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Chandy Undergoes Surgery In Switzerland

Oommen Chandy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Kerala underwent a surgery on 28 January 2006 in Switzerland after injuring his hip after a fall. // He was visiting Switzerland for attending the World Economic Forum (WEF), with the object of promoting his state as an investment destination. Chandy is reported to be recovering well after the surgery, even though he will have to use a walk...

Bird Flu Now Spreads to Switzerland

Bird flu has arrived in Switzerland with positive test results in the Geneva region and Stein am Rhein on Lake Constance, according to an official statement Sunday...A government spokesman did not give more details.// .. ..Authorities had been bracing themselves for a transmission of the virus over the border into the Swiss territory since the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus had been detected in...

Number Of Bird Flu Cases In Switzerland Reaches 11

Following detection of four cases of H5N1 bird flu infection among ducks and coots, the total number of bird flu infected cases in Switzerland rose to 11. All of the new cases detected were found in the northeastern region of the country. // ....Two ducks in the northeastern region, a coot in canton Zurich and another in canton Thurgau happen to be the latest victims of the much dreaded bird flu...

Switzerland to stock bird flu vaccine

Switzerland has placed an order for a stock of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental bird flu vaccine for human, enough to protect its entire population.// ..According to the Europe’s biggest drug company, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health had ordered 8 million doses of its H5N1 vaccine for protection against influenza pandemic which can be activated by bird flu. ..After the review and app...

Switzerland Approves Brain Cancer Vaccine

A U. S manufactured drug DCVax Brain, targeting brain cancer victims has found it first market in picturesque Switzerland . ... The Bothell-based biotech company Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc. has released the worlds first vaccine that works by empowering the immune system to fight off brain cancer.... While the company works to gain access to American and European markets, the vaccine will of...

First Brain Cancer Vaccine Approved in Switzerland

Northwest Biotherapeutics, a US-based biotech company, said Monday it had won approval for commercial use of the world's first vaccine against brain cancer in Switzerland . ......The company, which is listed in London, intends to begin making DCVax-Brain available to patients before the end of September, according to a statement. ......Under the Swiss approval plan, Northwest is able to manufac...