By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani has inaugurated the new "Hydrogen" Pharmaceutical Plant in Karbala Governorate, specializing in the production of cancer treatment medications. The state-of-the-art facility is part of the government's strategic initiative to localize pharmaceutical production, positioning Iraq as a regional leader in the manufacturing of complex medications at affordable costs. […]
By John Lee. The British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraq related to cancer treatments. State-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) said Minister of Health, Salih Al-Hasnawi, and the British Ambassador, Stephen Hitchen, attended the signing as "the MOU specializes in introducing innovative and modern treatments as well as diagnostic […]
By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has allocated more than 70 billion Iraqi Dinars [$53 million] annually for the procurement of cancer medications, equipment, and medical supplies. Speaking at the laying of the foundation stone for the LINAC Radiotherapy Radiation Cancer Treatment Centre in Duhok, KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani also appealed to […]
From Human Rights Watch (HRW). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq Gas Flaring Tied to Cancer Surge Ali Hussein Jaloud, an Iraqi man barely in his 20s, died April 21 of leukemia, a disease Ali and his family attributed to the […]
By Adnan Abu Zeed for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Rise in Iraqi cancer cases may be linked to wars, environment The causes of the spike may be linked to Iraq's wars or environmental pollution, but the evidence […]
By Mustafa Saadoun for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Cancer hits residents of Iraqi oil city of Basra The deputy governor of Basra province, Zahra al-Bijari, claimed June 6 that cancer rates have been growing dramatically in the province as a […]
