DRUG DETOURS

Middle East airspace disruptions risk delaying critical medicines

Airlines are diverting aircraft around closed corridors over Iran and parts of the Gulf, adding hours to delivery times and complicating logistics

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An Etihad cargo plane

Disruptions to Middle East airspace are forcing pharmaceutical companies to reroute cargo flights carrying temperature-sensitive medicines, raising concerns about delays to shipments of treatments, including cancer drugs.

Airlines are diverting aircraft around closed corridors over Iran and...