price 1 6

Tag: "price" at medical news

Cheap Anti-malarial Drug

...a cheaper rate for developing nations. The cheaper price of this drug would dissuade the counterfeiters from making them as there is no profit for them in this endeavor. Malaria as a disease kills 500 million every year and in African nations one child is killed due to malaria every 30 seconds. JYT...

Pichkaris Not So Popular in Jharkhand

...ast few years its been steadily going down." The price of sprayers varies from Rs. 5 to Rs. 90 depending on the shape, make and size. He admitted that health conscious people now prefer not to play with colours. People like only 'abirs' (coloured powder) and avoid liquid colours. "There was a time wh...

AMA Calls For Ban On Duty-Free Cigarettes

...duty-free cigarettes// in Australia. “The lower price of duty-free tobacco encourages travellers to buy ... more rapidly,” Dr Haikerwal said. “Raising the price of cigarettes through the imposition of tax is an important deterrent to would-be smokers – the AMA ...

The World's First Digital Insulin Pen With a Memory Launched

... the economical syringe/insulin vial. The market price of the digital insulin pen is $100. The cost is no... in Boston said, “Though the pen is wonderful, the price will prevent a physician from prescribing it to his patients.” <BR...

Dr Reddy's Eyeing for Generics Arm of Merck

...d earlier expressed interest but recently said the price was too high. Prasad said that Indian generics businesses were likely to "play a very important role" in the development of the global generic medicines industry. "India offers a vibrant chemical industry and the costs of manufacturing and infras...

Drug Companies Hit Out at Thai Generic Drug Scheme

...rms to lower prices Last week Merck lowered the price of its HIV treatment, known as Efavirenz, by 14 pe...Mr Sellers says his firm provides the drug at cost price in developing countries and in middle income countries hardest hit by the epidemic. But Thai Healt...

No Scientific Evidence to Support Drug Safety Recommendations

...ing a few drugs from the market may be a necessary price to pay for bringing a larger number of medications more quickly to the public. The report recommends a two-year ban on advertising drugs directly to consumers because it may lead to increased exposure to unsafe drugs, but it would also mean that fe...

Merck Announces Plans for Licensing Atripla Widely in Developing World

...revent any significant competitive pressure on the price of the product, since once licenses are granted, competition from generic versions of this fixed dose combination will be impossible without the granting of compulsory licenses for rival versions. Although Merck will be able to import Atripla into...

Be Transformed and Don’t Pay Interes

...ent-of BAAPS: "When considering aesthetic surgery, price should not rule. While the fees clearly need to be considered, it should never be the primary factor in selecting a plastic surgeon. "The surgeon's training, qualifications and experience are key to the success of cosmetic surgery." Yet how far ...

Merck Cuts Price of Efavirenz for Developing Countries Again

Merck & Co has cut the price of efavirenz 600mg tablets (Stocrin) for developin...e company announced yesterday. It is the second price cut in a year, and crucially, it will make the branded version of efavirenz cheaper than a generic i...

Drug Companies Should Not Have a Monopoly Over Clinical Trial Data

...vity can delay generic competition and the ensuing price reductions," says Ms Timmermans. "More countries should resist demands that monopolize the use of clinical trial data and blur the boundaries between the intellectual property regime and regulatory requirements for pharmaceuticals," she says, other...

Scientists Boost Production of Cheap Malaria Drugs

...ocess. The two developments could bring down the price of artemisinin-based drugs recommended by the World Heath Organization to treat malaria. Over 100 countries use it to fight malaria parasites that have become resistant to the drug chloroquine. A study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and ...

Thailand Backs Off Threat to Break Drug Patents

...d into negotiations with drug firms// to lower the price so that more people can be treated. The negotiat...d its first talks with US firm Abbott to discuss a price reduction for the AIDS drug Kaletra. Thawat Suntrajarn, head of the department of disease control,...

Rich Nations to Sign $1.5 Bn Vaccine Pact in Italy

...ines which are under development at a preferential price once they are launched, thereby creating a demand-led market for new vaccines needed by poor countries. Italy, Britain, Canada and Norway will announce funding commitments on Friday at a ceremony attended by Italian Economy Minister Tommaso Padoa-...

Plan to Adopt Vaccine Purchase Plan for Diseases

...accines that are being developed at a preferential price when they are available. This would create a finan... amount. The total amount of the G8 pledge and the price per dose of each vaccine would be negotiated ahead of time. Source-Kaiser Family Foundation SRI...

U S Government Allows Non-prescription Diet Pill

...d to Xenical, it is said to be very effective. The price is expected to be around $1 to $2 a day. Mode of action of Alli when taken along with food is to block the absorption of twenty five percent of fat (which is roughly around 150-200 calories) which is passed out from the body as loose stools. Sid...

New Inhaler is Child's Play

...0, the child-friendly Watchhaler is about the same price as a mid-range conventional spacer. In 2005, over 22 million people in the US alone had asthma, 6.5 million of them children. In Europe it is estimated that around 1.6 million children under the age of five suffer from asthma. Worldwide the diseas...

Allergan Introduces ‘Dermal Filler’ for Smile Lins

...s and folds. To conclude, the product comes at a price tag of $527 for the injectable filler procedure and each procedure must be repeated within four months for one year to have best results. SI...

Drop Patent Petition, Activists Ask Novartis

Seeking to keep the price of a cancer drug affordable for masses, activists from several countries Monday gathered here and asked Swiss pharmaceutical major Novartis// to withdraw its case against the Indian government that has not granted patent to its anti-cancer medicine. ...

Starbucks Stops Using Dairy Products Containing RBGH

...ot raise at this time, the likelihood for a future price increase seems inevitable. The rBGH milk products are created by supplements, which are given to cows during lactation for producing higher quantity of milk. Appropriate channels in the U.S. approved the supplement more than 10 years ago. It is...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10