Arab-China Health Forum Opens in Cairo
The two-day forum in Cairo is discussing health security, universal health coverage and cooperation with Chinese health companies.
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This section covers the healthcare industry as a business — hospital systems, pharmaceutical earnings, insurer rate decisions, medical device makers and health-tech companies as organizations with financials, strategies and regulatory obligations. Reporting follows the money and the decisions that move it through one of the largest sectors of the economy.
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November 7, 2026
Newsweek Ranks World's Best Medical Tourism HospitalsThe inaugural ranking covers 295 hospitals and clinics across 13 countries, with seven Southeast Asian facilities included.
November 7, 2026
Libya, Egypt Sign Healthcare Cooperation PactThe memorandum of understanding covers disease prevention, pharmaceutical production, and medical training between the two countries.
November 7, 2026
Viatris Targets $50 Million in Annual Cost SavingsThe drugmaker expects cost synergies above $50 million by the end of 2028 as its $1.65 billion Pacira acquisition awaits closing.
November 7, 2026
Philips Orders Rise 8% on Hospital ShiftThe company reported stronger equipment orders and productivity savings on its third-quarter 2026 earnings call.
November 6, 2026
Google Health Adds Blood Pressure LoggingVersion 5.12 lets users log and sync blood pressure readings and corrects Resilience score calculations.
November 6, 2026
Sony Says Bloodborne Sequel Stalls on Partner ConsensusFormer PlayStation chairman Shawn Layden says getting every involved party to agree is the biggest obstacle to a Bloodborne sequel or remake.
November 6, 2026
Claim Denials Rise as Providers Seek AI FixesA 2026 Experian Health survey of billing professionals finds denials climbing and most providers naming their reduction a top priority.
November 6, 2026
African Insurers Seek Wider Health CoverageInsurers and health officials met in Lomé, Togo, to discuss building a sustainable health insurance system across Africa.
November 6, 2026
OSR Health Converts $15M Equity Option to NotesThe company exercised its VXM01 equity option in full and elected to settle through convertible notes rather than cash for common stock.
November 6, 2026
Dipharma Acquires LogixX Pharma in UK DealSwiss drugmaker Dipharma completes acquisition of UK rare-disease marketer LogixX Pharma, which becomes a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Coverage takes in hospital mergers and closures, drug company earnings and pipeline disclosures, insurer rate filings, medical device recalls and approvals, health-tech funding rounds and the government reimbursement decisions that set the economic conditions of the entire sector. Drug pricing has become one of the most sustained subjects in healthcare business coverage, with legislative, regulatory and legal developments running simultaneously and rarely resolving quickly. Rural hospital closures and urban system consolidations have generated parallel coverage tracks that describe the same industry from opposite ends of the scale. Pharmacy benefit managers and the opaque intermediary layer between drug makers and patients have drawn sustained regulatory and congressional attention, producing coverage that cuts across pharmaceutical and insurance reporting.