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Government Strikes Right Balance with PBS Reform

... are set in a competitive market using a system of price disclosure, which means the Government will pay the actual price at which the medicine will be sold. 'It is vital, however, that any savings the Government makes f...

Deaths due to heavy drinking has doubled in 15 years

...by last year. According to the experts, the lower price and easy accessibility are responsible for the increase in alcohol consumption. Premature deaths are mainly caused by binge drinking culture among the teens, which has risen significantly in the last 20 years. The rise in deaths due to alcohol cons...

List of 886 Drug Prices that has been Reduced by Govt. of India

... publish the names of 886 drugs in India where the price has been reduced by 0.026% to 74.53%. //These drugs belong to 11 pharmaceuticals include 391 drugs from Cadila Healthcare. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has been entrusted with the job of monitoring the prices of medicines. ...

Indian Chicken Back On Bhutanese Platter

...people. The main concern among consumers here is price regulation. Already, local meat vendors were selling chicken meat at Nu.100, Nu.5 more than the wholesale price. But, according to the condition set by the livestock department, prices had to be comparable with that of the pre-ban period. 'I think...

Ozone Treatment - A Good Alternative For Spinal Injury

..., least invasive approach and costs two-thirds the price of a conventional surgery. Ozone discectomy is the injection of ozone inside the affected intervertebral disc. When injected, Ozone (O3) breaks down into O2 and O (single oxygen) and rapidly dissolves in the water in the disc. As per the new techni...

Compensation Demanded For Bengal's Blood Scam Victims

...a. "The hapless patients are paying the ultimate price for the failure of the inept members in the health department who were responsible for monitoring the 'kits' that were approved for testing the blood samples. "We are shocked to notice that in order to shield the unscrupulous healthcare workers and...

Hair-raising issues of hairdressers

...n the condition worsens. Hairdressers are paying a price for the negligence and apathy on the part of employers who have flouted safety regulations like providing shielding gloves or lotions capable of offsetting harm to the skin. Now, LGA has stipulated that owners of beauty salons should comply with the...

Russia Hit By Cheap Bootleg Vodka Epidemic

...ion) over the past months. The alcohol content and price make bootleg vodka attractive. A litre of self-made vodka with a 70 percent alcohol content costs only 25 rubles. In the Irkutsk region, cheap vodka is being sold illegally in garages, reported engineer Vladimir Alexandrovitch. "Taste determines ...

Medicines to Cost Less

...system - with the label bearing the maximum retail price inclusive of local taxes - had come into effect from Oct 2 but the government allowed one month's grace for replacing the stocks that retailers had with them. "Medicines manufactured on or after Oct 2 may take four to six weeks to reach the retail ...

Drop in smoking rate stalls

...ors such as smaller annual increases in the retail price of cigarettes and a nearly 27 percent cut in funding for comprehensive state tobacco control and prevention programs since 2002 contribute to the lack of progress in cutting smoking. " The report is published in the recent issue of the CDC's Morbid...

Zaditor? - over-the-counter drug for itchy eyes

... beginning January 2007. It has a suggested retail price of $14.99 for a 30-day supply. In clinical studies, Zaditor was well tolerated and any side effects are generally mild. Source-Eurekalert GT...

Bhutan Lifts Ban on Poultry from India

...riggered an unprecedented rise and scarcity in the price of locally bred chicken and eggs. In July, the livestock department began negotiating with the Indian government to establish a restricted lift on the ban and resume controlled and monitored import. The department had sought a declaration of some...

Cipla launches 3-in-1 AIDS drug in India

...omplishment of Cipla. Cipla has brought down the price of HIV/AIDS drugs in international market. It supplies HIV/AIDS drugs to majority of African, South Asian, Latin American and several other developing countries. YT...

US to Lift Ban on Canadian Drug Imports

... get their medications to manage their health at a price they can afford." While it is illegal for indivi...als to import pharmaceuticals to take advantage of price differences, the Food and Drug Administration has surprisingly turned a blind eye to personal purcha...

Impact of New Drug Retail Prices Soon: Paswan

...ase out the current stocks with old minimum retail price (MRP) in retail outlets," he said. The move to limit the margins at the wholesale and retail end has been worked out by the government and the industry as per the directive of the Supreme Court and is expected to make drugs more affordable, particu...

Brand Name Drug Prices Zoom

...the same. Heading the list of drugs with highest price rise is Aventis' Ambien 5mg with a hike of 13.3%.I... Wellbutin (9.4%). The biggest average six month price rise has been reported in Aventis, up by 7.7% and the lowest in Monarch and Takeda (0%) and Lilly (2...

NDDB Launches Economical Hepatitis-B Vaccine

...at measles, DPT, and TT. The good news is that the price of the Hepatitis-B Vaccine would be at least 40% lower than any of the currently available vaccines in the market. IIL would be harnessing its extensive network of more than 2000 Abhay clinics to make its products available. Institutional channels ...

Alcoholics Anonymous: A Blessing For The Addicted

... to purchase with respect to its alcohol content – price per volume of alcohol. By making beer more costly we might have some aggregate impact on consumption patterns and, in turn, the negative consequences associated with its use." Source-Eurekalert RAS...

Drug Prices Rising Faster Than Inflation

...ligram, with an inconceivable rise of 13.3 percent price hike; Pfizer's Atrovent Inhaler showing a price hike of 12 percent, Boehringer Ingelheim's Combivent, a bronchodilator aerosol, also with a rise of ...

Most people applying for coverage end up not buying it

...y coverage were turned down, were charged a higher price because of a pre-existing condition, or had a health problem excluded from coverage. "More workers and their families are losing employer-sponsored health insurance," said Commonwealth Fund Assistant Vice President Sara Collins, lead author of the ...

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