Scottish 'Orphan Drugs' Fund Launched

Published January 14, 2013

Scottish 'orphan drugs' fund launched

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These are drugs used to treat illnesses affecting fewer than one in 2,000 people. The new fund will only cover the cost of medicines whose routine use has been rejected by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC). This could include drugs such as …
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Poor lab capacity expansion affects early detection of MDR TB: Experts

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… now needs to mandate broad based research activities in the field of respiratory illnesses, to find out the prevalence of the diseases, effective curative services, and early detection of lung disorders, put in place preventive measures and …
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Glaxo to enter packed field of diabetes drugs

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Sanofi (SNY) has its own experimental drug, Lyxumia, that it hopes to eventually sell in the U.S. and Europe. AstraZeneca (AZN) also is a player in diabetes treatments, partnered with Bristol-Myers for the development and sales of new drugs.
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NGOs welcome DoP's move to issue CL for 3 cancer drugs Trastuzumab …

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… cancer survivors and patients, women's groups and treatment activists have welcomed the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoPs) reported move to issue compulsory licences (CL) for three commonly used anti-cancer drugs – trastuzumab (or Herceptin, …
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