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British Scientists Doubt Delhi Doctor’s Stem Cell Claim

...ly: 'Only one team in the world, from the American firm Geron, is pushing for clinical trials and that is a very well understood, specific application for spinal cord injury. And we have concerns with that. This doctor has not published a peer-reviewed paper. How can one independently verify the results?'...

High Hopes Pinned At Hungarian Bird Flu Vaccine

...ing of 5,000 vaccines,' said. As yet there are no firm orders and up to 25,000 vaccine shots first need to be made to test industrial production. The plant outside of Budapest would need investment to expand its capacity, Batiz said. India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Russia are considering buying t...

New Straw To Help Children Take Medicine

Germany’s drugs firm Grunenthal has developed a new drinking straw called the 'Clarosip' which will help parents administer bitter medicine// to their children. The straw contains and releases an antibiotic that will give the medicine a neutral taste. The straw also cont...

Parents Of ADHD Children Suffering Sleep Problems

...he ‘Sleep Seekers campaign’, launched by the drugs firm Eli Lilly and National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service (ADDISS) is to help parents tackle sleep problems. The survey included 100 parents of children with ADHD, aged 5-16, and discovered that while parents of children with...

India should increase precautionary measures against Bird flu

...ated in India in the last five years. Swiss drug firm Roche has the manufacturing patent for Tamiflu and it is not compromising on its patent though request from various countries as the tablets produced by Roche would cost Rs. 180/tablet. If Generic drugs are allowed to be manufactured it will reduce t...

Roche confirms Tamiflu production talks in US

...or a possible bird flu pandemic. The Basel-based firm confirmed on Thursday that it was in talks with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Mylan Laboratories, but declined to provide the names of any other companies. "Roche is in advanced discussions with potential partners that can help enhance its supply chain ...

A cheesy story!!!

...e cheeses, flavour intensity and degree of soft or firm texture. A startling finding was that one of the cheeses scored lowest overall by the experts was scored higher among one consumer segment. The reason attributed was some consumers actually favoured certain characteristics of flavour or texture co...

Conroy’s May Not Be Permitted To Resume Production Soo

... strong objections to the media conferences of the firm after the listeria outbreak, and said that the Government will not succumb to pressure tactics. The company on the other hand has warned that it will be compelled to retrench more workers if it was prevented from resuming production. A total of 30 ca...

A success for the Indian pharmacy: gets licence to manufacture Tamiflu

...made in India. The licence has been given by Swiss firm Roche to make a generic version of its anti-flu treatment Tamiflu for India and other developing // countries. The company is Hetero Drugs. The drug is widely seen as the most promising treatment for combating any future pandemic of bird flu in hu...

Snoring To Be Reduced By New Device Called 'True Sleep'

...said Robert Zeiderman, director of True Sleep, the firm that manufactures the device. "You would never know you were wearing it - even when the pulse fires. You can't feel it, but sub-consciously it will trigger the impulse to turn over, and that has been proven to help stop snoring." While True Sleep ...

Illicit body parts from cadavers used for transplant

...st two weeks. The lawyer, Andrew D'Arcy, said his firm has received more than 100 calls from possible vic...cal condition of the deceased. D’Arcy’s said his firm will file lawsuits against the company on behalf of the three patients, and that it has already file...

Hyderabad Firm To Manufacture Tamiflu In India

...harmaceuticals has granted a sub-license to Indian firm Hetero Drugs Limited for the production of 'Oseltamivir' or Tamiflu.// This is the only drug known so far to have any effect on the deadly H5N1 virus or the bird flu virus. Hetero is based at Hyderabad and will be the nerve-center from where the d...

Season affects weight loss drive: summers the best!

... a survey. According to a survey by the research firm NPD Group, March is the peak dieting month, with 26 percent of adults saying they're on one vs. 23 percent in January. In the words of Harry Balzer, NPD's vice president who is based in Rosemont the reason is March's proximity to swimsuit season. "...

Queensland Opposition not happy over hiring consultancy

...ernment for unnecessarily spending towards private firm for survey and review of health care system. The H...ephen Robertson has said that hiring a consultancy firm like the Allen consulting Group would analyze and survey on the existing charges and would standardi...

Specialist rural GPs to get incentive in Australia

... said now the states and territories had to make a firm commitment to ensure the survival of rural hospitals. "Now the ball is in the state government's court," RDAA vice president Peter Rischbieth said. Mr Abbott has also announced plans to create a new Medicare item for antenatal checks carried out by ...

Copeman Healthcare To Establish Private Clinics

Canada’s private health-care firm Copeman Healthcare has announced its intentions of...s. The initiation fee which is being levied by the firm contravenes the provincial legislation, according to him. The guidelines prescribed by the Canada...

'Silent Shortage' Of Psychiatrists growing in the U.S.

...rvey was conducted in 2005 by physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com. Compared to locum tenens industry studies asking the same question of physicians across a range of specialties, LocumTenens.com's 2005 figure represents an increase of 20 percent since 1997. The current state of U.S. healthcare ha...

UN Fears Melting Of Ice Would Concentrate Toxins in the Chinese Water Supply

...heck. On the other hand China has brought down a firm hand regarding pollution and informed the local authorities about any environmental crises. United nation’s team was not allowed by the Chinese government to have samples and hence they have asked the help of the World Health Organization to interv...

Indian Inc not proactive to HIV/AIDS threat: study

...The study is based on the responses of over 10,000 firm executives in 117 countries, including about 100 in India. The report, authored by David E. Bloom, professor of economics and demography at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, had survey inputs from The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)....

Drug Firms To Produce Single Pill AIDS Treatment

...o be purely commercial. Apart from this, no single firm had the rights over all the drugs required to produce a single pill. The three licensed drugs for AIDS will now be combined into a single salmon-colored tablet by the two pharmaceutical firms. The side effects of the drug will not be much while at th...

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