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Tax Concession to Pharma Comapnies

...of expenditure so incurred is allowed to encourage investment in R&D in pharma sector. Besides this, Income Tax Act also contains the provision of Section 80-IB (8A) under which for any company carrying on Scientific R&D, deduction of 100 per cent of profit and gains of such business for a period of 10 consecut...

Good English Gives Better Mental Health To Asian Americans

...es for them will go up and that suggests that more investment is needed for prevention programmes." The researchers used a questionnaire designed by the World Health Organisation to find out about incidents in the past year and lifetime of depression, anxiety, phobias, post traumatic stress disorder, substance...

More then Four Million New HIV Infections in 2006: UNAIDS

.... "It is imperative that we continue to increase investment in both HIV prevention and treatment services to reduce unnecessary deaths and illness from this disease," says WHO Acting Director-General Dr Anders Nordstram. "In sub-Saharan Africa, the worst affected region, life expectancy at birth is now just...

Advance Australia Active – AM

...e and people in institutional care. 4. Increased investment in research examining the risks and benefits of various forms of physical activity, and better data collection examining levels of physical activity across Australia’s population. “State, Territory and Federal Governments must see that it’s in Aust...

Medical School Blog Gives Students “Dose of Reality

...udent and blogger. She was immersed in a career in investment banking when she realized her true passion lay in medicine. Krishnaswasmi says there is no simple way to describe what it’s like to be a medical student, and admits it’s hard to fathom how she will ever absorb all the information she needs to learn. ...

PM promises forward-looking IT, electronics policy soon

...okia has already set up an SEZ in the area with an investment of about $200 million.A study commissioned by the Indian Semiconductor Association has indicated that Indian electronics/IT market will grow from $28 billion in 2005 to $363 billion by 2015. A major part of this is expected to be hardware including s...

Bihar to get eight new private medical colleges

...college and super-speciality hospital here with an investment of Rs.1.4 billion. Another firm called Indo-Amer...l college and hospital in Saharsa district with an investment of Rs.1 billion. Bihar currently has six medical colleges and hospitals and all are state-owned. ...

Radiotherapy Centers in Scotland Undergo Inspection

...ant staffing problems but we have made significant investment in doctors, nurses, support and technical staff, and we are training more." Sympathizing with the Norris family, he said: "My impression of Lisa Norris was of a dignified, brave and determined young woman." He said that around 12,000 life-saving rad...

Gates Foundation Grants $23mn for AIDS programme in India

... and Melinda Gates Foundation Tuesday announced an investment of $23 million over the next three years to enhance the HIV-AIDS prevention and response programmes of// the Indian government. Health and Family Welfare Secretary Prasanna Hota and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation president Tadataka Yamada signe...

New Zealand Says no to Herceptin Funding for Early Breast Cancer

...rugs. It also had to take into account whether the investment could be justified over the other drugs being evaluated by Pharmac. There has been controversy over this issue since July when funding was first turned down for a 12 month treatment of early breast cancer. It is subsidized only for late stage Her2 ...

NHS Food Slowing Patient Recovery

... it was disbanded this year after spending ￡40m on investment in catering facilities. Ms Grant appealed to Patricia Hewitt, health secretary, to respond to "do for hospital food what Jamie Oliver did for school meals". Their findings contrasted with evidence in the annual report of the health inspectorate whi...

Nursery kids need an hour of exercise

...east an hour a day for kids over five - as a vital investment for long-term heart health." Source-IANS...

Mental Health Wards rated unpleasant

...hat is why we have significantly increased capital investment in mental health services. "On top of the ￡1.6bn capital spent by mental health trusts over the past four years, we have made available another ￡190m to improve patient accommodation." GY...

Nepal Plans to Promote Health Tourism Based on Traditional Medicine

Nepal plans to step up health tourism investment along the lines of Kerala, a hot tourist destinati... Thailand and Malaysia, we will be looking at more investment in the wellness sector," she said. Though similar to ayurvedic treatment in the use of herbs and o...

Big Bus, the ￡1.5m Cancer Bus Hits the roa

...e result of six months of work with a ￡1.5 million investment in the first three years. About 200 site visits with the unit have been planned for the first year. The unit will have links with health boards, community groups, GP practices, workplaces, schools and youth centers. Geographical areas will be targe...

Dabur Research to set up Drug Discovery Center in Oman

... ready to set up the venture with a likely initial investment of $10 million. But in five to seven years it would take to start getting results, we see the investment rising to over $100 million," said Mukherjee. She revealed the proposal has already been discussed...

Nepal Uncorks 'Herbal Wine'

... no response. With unsold bottles bottling up an investment of almost NRS 15 million (about $20,000), Thapa is increasingly worried by the delay. However, there's one silver lining. He remembers how he was once offered a wine by an acquaintance in Kathmandu and was overwhelmed by the taste. His friend t...

Drug-coated heart stents under scrutiny, after study

...ared. They have bee regarded as a long-term health investment in preventing future heart attacks and surgeries. A Swiss-Dutch study monitored 8,146 patients, which revealed that those sporting drug-coated stents were susceptible to the risk of thrombosis, which can lead to death in occasional cases. It was...

First Northeast Private-run Medical College Inaugurated in Tripura

... a 500-bed hospital, is the single largest private investment in healthcare education in the region," Nair claimed. Earlier the Medical Council of India and the union ministry of health and family welfare had already given permission for admitting 100 students for the current academic year. Out of total in...

￡180m contract signed to spruce up Glasgow's hospital service

...onal ￡20m will be pumped in, making it the highest investment ever in the United Kingdom. This is slated to give...the end of this year. In addition to being a major investment in healthcare, the new construction jobs created will also benefit the local econom.'...

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