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Bayer Wins Positive Response For Marketing Its Cancer Drug

...os ($21 billion) takeover of rival pharmaceuticals firm Schering AG. Describing the proposed acquisition as a milestone in the company's history, Wenning said that this move was the "right step" for the group. The takeover, Wenning said, would propel Bayer into "the top league of pharmaceutical makers...

Nutrition Increases Chest Circumference among Chinese Women

...en a drastic change. The Hong Kong-based lingerie firm Embry Group said that it no longer produces A-cups but has increased its production of C-, D- and E-cup bras to meet the pressing demand. All this change among women is attributed to a healthy lifestyle accompanied with regular exercise and intake of...

Eyeing Trouble! Doctor in a blind spot.

...ed his own practice. It is understood that the firm Lenstech had appointed Dr Chitkara as a consultant director and were paying him $4,330 (￡2,370) a month, mainly for his assistance in promoting their Kellan brand of lens. The doctor is believed to have also received commission on the sale of these l...

Contact Lens Care Products Results In Eye Infection

...se in the number of cases against the company. His firm now handles more than 100 cases against Bausch & Lomb....

India: IT steps up security

...hree employees of Mphasis, a Bangalore outsourcing firm for allegedly stealing $US350,000 from Citibank account-holders in New York. Following this within a period of 3 months an IT employee in New Delhi was reported to have sold confidential data on 1000 banking customers. It is said that Nasscom woul...

Health Experts Shocked As 11-year-old Girl To Be UK's Youngest Mother

... Green MSP Patrick Harvie said that the case is a firm pointer towards the fact that sex education in Scotland needs a big overhaul. "I think we need to do away with this notion that sex education is everywhere and that young people have got all the information they need. There are a lot of myths out the...

Shanghai Women Don their Bras Improperly

...women. For instance the Hong Kong-based lingerie firm Embry Group has stopped production of A-cups for larger chest circumferences because of less demand and has instead increased production of C-, D- and E-cup bras to cater to its rising demands. Embry opened special counters for its bigger-cup bras ...

Link Between Immune System And Nervous System

...thways in the immune cells that seem to point to a firm connection between the immune and the nervous system.// This new research could be important in uncovering for a potential HIV treatment that could effectively deny the virus entry into the cells. The cell culture study by a research team from The ...

Global Stroke Survey Launched

...the development of the survey. AstraZeneca has a firm commitment to stroke research and awareness, and continues to support scientists, physicians, and patients with the aim of improving stroke treatment. Source: PTI New...

Intro of Pneumococcal Vaccines: Experts Urge Commitment From Industry

...nd international organisations will step up with a firm purchase commitment that will allow us to save as many lives as possible.’ James Connolly, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals vaccine's business unit, concurred with the call to action and stated, ‘Prevnar has bee...

Care UK to Provide Community-Based Health and Social Care Services

...hiefs. United Health Europe which is part of a US firm was initially selected but the contract has been held up by a legal challenge by a local resident. This walk-in centre is likely to handle about 100 patients a day. Similarly such deals are to be signed in many places. Paul Sinden, from Barking and D...

'Being Disabled Is Not a Barrier to Success'

...aksh, a leading business process outsourcing (BPO) firm in Gurgaon on the outskirts of Delhi. "I was born blind, but since my childhood it has been my desire to be different. My mindset has helped me to progress in life. I think determination and self-belief can help the millions of disabled people in ou...

New Gene Therapy Treats Diabetic Neuropathy

... by Professor Tomlinson's collaborators at biotech firm Sangamo BioSciences Inc – have also been encouraging with the only adverse event reported being mild injection-site reaction in four of the 12 diabetic patients tested, all of which resolved quickly. ‘We are delighted by the progress of our clinic...

PowderMed Announces Needle-Less Flu Vaccine

A British-based biotech firm called PowderMed Ltd has announced that it has successfully tested a new experimental DNA vaccine for flu in 36 volunteers//. The new vaccine is unique in the way that it is not administered traditionally with needles. Rather tiny particles containin...

Shortfall In Hospitals’ Pa

...d out by Milliman Inc., a consulting and actuarial firm shows that payment margins from Medicare to hospitals fell to a 15.4 percent loss in 2004 from a 3 percent gain in 1997. Bob Perna, director of health care economics for the Washington State Medical Association, said: The problem is that the gover...

AIDS Meet Ends Without Firm Commitments From Donors Dharam Shourie United Nations

... United Nations meet on AIDS fell short of getting firm commitments from donors to contribute USD 20 to 23 billion by 2010 //to contain and reverse the deadly pandemic, drawing flak from the non-governmental organisations. The NGOs and activists blasted the rich nations' reluctance to foot the bill and ...

Already Short Staffed And In Deficit NHS Fails To Supply Staff For IT Project

...evelop the ￡20bn scheme under a deal with Japanese firm Fujitsu. But the health Department has confirmed on Tuesday that they were not able to do so and were compensating the company instead. They explained in a statement that an agreement has been reached to buy out the legal responsibility at a cost of ...

New Breed Cats Marketed

A biotechnology firm in San Diego, California, Allerca, Inc., is now t...es.' Allerca's CEO, Megan Young, says that the firm has taken selective breeding to the next level. Human-exposure trials conducted by Allerca in collab...

Bpos Get New Growth Pill; Pharma Mncs Come Calling

...e international strategy and management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group, India would soon become a...d. A separate study by global strategy consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and France-based Business School Insead, said that more than three-quarters of t...

Only 50% support for kids' hospital at Mater

...do not support this move, despite the government’s firm stance that the new hospital comes up at Mater. There is widespread opinion that the whole process began on a wrong note, and now the opposition parties have requested the Health Minister to relook at the issues independently. ...

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