News Briefs: Week of July 19-23

Published July 22, 2010

News Briefs: Week of July 19-23
This roundup includes the following news briefs: FDA Looking at ARBs, Cancer Link; FDA Sets Requirements for Infusion Pump Recall; and ACCME Releases Annual Report on CME Enterprise.
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Saudi Arabia: Newborns being screened for 16 diseases
22 July 2010 JEDDAH: The Saudi Program for Early Screening for the Newborn, managed by the Prince Salman Center for Disability Research and sponsored by the Ministry of Health, screens newborns for 16 different diseases and helps scientists and researchers in their research to remedy many hereditary diseases.
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Ophthalmology meet begins in Salalah
22 July 2010 MUSCAT: The two-day International Ophthalmology Conference kicked off yesterday in Salalah College of Technology under the auspices of Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al-Hosni, MoH’s undersecretary.
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