RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has signed two deals to improve the treatment and prevention of diabetes. Memorandums of understanding were agreed with German pharmaceutical firm Boehringer Ingelheim and the Danish healthcare company Novo Nordisk at the Riyadh Global Medical Biotechnology Summit earlier this week. They aim to boost cooperation with the biotech and pharmaceutical sector,
RIYADH: Prince Abdullah bin Bandar, the Saudi minister of National Guard, on Wednesday officially opened the two-day Riyadh Global Medical Biotechnology Summit 2023. The opening day included sessions covering a number of topics, including cellular and genetic therapy, vaccines for infectious diseases, cancer vaccines, genetics and precision medicine for rare diseases, and
RIYADH: Eleven agreements were signed during the Riyadh Global Medical Biotechnology Summit 2023, which concluded in the Saudi capital on Thursday. Delegates discussed a number of topics, ideas and ambitions related to the biotech sector during the two-day event, with the aim of helping to develop the field and enhance industrial and investment trends to build a modern and
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Any organ system is prone to extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) development, including the spine. Spinal TB is a rare involvement, although considered one of the most dangerous forms of skeletal TB (STB).
A 31-year-old man, who is a healthcare worker, presented to the outpatient Orthopedic Spine clinic at King Abdulaziz Medical City-Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (KAMC-MNGHA) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a complaint of axial neck and upper back pain whose condition deteriorated quickly, necessitating urgent admission for surgical treatment in the form of cervical spine decompression and fusion, in addition to the anti-tuberculosis drug (ATD) scheme.
Cervical TB is a rare spinal disease that supposedly has a slow, insidious progression. The main presenting symptoms of which are axial and/or radicular pain, with a possible neurological deficit(s). In this particular case, the rapid progression of the disease necessitated rapid action.
In spite of what is known about spi