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The Box contains 18 essential medicines and medical supplies that are enough to respond to illnesses and injuries in a population of 1,000 people for a period of three months. Because of the low supply of Medicine Boxes, UMCOR has not been able to fulfill requests for them. (AlertNet)
How to solve Afghanistan's opium crisis Aug 29, 2007
Opium is the raw material for morphine and other essential medicines. To start tackling the economic nature of the crisis, we presented in June a village-based Poppy for Medicine model whose crux is the production of painkilling medicines. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
UN appeals for N Korea flood aid Aug 29, 2007
The UN has prioritised essential medicines, clean water and food for the worst-affected communities, with an estimated 170,000 people left homeless by flooding across the country. The UN also called for support to ensure better disease surveillance and outbreak response. (Aljazeera.Net)
Cancer patients cry for relief Aug 27, 2007
The relief from pain is getting blocked by strict drug control policies, which are major hurdles for availability and medical use of essential medicines like morphine. You have to get permission from eight different Government departments to have morphine distribution facility in a hospital. (Hindu)
The Indian Pharmaceutical Market to 2011: Competitive Dynamics and Major Players Aug 23, 2007
Stringent pricing controls on numerous essential medicines. Future Indian pharmaceutical growth models. (BusinessWire)
Britain, Germany launch third world health scheme Aug 23, 2007
A lack of health workers -- many of whom move to developed countries after training -- clinics, supplies of essential medicines and sustainable health financing systems are among the main obstacles. news is provided by. (AlertNet)
Medicines desperately needed, says North Korea Aug 23, 2007
5 million, while their international humanitarian emergency affairs team sources another $300,000 worth of essential medicines. A shipment of relief kits containing family supplies and food arrived yesterday from World Vision Korea, destined for communities in North Hwanghae province where World Vision has been operating an agricultural project. (AlertNet)
Brown and Merkel take in Wembley showdown Aug 23, 2007
In a joint statement, the pair said: "We know that weak systems - the lack of health workers, clinics, supplies of essential medicines and lack of sustainable health-financing systems - are the main barriers to making more rapid progress in improving health outcomes.". The talks predate a formal announcement on September 5 whereby major donors, such as Germany, Britain, Canada and Norway, will join forces with the World Bank and World Health Organisation to make aid more effective in backing... (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Grants sought to fund pharmacy Aug 17, 2007
Marmish said there are large populations of people in Citrus County living on fixed incomes who sacrifice things like food or electricity in order to pay for essential medicines that they couldn t afford otherwise. There are a lot of people who need us, Marmish said. (Crystal River Citrus County Chronicle, FL)
Not ready for Hurricane Dean? There's no one to blame but you Aug 17, 2007
Packaged food, water, flashlights, batteries, essential medicines and the like should be stashed away to help you be self-sufficient for at least three to four days. If you haven't yet, develop a preliminary evacuation policy and if you are going to leave, go early, and have an idea where you want to go. (Pensacola News Journal)
Indian court rejectsNovartis' drug patent suit Aug 8, 2007
Tido von Schoen-Angerer, head of the Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, said the decision "is a huge relief for millions of patients and doctors in developing countries who depend on affordable medicines from India". Novartis, meanwhile, which is based in the northern Swiss city of Basel, said in a statement on Monday that the ruling would "have long-term negative consequences for research and development into better medicines for... (Asia Times Online)
GSK gives consent under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime for generic version of HIV/AIDS medicine for use in Rwanda Aug 8, 2007
The legislation includes controls which are designed to ensure that these essential medicines reach the patients for whom they are intended and the authorisation to be granted will be subject to these controls. GSK has agreed to waive royalties on the basis that Apotex's triple combination generic ARV will be supplied on a no profit basis. (Canada Newswire)
India rejects Novartis patent appeal Aug 7, 2007
"This is a huge relief for millions of patients and doctors in developing countries who depend on affordable medicines from India," Tido von Schoen-Angerer, director of the Doctors Without Borders Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, said in an e-mail. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Indian ruling against pharmaceutical giant Novartis a victory for public health, say leading aid and advocacy agencies Aug 7, 2007
Sandhya Venkateswaran, Head of Advocacy for CARE International in India said: "This ruling is a lifeline for the millions of people who cannot afford brand-name drugs, and ensures that essential medicines from India will reach those who rely on them. CARE and other agencies can breathe easily now and continue to deliver treatment programmes. "More than 5 million people with HIV around the world still cannot afford anti-retroviral medicine, but this ruling reduces the number of people for whom... (AlertNet)
Indian law on generic drugs is upheld Aug 7, 2007
res, or Doctors Without Borders, campaign for access to essential medicines. Novartis said in a statement that the case would "have long-term negative consequences for research and development into better medicines" that could benefit people in India and beyond. (International Herald Tribune)
Court rejects challenge to Indian patent laws by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis Aug 7, 2007
This is a huge relief for millions of patients and doctors in developing countries who depend on affordable medicines from India, said Tido von Schoen-Angerer, director of the Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, campaign for access to essential medicines. Aid groups feared a Novartis victory would set a precedent for other pharmaceutical companies seeking patent protection for essential medicines including AIDS drugs currently made cheaply in several countries. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Race to position food in CAR for Darfurian refugees Jul 27, 2007
Essential medicines have been delivered and a further truck convoy is due to arrive in Sam Ouandja soon carrying seeds to allow the refugees at least some level of food self-sufficiency by the time of the next harvest in September. Walking around the camp, the dusty orange tinge to many of the young children s hair was a clear and disconcerting sign of malnutrition. (AlertNet)
New MSF report shows up to 500% price rise for less-toxic, WHO recommended first-line regimen Jul 24, 2007
"It's encouraging to see the price of second-line regimens finally starting to come down," said Karen Day, pharmacist with MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines ... "I work in Sydney and also have been treating patients with AIDS in countries like Malawi and Mozambique and the gaps I have witnessed are alarming," said Dr Alexandra Calmy, HIV/AIDS Advisor for MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. (AlertNet)
Rwanda launches key test of WTO drug patent waiver Jul 21, 2007
Pascale Boulet, a legal advisor for Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and its Access to Essential Medicines campaign, said developing countries have been reticent to use the "paragraph 6" system because of its difficult procedures. Boulet said the aid group would follow the Rwandan case with great interest to see if the medicine it wants from Apotex does reach the country, where about 3 percent of the population is infected with HIV/AIDS.. (AlertNet)
PAKISTAN: UN launches flash appeal for flood-hit provinces Jul 19, 2007 News - Appeal for flooded Pakistan Jul 7, 2007 GlobalMedic responds to Pakistan Jul 4, 2007 Personal Finance for Chicks Jul 3, 2007 Concern comments on G8 Jun 13, 2007 G8 Miss Mark - Oxfam [press release] Jun 9, 2007 G8 declaration on innovation and intellectual property will directly harm access to medicines across the developing world Jun 8, 2007 Thinking Outside The Box Jun 6, 2007 New AIDS Tech Transfers reinforce Roche commitment to strengthen African manufacturing May 29, 2007 Turkey's Islamic moderates; The president and casualties; Governments and drugs May 29, 2007 Enemy of the state May 22, 2007 USA For Innovation Launches Thai Myth #7 May 16, 2007 Planning Comm seeks cabinet note on new Drug policy May 14, 2007 The Escalating War Over AIDS Drugs May 11, 2007 Biotech: Not just for the rich May 8, 2007 Generic drug saga takes another turn May 8, 2007 The Drug Wars May 7, 2007 HAZARDOUS WEATHER CAN STRIKE CENTRAL NEW YORK ANY TIME OF THE YEAR May 1, 2007 AIDS activists call for boycott of Abbott products Apr 25, 2007 Students protest drug industry over UW-developed HIV drug Apr 23, 2007 Yale students work to make drugs affordable Apr 19, 2007 GlobalMedic Restores Clean Drinking Water to Tsunami Victims Apr 14, 2007 Ministries set to oppose more drug price control Apr 10, 2007 Hope for Children with Rare Disease Apr 3, 2007 Pinter: George Bush is Insane Mar 30, 2007 Analysis: Abbott pulls drugs from Thailand Mar 16, 2007 Angered U.S. firm excludes Thailand from new drugs Mar 15, 2007 Ministry seeks sops to make AIDS drugs cheaper Mar 11, 2007 Africa: Generic Medicines Walk the Plank Mar 7, 2007 MSF study shows good results for second-line AIDS drugs in poor areasDakar, Senegal (PANA) - New data released by the international medicalaid agency Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF) at the 14th Conference onRetroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Los Angeles, US, thisweek demonstrates good clinical outcomes for second-line antiretroviraltherapy (ART) in resource-poor settings. 03/03/2007 Full Text... Mar 3, 2007 World Briefings: Burma junta forces health workers underground Mar 3, 2007 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TORNADOES Mar 1, 2007 U.S. envoy recalls her dog days with Castro Feb 27, 2007 Anti-Psychotic Drug Substituted in Internet Purchases (Update3) Feb 19, 2007 INTERVIEW-Thailand fed up with high drug prices - minister Feb 19, 2007 Drug company tries to block generic rival Feb 15, 2007 Thailand widens scope of generic drugs Jan 31, 2007 The struggle for affordable medicines Jan 31, 2007 Nearly a quarter of a million people urge Novartis to drop its court case in India Jan 30, 2007 Hundreds protest drug giant's challenge to Indian patent law Jan 29, 2007 * Aid groups petition drugmaker over Indian patent battle Jan 25, 2007 Drug firms under policy pressure Jan 20, 2007 Read more... Jan 19, 2007 Petition aims to maintain cheap drugs Jan 16, 2007 More drugs may come under price control Jan 14, 2007 Cabinet divided over key policies Jan 12, 2007 The Medicare handshake Jan 12, 2007 Drug pricing: Industry wants PM to intervene Jan 11, 2007 MSF issues 'Top Ten' most underreported humanitarian stories of 2006 Jan 10, 2007 GlobalMedic aids Indonesia Jan 9, 2007 At WHO, a chief cut from Hong Kong cloth Jan 6, 2007 Pharma Must Lower Drug Prices for Middle-Income Countries Like Brazil, Says AIDS Healthcare Foundation Jan 4, 2007 Beetroot, Gravy Planes and the Unsavoury Jan 4, 2007 Paswan wants cost-based price contro00004000l for 354 essential drugs Jan 1, 2007
"Hundreds of thousands of people now risk getting seriously ill if we do not continue to provide safe water, food and essential medicines. The scale of the floods calls for international support and we must act now," Vandemoortele said ... According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on 17 July, needs in the shelter sector were particularly acute in 28 flood-affected districts of Balochistan and Sindh, with food, potable water and essential medicines remaining priority... (AlertNet)
GUEST COLUMN: Rudy Autio embraced life's surprises - Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Jul 18, 2007
Upon the gale's arrival, our less than impairment-free crew spotted a dinghy that had overturned, its three occupants clinging to life vests, one boater's container of essential medicines drifting away and submerging. Upon navigating to he rescue, the only competent sailor (Autio) and his buddy with only rudimentary sailing skills (this writer) both stupidly jumped overboard, saving the man's medicine but leaving on our deck one with no sailing experience. (Missoulian, MT)
"ResponseThe has been helping people affected by the flooding with the support of the Federation and the International Committee of the Red Cross Water, food, shelter, sanitation, and hygiene promotion are priorities.Red Cross/Red Crescent teams have already installed four water pumps to supply water to 800 families around Turbat. They have also been distributing food, essential medicines, and items such as tents, blankets, tarpaulins, and kitchen sets.Long-termA Field Assessment and... (AlertNet)
A consignment of over 250,000 tablets of essential medicines has been air freighted into the region to support medical activities. Global Medic will expand its scope of operations as needed to help the people of Pakistan. (AlertNet)
Women shouldn't have to choose between essential medicines and food. What part of the book is worth noting. (BusinessWeek)
Productive populations in many countries are being wiped out or left incapacitated due to the spread of HIV and AIDS. Access to treatment and essential medicines is the first step in battling this problem. The fight against stigma and discrimination is also a vital step in tackling the devastating consequences of HIV and AIDS.. (AlertNet)
"On Official Development Assistance Oxfam said that the announcement of $60bn on HIV included considerable amounts of money from existing spending levels and was far from enough to set the G8 back on track on overall aid. Oxfam's calculations, based on the assumption that the money will be delivered over 5 years, show that by 2010 overall aid will only have increased by $23bn, as opposed to the $50bn promised in Gleneagles in 2005. Relevant Links Furthermore, Oxfam warned that an extremely... (allAfrica.com)
Middle-income countries such as India and Brazil are key producers of affordable essential medicines that are used locally and across the developing world ... "If the G8 further increases patent protection, it will keep prices of new drugs across Africa, Asia and Latin America high and will do nothing to stimulate innovation where it is most needed," said Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Director of MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. (AlertNet)
Its a fact that we dont have enough doctors and financial resources to procure essential medicines for the sick. So our best bet is to practice PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. By that I Im talking about the training of a middle level medical personnel, who will tour our churches, mosques and schools to preach preventive medicine. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
William M. Burns, CEO Division Roche Pharma, stated, "These new agreements highlight the positive contribution that the Technology Transfer Initiative is making to help strengthen and expand local manufacturing capabilities for HIV medicines in Africa. Now entering its second year, the initiative reinforces Roche's commitment to find long-term, sustainable solutions to help increase access to healthcare in the world's poorest countries. With more African manufacturers now looking to scale-up... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Is it not strange that in countries like China, expenses of luxury goods are growing faster than spending on essential medicines. If we accept that governments are ignoring patents to solve their health- care problems, then we make it a bit too easy for them. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
It's only the latest attempt to silence him, says Sami Sillanp, who followed Hu for more than a year as he was kidnapped, illegally imprisoned and deprived of essential medicines. Tuesday May 22, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
(Thailand Ministry of Public Health, "Fact and Evidences on the 10 Burning Issues Related to the Government Use of Patents on Three Patented Essential Drugs," 02/07) FACT: Thailand made no effort to reach out to companies or the U.S. Government prior to breaking patents Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, in calling for companies and government to negotiate a solution, described the Ministry of Health's actions in the press, "Unfortunately there was no diplomacy in... (PR Newswire)
In 2003, the apex court had ruled drugs under National List of Essential Medicines should be made affordable. The plan body also said a separate detailed note should be placed before the Cabinet on price control of drugs, which would address issues relating to the apex court order and also outline the principles on which price control was proposed to be imposed, the sources said. (Economic Times)
Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, executive director of the Acess to Essential Medicines Campaign at Mdecins Sans Frontires (Doctors Without Borders), spoke about the issue by phone from Geneva with NEWSWEEK's Jessica Bennett. Excerpts. (MSNBC -- Health)
This is also the goal of a student group called Universities Allied For Essential Medicines. It wants research universities that hold rights to new medical discoveries to license them to branded drug makers with the condition that they be usable by generic makers in developing countries. (Boston Globe)
In the context of the constantly changing socioeconomic environment, globalization of trade, double disease burden and increasing healthcare costs and medicine prices, public demand for essential medicines remains largely unmet in Indonesia ... Only a local pharmaceutical industry capable of producing quality affordable medicines can contribute to ensuring a sustainable supply of essential medicines. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
As the Thai Public Health Ministry noted in its February white paper: Prior negotiation with the patent holders is not an effective measure and only delays the improvement of access to essential medicines. It is only after the threat or the decision to use and implement compulsory licensing or government use of patent that the negotiation will be more successful and effective. (Asia Sentinel)
Include flashlights and extra batteries, battery-operated AM/FM radio and extra batteries, emergency food and water, extra blankets and sleeping bags, first-aid kit and manual, emergency heating equipment (used properly), essential medicines, manual can opener, fire extinguisher, checkbook, cash, and credit/ATM cards. When weather conditions threaten, listen to local radio or television stations or NOAA weather radio for updates, and follow the advice of local emergency officials provided by the... (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
In countries where protests are frowned upon, such as Singapore, Vietnam and China, NGOs there will join the other countries in calling for a boycott of Abbott products, except for essential medicines that have no substitutes. "We urge people to denounce Abbott for its actions, not to buy its products. It sells many milk products. We will distribute it (petition) to all groups in China from tomorrow," said Thomas Cai, a volunteer with China Treatment Advocacy Network. (AlertNet)
The protest was created by the Universities Allied for Essential Medicines group on campus and other campus medical groups like the UW Global Health Interest Group. Zemplar was created by UW-Madison Steenbock research professor Dr. Hector DeLuca. (The Digital Cardinal, WI)
Steffan, who is half-way through his studies, took a leave of absence this year to head up Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, a national group that focuses on the role of universities in securing access to medicines in the Third World. He is following in the footsteps of Amy Kapczynski, who as a Yale Law School freshman in 2000 got Bristol-Myers Squibb and Yale University to pledge not to enforce the patent in South Africa on d4T or Zerit, an important part of the HIV treatment. (New Haven Register, CT)
Global Medic has also donated essential medicines, oral rehydration sachets and will help in the procurement of hygiene items. Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. (AlertNet)
Sources said the other ministries did not want the chemicals ministry to go ahead with its plans to expand the price control umbrella through the National List of Essential Medicines (NILEM) from 74 drugs to 354 merely on the basis of its interpretation of a Supreme Court order. While the chemicals ministry has said that the new policy has been necessitated by the court ruling which according to its interpretation is unambiguous some of the other agencies are expected to seek a legal... (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Graper contacted Medical Assistance Programs (MAP) International, a nonprofit agency that partners with Aton to ensure that Cuprimine and other essential medicines Aton produces are distributed to people living in the world's poorest areas. MAP maintains a supply of Cuprimine readily available in its distribution center at all times so that it may immediately respond to patients suffering from Wilson's Disease. (AlertNet)
The hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children dead through US and British sanctions which have deprived them of essential medicines are never referred to. . (Zmag.org)
Tido von Schoen-Angerer, director of Medicins Sans Frontieres' campaign for access to essential medicines, said he was dismayed by Abbott's move. "I'm pretty shocked to see how Abbott is taking it out on patients now," von Schoen-Angerer told UPI in a phone call from Malawi. (United Press International)
Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla told Reuters last month he was studying whether to issue compulsory licences for other "essential medicines" to fight cancer, heart disease and other leading causes of death in Thailand. news is provided by. (AlertNet)
Some of these drugs are also part of the National List of Essential Medicines. The treatment of cancer and AIDS is very expensive, running into a few thousands every month. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Dr Unni Karunakara, medical director of MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, says Novartis is "trying to shut down the pharmacy of the developing world". More expensive generic medicines would especially affect HIV-positive people who depend on ARVs, most of which are produced in India. (AllAfrica.com)
"Our outcomes tell us that second-line AIDS therapy is working for people living with AIDS in resource-poor settings," said Dr. Alexandra Calmy, HIV/AIDS advisor at MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. "This despite several obstacles, like the lack of access to the best regimens and the fact that patients tend to go on second-line late in the course of the disease," Calmy added. (Panapress.com)
"Sometimes in the villages, I also distribute essential medicines supplied by NHEC," the woman said, referring to the National Health and Education Committee, organized by Burmese pro-democracy activists in exile. "Although I'm doing exactly what a community health worker does elsewhere in the world, I often have to work undercover to save myself from being troubled by the military." To maintain her false identity as a trader in the eyes of the Burmese border police, she carries cheap clothes or... (Washington Times, DC)
When a tornado is coming, you have only a short amount of time to make life-or-death decisions. Advance planning and quick response are the keys to surviving a tornado. (WSJA.com, AL)
My 'dog days' sparring with Castro - Focus on Cuba - MSNBC.com. U.S. envoy recalls her dog days with Castro. (MSNBC -- International)
Haloperidol, invented in 1958, appears on the World Health Organization's list of essential medicines. In addition to treating schizophrenia, the drug is used to control symptoms of Tourette's disorder and behavioral and hyperactive conditions in children, according to the Web site of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. (Bloomberg)
Mongkol did not give a number, but he said other "essential medicines" to fight cancer, heart disease and other leading causes of death in Thailand were being studied. "I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE". (Reuters AlertNet)
This will block the generics companies who, at the moment, produce most of the cheap Aids drugs used in Africa and half the essential medicines distributed in developing countries by Unicef, the UN children's fund. However, in an interview with the Associated press last month, Paul Herrling, head of Novartis's corporate research, said: "We are deeply convinced that patents save lives. If the patent law is undermined the way it is happening in India, there will be no more investment into the... (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
"When rich developed countries see the public interest is at stake, they see this as a necessary measure to make sure essential medicines are available," says Pascale Boulet, a legal adviser to Medecins Sans Fronti. res in Geneva. (Christian Science Monitor)
Now, in a major case that will have a profound effect on the affordability of essential medicines in India, Novartis is challenging this unique Indian provision. A division bench of the Madras High Court is set to hear a case that could potentially have a profound effect on the affordability of essential medicines in India and throughout the developing world ... If Novartis succeeds in this unprecedented challenge, Indias status as the primary supplier of low-cost essential medicines to the... (OneWorld.net)
"Novartis is trying to shut down the pharmacy of the developing world," said Dr. Unni Karunakara, Medical Director of MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, at a press briefing in New Delhi ... Such oppositions have been filed against numerous patent applications on essential medicines that do not warrant patents under Indian law. (AlertNet)
Activists fear this could set a precedent for other pharmaceutical companies seeking patent protection for essential medicines including antiretroviral AIDS drugs currently made cheaply in places like India. We will all lose if this case is accepted, said Loon Gangte, 40, an HIV-positive activist who was among the few hundred people protesting in downtown New Delhi on Monday. (Globe and Mail -- International)
If Novartis wins, "millions of people throughout the world may be left without essential medicines," Oxfam and Medecins Sans Frontieres -- or Doctors Without Frontiers -- said in a statement. The petition was part of an international campaign being waged by the two aid groups. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The issue had come into focus as a result of National Pharma Policy-2006 which has proposed that essential medicines of specified strengths and doses would be brought under cost based price control. This would have limited the promotional expenses. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
"That TB destroys millions of lives around the world every year shows that the current approach is just not working," said Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Director of MSF's Campaign for the Access to Essential Medicines. "The tools we have to treat and diagnose TB are woefully inadequate and outdated, and we're not seeing the necessary urgency to tackle the disease.". (PNN Online)
"India is the pharmacy for the developing world," says Ellen 't Hoen, director of policy advocacy for MSF's Campaign for Access 00000564 to Essential Medicines ... Ellen 't HoenMSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. (Nature News Service)
Pharmaceutical companies too had lobbied against the move to control prices of 223 essential medicines (around 400 formulations). At present, prices of 74 drugs, accounting for nearly 20% of the market, are regulated by NPPA. If Paswan's cabinet note is endorsed by the GoM, nearly 60% of the market will be under price control. (India Times, India -- Community News)
The policy's most crucial part relates to raising the number of drugs under price control from 74 to 260 essential medicines and formulations. This would also enlarge the span of control from about 20% to over 50% of the domestic market. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
We find it amusing that though Families USA wants to strip seniors of their access to essential medicines it calls itself "the voice of healthcare consumers." The echo chamber of the radical left is more like it. Groucho Marx observed, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." So, we don't doubt Democrats will seek another way to make price controls a reality, perhaps by arguing that less choice isn't so bad... (Washington Times, DC)
Recently, the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers sent the proposed pharma policy to Cabinet which raises the number of drugs under price control from 74 (under the DPCO'95) to 74 plus 186 (after exemptions) to 260 drugs, including those from the National List of Essential Medicines. This would enlarge the span of control from about 20% to over 50% of the domestic market. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
"TB destroys millions of lives around the world every year, but we're not seeing the necessary urgency to tackle the disease," said Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, director of MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. Hope is on the horizon, though, for malnutrition, with new strategies based on outpatient treatment that relies on ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF), like Plumpy'nut, showing tremendous promise. (AlertNet)
Global Medic will be donating inflatable field hospitals; water purification units; water purification tablets; essential medicines; water dispensing bladders and holding tanks; medical equipment; and search and rescue gear. A training team will head over and teach Indonesian counterparts in late February 2007. (AlertNet)
Chan, who has been WHO's chief communicable disease official for the past two years, will have to show "much stronger engagement" in confronting drug companies in patent disputes so that poor people can get medicines for HIV and malaria, said Tido Von Schoen Angerer, of Doctors Without Borders' Campaign for Essential Medicines. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Middle-income countries are not proffered the same drug price reductions as low-income countries via the Accelerated Access Initiative, a public-private effort to increase access to essential medicines in the developing world. However, when it comes to country classification, higher overall average income does not necessarily indicate less poverty. (PR Newswire)
However, any society that has come to associate food with the withholding of essential medicines, sexual assault and extremes of material inequality is in deep trouble. If anyone needs to contact me, they should call the George V in Paris, where I will be following the example of the Gauteng finance MEC and celebrating the completion of this article. (Ocnus.net)
MUMBAI: In a move certain to draw sharp reactions from pharmaceutical companies, chemicals and fertilizers minister Ram Vilas Paswan has proposed to control the prices of 354 essential medicines by taking into account their cost of production. The final drug pricing formula is part of a Cabinet note moved on Friday, sources told ET. The new drugs are in addition to the list of drugs currently price-controlled. (India Times)
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