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Medicine News Fri 27 Jun 2008
European CHMP Issues Positive Opinion on Cymbalta for the Treatment of Generalised Anxiety Disorder
INDIANAPOLIS 27 Jun PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE: LLY) and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion supporting the approval of Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine hydrochloride)read more
Medicine News Tue 24 Jun 2008
CB1400, Patented by Canopus BioPharma, Enters Phase II Clinical Trials for the Prevention of Mucositis in Patients With Cancer of the Head and Neck
LOS ANGELES 24 Jun PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest Canopus BioPharma, Inc. (OTC: CBIA), is pleased to announce that the South African Medicines Control Council has granted approval for a Phase II study in 30 cancer patients evaluating the protective effect of CB1400 on the gastrointestional tract from radiation inducedread more
Medicine News Sat 7 Jun 2008
Govt may scrap compulsory licensing for medicines
Thailand may soon scrap compulsory licensing (CL) to bypass drug patents and widen access to life saving medicines, Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab said yesterday.read more
Medicine News Wed 14 May 2008
Pfizer Extends 10 Million Yuan to Earthquake Victims and Relief Efforts in China
BEIJING, China (BUSINESS WIRE) May. 13, 2008 BEIJING, CHINA, MAY 13 — Today Pfizer Chinaannounced it is providing up to RMB 10 million (approximately $1.4million U.S.D) in medicines and financial assistance to relieforganizations operating in the region worst affected by the massiveearthquake. “We wereread more
Medicine News Tue 29 Apr 2008
Photo Release: seminar “Alzheimer is preventable!!!”
Bangkok 29 Apr Lowe PR Piyavate’s Neuroscience Center recently held the free seminar “Alzheimer is preventable!!!” delivered by Doctor Sansanee Amnuayskul, MD, Family and Elder Medicines (center) to a number of attendees at 16th fl., Rossukon room, Piyavate Hospital. The doctor explained the earlyread more
Medicine News Tue 22 Apr 2008
ROBODOC(R) Technology To Be Featured at Upcoming Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference in India
SACRAMENTO, Calif. 22 Apr PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest ROBODOC, a Curexo Technology Company, and newly formed division of Curexo, Inc., announced today that Dr. Nobuhiko Sugano, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, will be the keynote speaker at theread more
Medicine News Tue 8 Apr 2008
P&G Beauty, the beauty innovation leading, cooperated with Dermatological Society of Thailand sponsoring the dermatological academic seminar “Eurasian Congress in Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Medicine”
Bangkok 8 Apr ARC Worldwide (From the left in the picture: Dr.Kannika Jarasuraisin Technical External Relations Manager of P&G (Thailand), Associate Professor. Dr. Noppadol Noppakhun Secretary of the Dermatological Society of Thailand, and Mr. David Khoo Scientific Communications Manager, P&G (Singapore) Research andread more
P&G Beauty, The Beauty Innovation Leader, Shared New Beauty Technology
Bangkok 8 Apr ARC Worldwide P&G Beauty by Proctor and Gamble Thailand together with Dermatological Society of Thailand held a national technical seminar under the title of “Eurasian Congress in Aesthetic & Anti Aging Medicine (ECAA)” at Centara Grand Hotel, Central World. Over 600 dermatologists from moreread more
Medicine News Wed 12 Mar 2008
Photo Release: Asia’s First Swisslog Pharmacy Robot , at Bumrungrad International
Bangkok 12 Mar Bumrungrad International Bumrungrad International today celebrated the first fully automated medicine management system in Asia, often referred to as a “Pharmacy Robot.” Bumrungrad International will use the Swisslog system to improve care and safety for its 1.2 million patients from 190read more
Medicine News Mon 3 Mar 2008
Asia’s First Pharmacy Robot, at Bumrungrad International
Bangkok 3 Mar Bumrungrad International What if hospital pharmacies could automate the bar coding, packaging, storage and dispensing of medicine? Bumrungrad International will operate a complete packaging, storage and dispensing system that barcodes unit dose medications on site. This state of the art, fully automatedread more
Medicine News Thu 31 Jan 2008
AsiaNet Daily Summary, Press Releases for Thursday, January 31, 2008
SYDNEY 31 Jan AsiaNet/InfoQuest CORD:USE APPOINTMENT... ORLANDO John Wagner, M.D., recognized as a leader in thefield of cord blood stem cell transplantation, has joined theteam at CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank. Dr. Wagner's extensiveexperience and knowledge in transplant medicine and stem cellbiology will provide aread more
CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank Announces the Addition of Dr. John Wagner, a Pioneer in the Use of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells, to Its Scientific Advisory Board
ORLANDO, Fla 31 Jan PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest John Wagner, M.D., recognized as a leader in the field of cord blood stem cell transplantation, has joined the team at CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank. Dr. Wagner's extensive experience and knowledge in transplant medicine and stem cell biology will provide a significantread more
Medicine News Wed 9 Jan 2008
New study estimates 151 000 violent Iraqi deaths from start of the conflict
Bangkok 9 Jan WHO Geneva/Baghdad A large national household survey conducted by the Iraqi government and the World Health Organization estimates that 151 000 Iraqis died from violence between March 2003 and June 2006. The findings, published today on the web site of the New England Journal of Medicine, are based onread more
Medicine News Tue 25 Dec 2007
11th Bangkok Symposium on HIV Medicine
Bangkok 25 Dec QSNCC11th Bangkok Symposium on HIV Medicine Date: 16 18 January, 2008 Owner: HIV NAT 8.30 a.m. 6.00 p.m. Plenary Hall The objectives of the three day symposium are to provide physicians, health care workers and members of the HIV infected and affected community from Thailand and countries in the regionread more
Medicine News Thu 6 Dec 2007
EFFORTS ON CHILD-APPROPRIATE MEDICINES INTENSIFY
Bangkok 6 Dec WHO Efforts to ensure children have better access to medicines appropriate for them intensified today with the unveiling of a new research and development agenda by the World Health Organization (WHO). The agenda, presented at the London launch of a campaign named make medicines child size, targets aread more
Medicine News Wed 28 Nov 2007
German, Australian and Nepalese Doctors win the Prince Mahidol Award 2007
On 27 November 2007, the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation under the Royal Patronage held a press conference to announce the Prince Mahidol Award for 2007 at the Prince Mahidol Museum, Syamindra Building, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. The press conference was participated by Clinical Professor Piyasakolread more
Medicine News Mon 19 Nov 2007
Breakthrough in High Sensitivity Tuberculosis and Malaria Diagnostics
At this year's 39th World Forum for Medicine in Dusseldorf (MEDICA, November 14 17), Partec, a globally leading developer, manufacturer and provider of dedicated diagnostic solutions in the response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is presenting a breakthrough innovation for high sensitivity TB and Malariaread more
Medicine News Mon 12 Nov 2007
WORKING GROUP PROGRESSES ON GLOBAL STRATEGY ON PUBLIC HEALTH, INNOVATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
An intergovernmental working group has made progress in developing a plan to ensure poor populations have better access to medicines and other health products. The Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property is charged with preparing a global strategy and plan of action toread more
Medicine News Tue 6 Nov 2007
Sanofi Pasteur Presents Positive Results of Tetravalent Dengue Candidate Vaccine
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi aventis Group, announced today positive results in the development of a vaccine for the global prevention of dengue fever, one of the most widespread tropical diseases. The results are being presented today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneread more
Medicine News Fri 26 Oct 2007
Bumrungrad medical team flies to support Thai Everest expedition
The second team of medical specialists from Bumrungrad International hospital, Dr. Yee Yitathasiri, Dr. Piyoros Sapphaso and Dr. Bundit Ninpaitoon, left Bangkok Saturday morning to support the Thai team climbing Mt. Everest, the world’s highest peak. Dr. Yee and Dr. Piyoros are Aviation Medicine specialists,read more
Medicine News Wed 29 Aug 2007
AstraZeneca's Once-Daily SEROQUEL XR(TM) Extended-Release Tablets Approved in Netherlands for the Acute and Long Term Treatment of Schizophrenia
AstraZeneca today announced the Netherlands regulatory authority MEB (Medicines Evaluation Board) has approved SEROQUEL XR(TM) (quetiapine fumarate) Extended Release Tablets, a once daily medicine for the treatment of schizophrenia in adult patients. With SEROQUEL XR(TM) patients can achieve a dose within theread more
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