Tag: "priced" at medical news

AIDS Sufferers Turn to British Doctor to Prolong their Survival

...iers waiting for free distribution of exorbitantly priced second-line anti-retroviral drugs to prolong their survival. For the likes of porter Rajiv Yadav, plagued by a disease that is considered a stigma and faced with discrimination and high cost of treatment, which combine to a cocktail as lethal as t...

Viread To Retail In India For $1

...ntries where the economic status is lower, we have priced the drug at $203 per year, making it close to 37 c...sions currently available from pharma major Cipla, priced at over $1,200 per year, the new pricing is bound to come as a relief. Viread (tenofovir disoproxi...

Fuel Price Hike Triggers Violent Protests In Nepal

...an increase by 23 percent. The cooking gas will be priced NRS 1,000 a cylinder, dearer by NRS 100. Aviation fuel has been hiked to NRS 76 from NRS 55, leading to fears of escalation in domestic flight fares. An IOC team was in Kathmandu earlier this month to thrash out with NOC officials a new schedule f...

Ayurveda Massage Centres in Kerala to be Regulated

....250 while an intensive four-week package could be priced as high as Rs.350,000. "We intend to classify all tourists resorts depending on the facilities being offered in ayurveda. There would be clear bench-marking allowing the tourist a fair deal," said the minister. (Source: IANS)...

Delayed Drug In New Zealand Markets

... Pharmac chief executive, said the drug, which was priced at $5 million, reduces the risk of hypo glycaemia which could lead to muscle weakness, confusion and sweating, and in the worst cases, to coma. Community liaison officer of Diabetes Society, Lynne Taylor, welcomed the decision, but said it had ta...

Ranbaxy Gets USFDA Nod For Simvastatin

...diately. We believe that by offering an affordably priced generic alternative, we will have a positive impact on the cost of healthcare for patients who have or are at high risk of coronary heart disease," Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc Vice President of sales and marketing Jim Meehan said. (Source:PTI News)...

Provisional Fees For Medical Courses Fixed By Punjab Government

...ation charges, a general independent room has been priced at Rs 12, 000 per year, which is inclusive of hostel fee and the security advance. The provisional fee for a special room consisting of an attached bathroom and AC has been fixed at Rs 20,000 per annum. The refundable security allowance has been fixe...

NHS Dentistry Would Worsen After the New Reforms

...ll cover one to six fillings which were previously priced at ￡10 to ￡12 each. The dentist says that there is little time for preventative work and is confusing. But the authorities say that the new system is designed to be simpler and fairer. But the dentists will be given a guaranteed income based on prev...

Chicken Fest in Chandigarh To ward off bird flu scare

...enue. Up for grabs were an array of chicken dishes priced at just Rs.10 and boiled eggs for Re.1. Three boiled eggs cost Rs.2 and Rs.3 fetched five. The sale of chicken and eggs have plummeted in some parts of the country ever since the bird flu virus was detected at Navapur village in Maharashtra just o...

Diagnostic Test Launched by Ranbaxy for En Masse Screening of Bird Flu

... before it gets out of control," These tests are priced between Rs 1,200 to Rs 2,500 and will be available in 350 cities, at the respective Ranbaxy Centers....

India Can Become Major HIV Drugs Producer

...HIV drugs.// India is in a position to provide low priced diagnostic tests for children, and also contribute the trained health personnel badly needed in Africa, according to the source. The laws in India also do not prevent pharmaceutical firms from developing cheaper mass-scale fixed dose ARV treatment. ...

Generic Products Compete With GlaxoSmithKline

...ith regard to the 2006 earnings as a result of low priced generic competitors for the antidepressant Wellbutrin XL, hay fever medication Flonase, and Zofran. The per share earnings for 2006 is forecast at only 10% by the company. The results of the Cox-2 painkiller’s phase-III tests are also not very encour...

More People Come To India For Cosmetic Surgery

...ish Asians are coming to India for the sake of low priced cosmetic surgery. In the UK, cosmetic surgery for reducing the waistline, rhinoplasty, and breast improvements are very expensive. // Over 100,000 such cosmetic surgeries are conducted in the UK every year. Recent figures released by the British A...

Aqua-Fire Treatment Burns Away Fat

...stomach problems. The initial treatment which is priced at $135 produces immediate results, though a series of five or 20 treatments at a cost of up to $2,500 a package produced better results. The idea of heat as a healing treatment is not new to either Chinese or Western medicine. In the slimming indust...

Indian Herbal beer for Britons

...ly be sold in bars and restaurants from this week, priced at 1.89 pounds for a 650-millilitre bottle....

More Teenagers Take To Smoking

...berta in 2005, when in comparison to 2004. The low priced cigarettes brands like Peter Jackson and Number 7 are being blamed for this by anti-smoking campaigners. The young adult group //is being particularly targeted by the tobacco firms, according to the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission for this ...

New Gadget To Protect The Eyesight Of Children

... from Taiwan and China. The TV Magic Tool is being priced at $450. Edited DPA...

Indian Hospital Recruits UK Based Doctors

...tment available in India is reputed to be both low priced and fast. Some companies have been doing brisk business for the past few years arranging for the medical treatment of British patients in India by offering a single-window facility by which the patients are taken care of right from their travel from ...

New tetanus-diphtheria combination vaccine launched by Serum Institute of India

...mmunization against tetanus and diphtheria, Td-Vac priced at Rs. 7.50 has been launched by Serum Institute of India // . The vaccine is aimed at combating the fatal tetanus and diphtheria (Td) in adolescents and adults. It is much different than the currently existing dual antigen vaccine used in children...

Serum Institute Launches New Tetanus-Diphtheria Vaccine

... normally administered after an injury. Td-Vac is priced at Rs 7.50 whereas the TT vaccine costs Rs.6.50. Revenues of Rs 5-6 crore is expected at the end of one year. One-lakh ampoules are being launched in the first phase that is worth Rs.60 lakhs. The vaccine is scheduled to be launched by this month end...

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