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India's anti-AIDS drug market engaged in price war

The Indian pharmaceutical companies hope to strike a pot of gold by making cheap anti-AIDS drugs. This has triggered a price war that is likely to escalate in coming days. The large number of AIDS cases has lured many companies to develop anti-AIDS drugs and market it in India and abroad by adapting innovative approaches to pricing. The anti-AIDS drug market, currently dominated...

Blood Donation is the most priceless gift

The Australian Red Cross Blood service as urged the Government staff and private employees to donate blood. The Corporate Donor Program which has been launched under the Co-ordination of Michael Sands has urged the Government //departments as well as Private companies to donate blood. Program co-coordinator has asked the employers of private organization to encourage their employees to do...

Defibrillators saving lives but price is an issue

Surgically implanting the heart-shocking devices known as defibrillators in people who have had heart attacks prevented sudden death in nearly one-third of the patients. //Doctors say the findings will likely lead to a dramatic and costly shift in the way they treat millions of heart attack patients by adding a $20,000 defibrillator to the medicines now in use. The study is the first...

Treating Latent Herpes With Licorice

Most viruses, including herpes, cause both active infections and also hide within the body for long periods of time, causing no immediate infection // but can strike again whenever resistance is lowered. The latent infections thus pose repeated problems for those infected. Based on findings of a recent study researchers say a compound found in licorice is showing promise as a treatment f...

Maintaining a Pharma index could help track price fluctuations

The Indian government is in the process of instituting a pharmaceutical price// index similar to the wholesale price index in order to track drug price fluctuations for price-related decisions. At present, the government is relying on the retail audit of market research agency ORG-IMS for drug price revisions. However it is felt that the present system of price revisions based on the reta...

Drug Prices in India to be Monitored - NPPA to Tie up with ORG

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has been working// on bringing down the prices of 25 non-scheduled formulation packs through negotiations with the manufacturers and has finally succeeded. According to NPPA most of the companies in question voluntarily agreed to bring about a price reduction ranging between 2.14% to 34.62% after they were called for a personal hearing...

Genetically modified rice faces strong protests in Asia

Farmers and different organizations from Asian countries are protesting against the introduction of genetically engineered rice in to Asia and they wanted to have ban on these genetically engineered rice//. The protests are collectively organized by 17 Asian organizations. Farmers health and agricultural sustainability civil societies are not happy with this genetically engineered crops...

Bio-engineered rice fortified with iron boost women health

A study done at the University of Cornell states that Bio-engineered rice fortified with iron boost women health. It is the first time such a study has been conducted // . According to Dr.Haas the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition at Cornell University and the lead author of the study,"Although this sounds like a modest increase, it means that instead of 5...

Incidence of iron deficiency reduced by nutrient enhanced cereal- rice

A cereal and health correlation study confirms that fortified rice reduces deficiency of iron in subjects. This has become possible by techniques of plant breeding that have incorporated traits// and made rice that has higher levels of iron in it. The study was conducted by Philippine and American scientists. This study is important as iron deficiency is a major health problem around the...

Price Of Alcohol Does Not Influence Consumption

A study has been published by Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research which has revealed that raising the prices of alcoholic drinks does not result in lesser consumption//. It only contributes towards drinkers going in for cheaper and inferior liquor. Researchers believe across-the-board price increases may not always have the intended effects on alcohol sales, and suggest 'mi...

Anti-cholinesterase drugs for treating Alzheimer's not worth the price

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has found that anti-cholinesterase drugs which are used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is not very effective in controlling the disease as the cost of the drug // is very high and they have reported that the drug action is not worth its cost. Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain tissues after one reaches forty ye...

Compounds in Licorice Can Fight Tooth Decay

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles say that certain compounds found in licorice have the ability to prevent cavity formation in teeth.// The scientists found that two compounds found in plant roots that are potent inhibitors of Streptococcus mutans, the bacteria that is responsible for tooth decay. This plant root is used to manufacture licorice candy. The details...

Pill ‘o’ mania: Sleep of mind is priceles

Losing sleep about sleep is the latest preoccupation driving people to unimaginable lengths, all for that peaceful night’s rest, according to a new investigation by Forbes magazine. Instead of sleeping over the problem and allowing it to pass, the sleepless actually spend waking// hours, tossing and turning , just to grab 40 winks ! This is boom time for sleep inducing gadgets , and acco...

Delhi Sees Sharp Decline In Chicken Prices

The ripple effect caused by the bird flu threat has resulted in poultry products dipping to an unbelievable 60 percent down in the Indian capital. One can see that in Gazipur wholesale market chickens being sold for just Rs. 12 per kg. // Only those chickens that were certified by the veterinary doctors, deputed by the Delhi administration were sold for Rs.20-25, whereas those that we...

Best out of supposed modern life waste: rice bran is a mine of good health

Scientists in Japan reveal that waste product of rice processing, called rice bran, significantly lowers blood pressure in rats whose hypertension resembles that of humans.// Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, published by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society holds the nuances of the study. Tohoku University and Japan’s National Resear...

Prices of eggs, egging its way upwards

The egg prices are bouncing back slowly after its steep fall from grace, following the bird flu outbreak in Maharshtra. // The promotional campaigns, free bies and on the house access to chicken delicacies have been fruitful, with poultry products is inching itself back onto people’s plates. The farm-gate prices had recorded an abysmal low of 50 paisa per egg from Rs 1.20 while the c...

Chicken Prices Show an Upward Trend – Consumers, Not Scared Chicken Anymor

The prices of live chicken and eggs appear to have scaled up following the improvement in chicken consumption, after the initial fear of a bird flu outbreak abated.// According to an official of the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), “There has been some improvement in the movement of these commodities to Kerala markets as well as within the state in the last four days. Poult...

Is Aricept, the Alzheimer’s Drug Safe to Use against Vascular Dementia

Eisai is the company which markets Aricept with Pfizer Inc. Aricept is already approved in most markets to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease //, but at present it was being tested in patients with vascular dementia, the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease. But the shocking results show that about eleven patients have died while taking Aricept during a...

Rice University wins Prestigious Grants from HHMI

Rice University, which is renowned for its exemplary teaching and research experience has won three highly covetous grants from Howard Hughes Medical Institute// (HHMI) to develop model programs for the country which can provide engineering and science undergraduate teaching with cutting-edge research. Professors Bonnie Bartel, the Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of Biochemistry and...

Expanding Price Control Detrimental for Pharma Companies: CII

Expressing concern over the proposal to expand price control from 74 to 354 drugs in the proposed national pharmaceutical policy//, industry chamber CII today said the step will prove detrimental to the growth of the industry as well as the economy. "Healthy competition between pharma companies already ensures reasonable pricing. Instead of affecting the growth by over regulation, it...

The Price Of Autism

Michael Ganz, an assistant Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health at Harvard School of Public Health, has examined the cost of autism for US society //and has found that the disease costs a person $3.2 million over the entire life span. Ganz has published his research in the new book Understanding Autism: From Basic Neuroscience to Treatment (CRC Press, 2006). In his study, t...

The Price Paid for New Lifestyle

Progress as we know it, has an expensive price tag attached to it.Look at the United States – the last hundred years has broughttremendous wealth and opportunity to its people;// but at a cost both tothe environment and health. Today there are 30% Americans who areover-weight or grossly obese. More recently the rapid progress beingmade by China is going to land the country in a similar...

Plans To Computerise NHS, Costs Thrice

Programs and schemes initiated to computerize NHS with ￡20 billion is becoming late than scheduled by about two and half years//. ‘Plans were begun previous year to make the medical records electronically for 50 million NHS patients, but this will not still be started until 2007 or 2008’ – says the health minister, Lord Warner. NHS programme for IT (NPfIT) really costs more th...

Drug Prices Hit The Roof In Malaysia

The Malaysian Health Ministry is taking steps to cap the prices of essential medicines in an attempt to make them more affordable to citizens//. However the problem is that these medicines might cure only 30 to 50 per cent of patients."We are concerned over the high price of essential medicines and it is time for us to have some form of control over pricing," the health minister said, add...

IVF Price To Be Reduced If Women Opt For Egg Sharing Scheme

Women are to be offered reduced price in fertility treatment if they donate eggs for controversial cloning research.// The fertility watchdogs have given permission for a scheme for ‘egg sharing' so as to advance work on human cloning. They have announced that the women who agree for this scheme and pass on their spare eggs to the cloning researchers could potentially reduce the cost...

Fuel Price Hike Triggers Violent Protests In Nepal

Fuel price hikes in Nepal have irked student organizations who came out on the streets to protest this move in Katmandu//. The protestors blocked roads and stoned vehicles and burnt tyres on the streets. They also demanded the resignation of the commerce minister. The population of Nepal is furious with the price hike, which has made fuel 11 to 25 percent costlier. The student wings of...

Drug Prices Rising Faster Than Inflation

A recent report has revealed that the prices of brand-name prescription drugs that are commonly used by older Americans are rising// faster than the rate of inflation. However AARP's quarterly Rx Watchdog Report shows that prices of the 75 generic drugs commonly used by older Americans remain unchanged. AARP survey of around 200 brand-name prescription drugs found that there wa...

Brand Name Drug Prices Zoom

A report has found that prices of 200 brand name drugs which are taken regularly by older Americans have risen by 6.3% during the 12 month period ending // mid June 2006, against an inflation rate of 3.8%. The survey was conducted by AARP and reported in their Rx Watchdog Report released on Tuesday. It is also reported that the prices of 75 commonly used generic drugs remain the same....

Impact of New Drug Retail Prices Soon: Paswan

Consumers will feel the full impact of the new pricing regime for hundreds of generic drugs in a month when the current stocks with chemists were phased out//, Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Tuesday. "The agreement by the pharma industry to reduce the retail margin for generic and generic branded drugs has been implemented as scheduled on Oct 2 (Monday). The pa...

Organs – For a price

This weeks BMJ has reopened a fresh debate on the issue of organ donation. The author advocates that a legitimate and regulated system for compensating// organ donors will help in meeting the excessive demand for transplants and prevent exploitation of poor people. The author who is an organ transplant surgeon by profession has opined that payments for live organ donation would cater...

‘Aricept’ drug gives an Alzheimer’s patient reason to smle

Close on the heels of a petition from charities and campaign groups to extend the reach of Alzheimer’s drugs, the NHS drug regulator has disallowed// the use of the drug during the preliminary stages of the disease. When John, aged 77, showed initial symptoms of Alzheimer’s, doctors had recommended the benefit of one of the controversial drugs, ‘Aricept’ in retarding the advancement o...

Robots Help Bring Specialist Doctors To You In A Trice

Diligent study has helped telemedicine researchers at University of Queensland to model a robot capable of delivering specialist medical care//, virtually shrinking ominous distances between cities and remote settlements in the blink of an eye. The robot named Eliza was created by the Centre for Online Health one of the world’s most renowned names in telemedicine research. Which is...

Aricept Cleared for Advanced Alzheimer's Treatment

Aricept becomes the first drug to be cleared for treatment of all stages of Alzheimer's, the FDA declared on Oct 13. It had been previously approved// for treating the initial stages of the disease. Eisai shares rose on the announcement upto 6,180 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday morning. Alzheimer's is a progressive disease with no known cure, which affects brain functions of...

Brazil Slashes the Price of Contraceptives to Stop Illegal Abortions

The Brazilian government has announced a 90 percent reduction in the price of contraceptives in a bid to stop clandestine abortions and the rising number of deaths caused by them. The discounted birth control pills will be sold at 3,500 "people's pharmacies," where the government offers subsidized medicines. The new programme comes amid a controversy between the Cath...

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

There has been a huge demand for us to 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. As per the new guidelines wholesalers will g...

Iron rich rice to beat anaemia in children

India, which has twice the level of malnutrition compared to Africa, could introduce iron-enriched rice in school lunch meals to boost the health// of anaemic children, suggests a global NGO. According to the Canada-based NGO Micronutrient Initiative, "extruded" rice fortified with iron can improve the health of anaemic children. The fortification is done by powdering ric...

Stronger Quadricep Controls Knee Osteoarthritis

Arthritis is a term that means inflammation of a joint There are many types of arthritis.One of them is Osteo arthritis. Osteoarthritis// is also called 'degenerative joint disease,' or 'wear-and-tear arthritis.'.Quadricep is the muscle which straightens the leg at the knee joint. A stronger quadriceps muscle helps to prevent the deterioration of cartilage at the knee cap among those with...

Quadriceps Strength Benefits Those with Knee Osteoarthritis

A stronger quadricep, the muscle responsible for straightening the leg at the knee joint, does not lead to damage in the knee and helps prevent the deterioration of// cartilage behind the knee cap among those with knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC. Strengthening exercises f...

Chinese Red Yeast Rice Lowers Lipid Levels

Chinese red yeast rice (RYR) is known to contain several ingredients with medicinal properties. One of them is lovastatin, and several trials have confirmed// its possible lipid-lowering effects. This analysis was conducted to assess the effectiveness and safety of RYR extract in changing lipid levels in people with primary hyperlipidemia. In this study, 93 randomized con...

USDA Gives Go-Ahead to Market Controversial Genetically Engineered Rice, LL601

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today gave the ‘go-ahead’ to market a genetically-engineered (GE) rice variety. The crop named as LibertyLink601 (LL601) was in a// mess just 3 months ago regarding its alleged contamination of food supply and rice exports. The approval to market this crop came as a shock, especially after the manufacturer Bayer crop science had shelved any plans...