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Annamalai University Newsletters
Dr Guru Mohanta has shared the latest two issues of the Annamalai University Medicines Information Newsletters
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Chinese Traditional Medicines warning
Karina Bray CHOICE December 15, 2015. https://www.choice.com.au/health-and-body/medicines-and-supplements/vitamins-and-supplements/articles/traditional-chinese-medicine-warning Nine out of ten traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) available in Australia were found to be adulterated with toxic substances, pharmaceutical drugs and/or animal DNA not listed in the ingredients, according to results from … Continue reading
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TPP deal reached
In spite of millions of voices coming together, the country representatives have ignored the voices and just finalised the text for the disastrous TPP trade deal. But it is not over! Every one of the 12 Trans Pacific Partnership countries still has … Continue reading
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TPP meeting continues in Atlanta
Atlanta (USA) (AFP) – Trade ministers of 12 Pacific Rim countries failed again to conclude a deal on a huge free-trade area and will meet one more time Sunday (Today October 4) in hopes of reaching agreement. Already once this year, … Continue reading
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TPP negotiators still meeting
September 21, SumOfUs (a movement of consumers, workers and shareholders to counterbalance the growing power of large corporations) reported a meeting in July in Maui to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. SumOfUs helped organize a major protest that succeeded … Continue reading
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Australian TV Channel Bans TPP information advertisement
Channel 9 has banned the new TV ad from airing during the evening news — and they refuse to say why. The ad simply shows, in irreverent fashion, what the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will mean for Australian families. The Abbott government … Continue reading
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WHO: Resisting corporate influence
Third World Resurgence #298/299 (June/July 2015) focusses on Resisting Corporate Influence in WHO WHO shackled: Donor control of the World Health Organisation By David Legge Since the 1990s, concern has grown that the integrity and independence of the World Health … Continue reading
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Drug promotion, advertising and ethical relationships with industry
When pharmaceutical companies give doctors incentives to learn about their drugs, how much does it influence the doctors’ decision making? Those incentives could come in the form of a free trip to London to speak at a conference or a … Continue reading
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Ethiopia Launches 10-Year Strategy and Plan of Action to Increase Access to Medicines by Transforming Local Pharmaceutical Industry
On 14th July 2015 in Addis Ababa, on the side-lines of 3rd Conference on Financing for Development, the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister His Excellency, Mr Demeke Mekonnen, officially launched an ambitious 10-year national strategy and plan of action to develop … Continue reading
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Trans Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could be closer than ever to happening, thanks to the US Congress agreeing to ‘fast track’ the TPP’s approval. Groups in the US fought long and hard to stop this, because they know it could speed up agreement … Continue reading
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