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The Minister For Health&Children Commences The Outstanding Sections Of The Pharmacy Act 2007 Dealing With Complaints, Inquires And Discipline, Ireland
The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, announced the commencement of the outstanding Sections of the Pharmacy Act 2007 to provide for the introduction of a Complaints, Inquires and Discipline regime for pharmacists and pharmacy businesses. Also included are Sections 63 and 64 of the Act, which relate to the prohibition of certain economic relationships between pharmacists or pharmacies and medical practitioners, or medical practices.
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Small Businesses Wary Of Health Care Legislation
"Rising costs and a weak economy" are leaving small business employees "with higher out-of-pocket health costs," USA Today reports. Those small companies are "exactly what the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had in mind this month when it estimated as many as 15 million people could lose the benefits they currently receive through their jobs under a Democratic proposal to overhaul health care. The estimates were based on an incomplete draft of a bill in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, but they touched off a broader debate about who might lose health benefits received through their company. Workers at small firms could be more vulnerable, especially if they pay high premiums." The CBO estimated that "as many as 10 million lower-wage workers would choose to drop their employer-provided insurance because, with proposed government subsidies, it could be cheaper to buy insurance on the open market, especially if they are paying high premiums now." In addition, "Partly because of that exodus, some companies could find it no longer cost effective to offer insurance to the remaining employees, dragging another 10 million people into the open market."
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Afinitor(R) Phase II Data Show Positive Results For Patients With Multiple Types Of Lymphoma, Leading To Phase III Trial
New data show that Afinitor(R) (everolimus) tablets significantly shrunk tumors in 33% of patients with relapsed non-Hodgkin"s lymphoma (NHL) and Hodgkin"s disease(1). Based on results from this study and other early-stage research, Novartis has initiated a Phase III trial in the most common NHL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
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Iran Reports First Confirmed Case Of H1N1 Swine Flu

The Ministry of Health in Iran has reported the country"s first confirmed case of H1N1 swine flu, in a 16 year-old Iranian boy who lives in the US and was visiting Iran. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health released through the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the boy entered the country with symptoms of "respiratory infection" and tests confirmed "the contraction" of the virus. The statement, reported by the Associated Press, said the boy was reponding well to treatment and his general situation was now "satisfactory". The Iranian Health Ministry has advised people in Iran to avoid unnecessary travel to countries with a high rate of swine flu infection, such as Mexico, Canada, the Philippines, Thailand, Britain and Germany, reported Xinhua news agency. The Iranian government has set up a committee that includes four ministers and two vice presidents to oversee management of the flu epidemic in the country. According to the latest update from the World Health Organization issued earlier today, the number of officially confirmed cases of novel H1N1 swine flu worldwide now totals 52,160, including 231 deaths. The country with the most officially reported infections so far is still the United States, whose total has gone up by 3,594 (including 43 deaths) to 21,449 (including 87 deaths), since Friday, showing that unlike seasonal flu, for many states the swine flu does not appear to be receding for the summer. Mexico has reported over 7,600 cases including 113 deaths, Canada has reported over 5,700 including 13 deaths, and the United Kingdom has reported over 2,500 including 1 death. Of these Canada and the UK still appear to be experiencing rising cases. Cases of swine flu in southern hemisphere countries, currently in winter when seasonal flu is at its highest, are also going up, as expected, with several countries now totalling case numbers in thousands. Chile has reported over 4,300 lab-confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu and 4 deaths, Australia has reported nearly 2,500 cases including 1 death, Argentina has reported over 1,000 cases, including 7 deaths. s: Associated Press, Xinhua, WHO. Written by: Catharine Paddock, PhD Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today


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