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Import drug prices recover from spike

June 22, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Import drug prices recover from spike

LookAtVietnam – The retail price of some foreign drugs in HCM City on Thursday dropped back to their usual price after rising by 8 and 10 per cent since the beginning of this month. The price of 44 medicines have been reduced because pharmaceutical companies failed to notify the Drug Administration of Viet Nam why prices had risen.The price of 44 medicines... Read more

Vietnam to test talcum powder products

April 10, 2009  . Filed under Uncategorized

Vietnam to test talcum powder products

LookAtVietnam - The Health Ministry did not discover a toxic talcum powder named NUK, produced by Germany’s MAPA company, but the agency will test all brands of talcum power in Vietnam. Previously, the Chinese Quarantine Agency announced that the NUK talcum powder contain asbestos so this product was removed from shops in China. Health inspectors... Read more

Improper rises in vaccine prices may be punished

March 29, 2009  . Filed under Uncategorized

Improper rises in vaccine prices may be punished

LookAtVietnam - Many vaccines have increased in cost by 10 per cent at HCM City hospitals and clinics without permission from the Drug Administration of Viet Nam (DAV). A child is vaccinated at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. Many hospitals and clinics in HCM City have raised prices for vaccines without permission from the Drug Administration... Read more

Medication safety program launched

March 28, 2009  . Filed under Uncategorized

Medication safety program launched

New initiatives were launched yesterday to build awareness of the necessity for medication safety and to train medical practitioners on how best to prevent and report cases of adverse reactions to medicines. Building on earlier work by the Ministry of Health, the Hanoi University of Pharmacy organized a pharmaceutical vigilance workshop Mar. 26 for relevant... Read more

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 27/3

March 27, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 27/3

Germany funds water treatment project in Soc Trang; Medication safety program launched; More poor Khmer households connected to national electricity grid; Denmark helps improve mass media; Vocational training for rural workers Germany funds water treatment project in Soc Trang The second phase of a German-funded waste water and solid waste treatment project... Read more

Drug cartel has stranglehold on Vietnam market: report

March 23, 2009  . Filed under Health, News

Drug cartel has stranglehold on Vietnam market: report

A pharmacist dispenses medicine at a drug store in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. Vietnam’s drug market is heavily dependent on foreign suppliers, and there are a few firms that are apparently strangling the competition unhindered, according to a report last Friday. The report names multinational pharmaceutical... Read more

Mistake found in US vaccine instructions

March 18, 2009  . Filed under Health, News

A US-owned pharmaceutical company has labeled a batch of measles, mumps and Rubella vaccine with incorrect instructions for use, said the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV). The labeling on the MMRII vaccine wrongly says the drug is to be “injected into muscles” instead of “injected under skin,” the administration said in a statement... Read more

Vietnam to test Johnson’s Baby shampoo

March 17, 2009  . Filed under Uncategorized

Vietnam to test Johnson’s Baby shampoo

Johnson’s Baby Shampoo is sold in many supermarkets in Vietnam.VietNamNet Bridge – On March 16, some supermarkets in Taiwan and Hong Kong stopped selling Johnson’s Baby Shampoo after hearing the news that Johnson’s Baby Shampoo sold in the US contained cancer-causing chemicals. In Vietnam, the Drug Administration will test this product. According... Read more