Tag: "procure" at medical news

Spreading its wings

... be commonly utilised by its members. It will also procure the computers in bulk in order to ensure a rock-bottom price for the chemists who are interested in joining the campaign. The efforts are meant to turn drugs trade more accountable, respectable and ethical. // Ramesh Chandra Gupta, president, APCD...

Encephalitis Spreads to Nepal

...nment in May and June this year for its failure to procure anti-encephalitis vaccines in time. The government then promised that the procurement of the vaccines would be expedited. Radio Nepal quoted the district public health chief in Kailali as saying that immunization campaign, along with awareness progr...

Biologicals Transfer Proposal between US and Indian Biotechnology

...n, India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) would procure biological material from the American Type Tissue Collection (ATCC) and warrant against their misuse or subsequent acquisition by bioterrorists, with safeguards and export controls similar to those around nuclear technology. We are in the process of ...

India To Procure 1 Million Doses Of Tamiflu

India is planning to procure at least a million doses of Tamiflu, the antiviral avian flu drug, in the event of an outbreak of bird influenza in the country, a central minister said Wednesday//....

India And China Discuss Import Of Encephalitis Vaccine

...sizable quantity, and hence, it would be easier to procure the vaccine from China. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, is in China on a five-day visit aimed at boosting bilateral cooperation in the health sector, and explore possibilities of cooperating in the field of systems of tra...

Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu

... 1 Million Doses Of Tamiflu India is planning to procure at least a million doses of Tamiflu, the antiviral avian flu drug. http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5626&t=6 Increased demand for Bird flu anti-viral drug world wide The anti viral drug Tamiflu has been approved by WHO as a sa...

Widespread Commercialisation Of Human Organ Donation In China

...ant team members have visited execution grounds to procure organs for transplantation. Alarming figures approximating to nearly 3,400 executions are hoped to happen in China. This is much greater than the number in other parts of the world combined....

Stem Cell Bank In UK Would Require 150 Embryo-Derived Stem Cell Lines

...nctioning of the stem cell bank. Stem cell banks procure stem cells, store and distribute it for research purposes aimed at treatment of human diseases. This mode of treatment is called stem-cell therapy. Although the effective utilization of this form of therapy cannot be accomplished immediately, results...

Cheap Indian devices sought to treat sleep disorder

...lists in the US and Canada are looking to India to procure cheap dental sleep devices to treat sleep disorders.// "Our consortium is trying to network to provide cost-effective sleep disorder treatment and devices in India," John Remmers, a pioneer in the study of sleep disorder based in Calgary, Canada, to...

Cure for Osteoarthritis To Be Developed

...t rejection. The bone marrow of adults was used to procure the cells. A cure for arthritis is expected to be developed in ten years time. Osteoarthritis, is a disease that can confine a person to a wheelchair. In the UK alone, about 2 million people suffer from this rheumatic condition. The reasons for this ...

US Government Calls For Better Drug Supplies

...ts // across the country were reportedly unable to procure medicines which Medicare had promised. It is also the responsibility of insurers to ensure that an amount of over $ 2 was not charged for a generic drug where low-income beneficiaries are concerned, and $5 in the case of brand-name drugs. Public h...

A 15p increase in an NHS Prescription Cost

...re a means of cost saving, as those interested can procure all the prescriptions required for ￡2 per week. John D'Arcy, of the National Pharmacy Association, who is in favor of the system being abolished, said "The system is not only complex, but also riddled with inequities. The Association believes that ...

Thailand To Procure Botulism Antitoxin Internationally

...(WHO) had asked for international aid agencies to procure the anti-toxin from various countries. Thailand is also trying to secure it from Japan. Thailand's early response was possible since a Ministry of Public Health team was in a nearby area conducting research on chronic liver cancer....

Bangladesh Ill-Prepared for an Outbreak of Bird Flu

...emergency fund of 50 million takas (US$714,000) to procure equipment in the case of an avian flu outbreak with further aid expected from the WHO. Health officials claim that an outbreak of bird flu could cripple the country’s poultry industry, which presently produced an annual turnover of US$750 million. ...

20 Years Later: Chernobyl’s effects are indelible and lastin

...clear disaster in 1986.The farmers are required to procure a license each time they need to move their sheep. Mr. Roberts, a farmer in North Wales, said "At peak times, we have to give the inspectors seven days notice, so we can never take advantage of sudden improvements in trade and always have to plan ...

Bowel Cancer Drug Campaigner Dies After Surgery

... ignited a national newspaper campaign in order to procure an unapproved drug to treat bowel cancer, has died... the Daily Mirror newspaper launched a campaign to procure the drug from NHS. Just before she went in for surgery Mrs Newbery was shown on television when she ...

Panacea To Market Measles Vaccine In India

...kets. As part of the agreement, the company would procure bulk vaccines from PT Bio Farma and formulate it into a finished product, which would be sold in India and other defined global markets. "There is a shortage of measles vaccine in the Indian market with only one company manufacturing such formulatio...

Expanding Price Control Detrimental for Pharma Companies: CII

... It also proposed to allow government agencies to procure at a ceiling price of 50 per cent of MRP voluntarily and provide adequate incentives for R&D oriented Indian companies. "Any sudden regulatory shocks like increased price contro would be detrimental to the industry and the economy," Piramal said. Q...

HP Government to Introduce Sugar Free Herbal Honey Project

...honey. "Eventually the state government plans to procure some 100,000 beekeeping boxes to produce herbal honey," said a government official. The HOA has signed a deal with a company that will manufacture these boxes. "Farmers wishing to get into beekeeping can submit projects up to Rs.1 million. The NH...

Free Medicines, Health Insurance for Poor Soon: Paswan

...als. "We have proposed that government hospitals procure medicines for treatment of cancer, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other critical illness directly from the manufactures and thereby eliminate the 15 percent wholesaler and 35 percent retailer margin," said Paswan. "This is an achievable goal as we have...

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