopoulou, deputy director of the pharmaceutical services, said on ...

A complete shortage of a blood thinner drug dose is recorded in Cyprus due to Brexit, with health officials urging patients to show solidarity and buy only what they need. ...

Cyprus took part in the global Interpol operation that in the space of a week seized over three million illicit pharmaceuticals, including covid tests, worth about €10 million. The global trade ...

Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) on Thursday slashed the 2021 sales forecast for its COVID-19 vaccine by as much as $5 billion, grappling to fill vials and distribute them to meet unprecedented world ...

Britain’s competition watchdog is sticking with its view that Pfizer (PFE.N) and Flynn Pharma broke the law by charging the country’s public health service “unfairly high” prices ...

Merck & Co Inc said on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration approved its immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for an early form of a tough-to-treat breast cancer ...

BioNTech said it was acquiring a production site and a research and development platform from a subsidiary of US biotech company Gilead (GILD.O) to expand its footprint in north ...