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Vision restoration with a drug for macular degeneration

...id, "It is vital Lucentis is granted a Europe-wide licence and treatment is funded by the NHS as soon as possible. It is a treatment that is effective within the first few weeks of onset of Wet AMD. If funding by primary care trusts is delayed until Nice complete their review then thousands of people could l...

Compulsory Rural Stint for Doctors: Ramadoss

...posed that medical students would not be given the licence to practice or go in for further studies till they have completed one-year rural posting after internship, said Ramadoss. "We are proposing to bring in a legislation for compulsory one-year posting in rural areas after internship, when the medical...

Nepal Uncorks 'Herbal Wine'

...re's one fly in the concoction. He is yet to get a licence from the government. Last year, he told the dail...es, the taste improves with age." Hopefully, the licence delay will give an improved tang to the stock sitting in his warehouse. Source-IANS...

Many Medical Students Unprepared for Skilled Prescribing

...udes regular education and assessment (linked to a licence to prescribe), a national prescription form for hospitals, guidelines and computerised prescribing systems. There are too few pharmacologists and clinical pharmacologists to provide all the necessary teaching and assessments, so partnerships with o...

The IPU Want Morning After Pills To Be Made Available Over The Counter

...he Irish Medicines Board had previously refused to licence Levonelle because it viewed it as 'abortifacient' that is a drug used to induces an abortion or miscarriage. It was further reported that the drug was approved for use in Ireland in November 2001, after elaborate consultations with medical and legal ...

Large Scale Free Access On Usage Of HIV Drugs Could Help In Fighting Its Spread

... cautioned that this idea should not be taken as a licence for careless sexual behaviour, but only as a secondary preventive measure. Montaner and his co-authors while explaining that the simple idea could be cost effective if it reduces the mounting incidence of cases of HIV/AIDS worldwide, also said that...

World's First Cervical Cancer Vaccine to go on Sale

...h the licensing process. It was submitted for a licence in March and could take another three months to reach the same stage as Gardasil. (Source: IANS)...

Treatment for Breast Cancer to take a New Turn

...apy with the drug//, Arimidex under a new European licence granted to drug firm AstraZeneca. The company As...een newly diagnosed with the disease. With the new licence Arimidex has become the first aromatase inhibitor to be approved in Europe for both primary use and ...

Breast Cancer Treatment Switches to more Modern Therapy

...apy with the drug, Arimidex// under a new European licence granted to drug firm AstraZeneca. The company As...een newly diagnosed with the disease. With the new licence Arimidex has become the first aromatase inhibitor to be approved in Europe for both primary use and ...

NICE Setback Rules for Pfizer's Inhaled Insulin

...betics can use Exubera, since it has got marketing licence in Europe and the United States. A report from NICE (a center dealing with quality and its cost worth of treatments) say it costs more than its clinical use. So a single year per patient needs 1,102 pounds. NICE have already been set reduced acc...

Experts From India, US To Discuss On Bioethics In Research

...rch on human volunteers to evaluate and eventually licence products for prevention, treatment or management of disease has become an area of intense interest in India and around the world. This event is part of a series of workshops on clinical research and clinical trials that will be jointly conducted in...

Women With Breast Cancer Can Now USE IVF To Spare Their Daughters

...generations. Expecting the first application for a licence to perform PGD for breast cancer, Paul Serhal, of ...04 disclosed that Mr Serhal had won the first HFEA licence to screen embryos for a form of bowel tumour that affects 90% of those who inherit the gene. He has ...

A Couple To Create A Designer Baby As A “Saviour Sibling

...ilisation// and Embryology Authority, has issued a licence to a clinic allowing it to use controversial testing techniques to create a "designer baby" who will be a donor for a very ill baby. Charlotte Mariethoz, from Leicester, has a rare blood condition called diamond blackfan anaemia and her only hope o...

Bill for Formal Regulation of Tanning Salons

...is area." His bill proposes that salons obtain a licence from the local authorities before operations and permit inspection of their premises as well. The proposed bill will receive wide support from skin experts as well as cancer campaigners. According to professor Colin Munro, president of the Scotti...

Women Win Legal Battle Over Treatment Of Breast Cancer

...he drug, Roche, have claimed to have applied for a licence for early-stage treatment with Herceptin and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence has agreed to fast-track its appraisal of which patients should receive it on the NHS, but these two decisions are not expected until later this year. Till su...

Skin Patch Offers Relief to Patients with Parkinson's disease

... with a new neupro skin patch which is offered the licence to be marketed in UK. It is said to offer relief to patients// in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. It delivers a drug that mimics the effects of a naturally occurring brain chemical, which is in short supply in people with Parkinson's. The ...

Gamble for money, but casino workers gamble with their health!

...ion. This comes when Glasgow prepares to bid for a licence to operate a Las Vegas-style super-casino. According to the report, working conditions are such that three-quarters of the croupiers at the city's five casinos suffer back and neck problems, while a fifth suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, a form ...

Herceptin is the cure for early stages of breast cancer?

...erers who are in need of Herceptin. The drug has a licence for advanced breast cancer and is not officially approved for early stage disease. Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, has said that drugs should not be denied on grounds of cost alone. Roche, the drug makers are finalizing the safety data and ...

Georgia: Indian doctor's license cancelled

A 70-year-old Indian-American doctor’s licence has been suspended by the Medical Board of Georgia state for allegedly using insecticides to treat cancer patients // and prescribing unauthorised drugs. The nine-member board took the unanimous decision at a meeting on Thursday. The board's acti...

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

... world over Tamiflu now will be 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 futu...

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