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First patient enrolled in SELUTION SLR™ SUCCESS PTA study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Nyon [Switzerland], February 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): MedAlliance has announced enrolment of the first patient in SUCCESS PTA, its large post-market study with the drug-eluting balloon SELUTION SLR™ for the treatment of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).
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COVID-19 cases globally declined by 17 pc last week
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI): The number of new COVID-19 cases reported across the world have declined, for the fourth week in a row, as per the data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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East Asian economies drive global trade recovery: UNCTAD
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 10 (ANI): Led by trade in goods, global trade recovered in the last quarter of 2020, reducing its overall decline for the year to about 9 per cent, according to UNCTAD's new Global Trade Update published on Wednesday.
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Here's how osteoporosis treatment got affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI): A worldwide survey of medical care providers by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal
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To establish connection, brain synchronises sound waves: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], February 9 (ANI): Have you ever imagined how we determine from which direction sounds are coming from? Why human beings don't hear everything twice? Well, this is what our brain has to be praised for. Researchers from the University of Zurich explained how the brain combi
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Global leaders, activists urge countries to boycott Beijing Winter Games o
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], February 6 (ANI): Global leaders and activists have urged countries to boycott the Beijing Winter Games, which are a year away, over human rights abuses.
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2020 worst year in history for air travel demand: IATA
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 4 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2020 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometres) fell by 65.9 per cent compared to the full year of 2019 -- by far the sharpest traff
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World Economic Forum pushes Singapore meet to August amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 4 (ANI): The World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, which will take place in Singapore this year instead of traditional Alpine resort Davos, has been postponed until August 17-20 from the end of May, the organizers announced Wednesday.
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Switzerland requires additional data to greenlight AstraZeneca's COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland does not have sufficient data to approve the use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, the government said on Wednesday.
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IOC publishes first 'Playbook' outlining measures to deliver 'safe' Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], February 3 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday announced that it has published the first Playbook, a resource which outlines the "personal responsibilities key stakeholders must take" to play their role in ensuring safe and successful Olympic
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Coronavirus can be controlled, WHO Chief says, pointing to decrease in num
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The global decrease in the number of new emerging cases of COVID-19 suggests that the virus can be controlled regardless of its mutations, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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UK COVID-19 variant present in 82 countries, South African strain in 39: W
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK COVID-19 variant has now spread to 82 countries and the South African strain to nearly 40, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, said on Monday.
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