Thursday, January 27, 2011

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oncology drug Pricewatch

multisectoral Commission review
excessive increases. Meanwhile, the Government assesses buy directly from laboratories

Thursday January 27 2011 - 10:18 a.m.
AZUCENA LION

The Executive provided for the formation of a commission to permanently monitor the evolution of prices of cancer drugs and is responsible for verifying that the tax exemption granted to this group of drugs since 2001 is transferred to the final consumer. The initiative is part of a set of four measures approved yesterday by the Council of Ministers and that, according to Health Minister Oscar Ugarte, have a clear objective: to end the (alleged) abuse of dominance by certain laboratories.

Ugarte said the government authorized the Ministry of Health to buy drugs oncology at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to provide the market with quality products and fair prices. "We can not have drugs such as goserelin have a margin of 360%. PAHO purchases end up with such abuse and help promote competition, since we import other medications that have the same property to fight prostate cancer or any other type of cancer, without affecting existing patents, "he told El Comercio Minister Ugarte. He added that through a supreme decree to be issued in the coming days all state health agencies will be forced to join the corporate procurement of medicines order to reduce costs.

But perhaps the most ambitious measure that lists the possibility of parallel imports under cover of a WTO rule. "This is a possibility that a government can go when you consider that it is in the public health risk. And while we are not in a pandemic, we believe that health is at risk because the excessive prices hinder people's access to these treatments, "he said. Ugarte once again supported the study of Digemid and dismissed the criticisms made by Alafarpe. "Just want to deny that we have presented tables reflect reality," he said.

WARNING
executive director of the National Association of Pharmaceutical Laboratories (Alafarpe), Augusto Rey said that generates suspicions on his return from Cuba the minister has issued a study last October. "Obviously it gives them an excuse to skip the bidding and import products from other countries," he said. Carlos Fernandez-Davila, a legal representative of the guild pharmacist said he worries that possibility of parallel imports, as it would affect existing patents and violate the law.

ESSALUD IN CHAINS OF PHARMACY
From February 1 Essalud insured may also collect your medicines in private pharmacy chains, where the drugs prescribed to them are depleted in the institution, said its chief executive, Felix Ortega.

The aim of this approach, he said, is to facilitate timely access of patients to their drugs and avoid being prejudiced by any difficulties in delivery by suppliers Essalud.

THE FACT
Soon the Ministry of Health will present further studies on the impact of the exemption for antiretrovirals and drugs for diabetes

http://elcomercio.pe/economia/704797/noticia-vigilaran- prices-drugs-oncologicas_1

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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A year after the first reports, Treatment Plant Wastewater "Butterfly I", "The Guayos" and "Taiguaguay" maintain effluent parameters were standard and high degree of deterioration. Valencia


Reactor WWTP "The Butterfly II", with an aerator damaged. Photo January 2011.
The most recent measurements of the control parameters of the effluent from Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) "The Butterfly", "The Guayos" and "Taiguaguay" show that their effluent water " treated " continue to exceed the maximum allowable in Decree 883 of "Rules for Classification and control of bodies of water or liquid effluent discharges, these discharges being illegal, which is a repeated violation of Article 28 of Law Environmental Criminal , which were first reported in a Press Conference on 25 March 2010.

These results presented to the public under the analysis by the laboratories HIDROCENTRO to WWTP effluents in December 2010, and again made public Hidrocentro will not, but hydrological staff concerned about the situation, sent us the following information.

WWTP In "The Butterfly I" parameter of suspended solids recorded a value of 97 mg / l, where e is the maximum allowed by the standard 80 mg / l, bringing the value by 21% exceeded the maximum allowable, thereby becoming an illegal dumping. This is mainly due to the malfunctioning of Polish Lagoon. It ignores the current parameters of the "Mariposa II", but is presumed to be constructed only partially by 40% and there is evidence of their state of deterioration and past violations, also pouring water can continue to "Paito" without complying with the rule, despite the dilution effect brought by the rains. With Phosphorus and nitrogen are major pollutants that encourage excessive growth of aquatic plants such as Lemna , which in turn decreases the dissolved oxygen in the reservoir, breaking ecological balances, degrading its quality, and hindering purification.

The WWTP "The Guayos" whose effluents are indirectly Pao-Cachinche Reservoir Diversion via a rate approx. 5,000 liters per second, had a value of the parameter "total phosphorus" of 8.3 mg / l, the maximum set for the discharge to a body of water of 1 mg / l, representing an alarming excess of 730% over what allowed, constituting another flagrant violation of Article 28 of the Criminal Law of the Environment.


The WWTP "of Taiguaguay" of the 8 control parameters analyzed, 3 of them simultaneously recorded values \u200b\u200boutside the norm. I demand BOD or Biochemical Oxygen, which measures the amount of organic pollutants in water, which is the maximum value allowed is 60 mg / l, recorded a value of 75 mg / l, with a 25% higher than the maximum set out in rule 833. Total Nitrogen, whose peak discharge into bodies of water is 10 mg / l, recorded a value of 19 mg / l, 90% higher, while total phosphorus recorded a value of 3.3 mg / l, being exceeded by 230% the maximum allowed value.

These illegal discharges, the values \u200b\u200bof BOD, phosphorus, nitrogen and suspended solids in the case of WWTP "La Mariposa" and "Guayos" are a huge and constant source of contamination to the Embalse Pao-Cachinche, which Hidrocentro it is bound to be a huge sewage reservoir will eventually be impossible drinkable.


settler WWTP "The Butterfly II." Photo: January 2011
These non-standard values \u200b\u200bin 3 plants Wastewater Treatment largest in the region, shows that there is a specific problem in a plant, but a general state of neglect infrastructure. Hidrocentro Board has failed to maintain the operation of the Regional Water Supply System in recent years, and worse, has failed to take action to recover.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

What Should I Do Lost Bet

Medicines: market failures

The Health Ministry has just released a study showing that, although they have waived taxes for eight years, the cancer medicine rather have gone down in price. The same Ministry of Health conducted a similar study in 2005, reaching similar conclusions. Another study conducted by AIS-Redge few months ago, showed that the FTA with U.S. pharmaceutical companies had failed to pay taxes but had not reduced their prices.

In a competitive market, tax cuts should be moved to the final price. What happens here is that competition in the market for medicines is very limited. The main reason for this is that the decision to buy one product over another does not pertain mainly to consumers. The main decision making not the buyer, taking his doctor, that is not paid.

addition, consumers can not easily see the quality of medicine, know this requires repeated laboratory tests hundreds of products. Even after taking a medicine, if we do not heal, that can be caused by many other factors. Finally

are patents, which provide legal monopolies for terms of 20 years or more, and they do that even after the deadline, the original brand name drugs have a very advantageous position in the market.

The large drug market failures justify government intervention. The quality of all medicines should be ensured by tests carried out periodically and necessary technical efficiency. As consumers have a hard time deciding, state regulation should encourage competition, for example through the use of international nonproprietary name or generic name that is legally binding in any prescription, and allows consumers to choose between medicine chemically equivalent. But there are several other aspects in which the market should be regulated under consumer protection.

a couple of years ago, affected by a throat infection, I bought three pills of azithromycin for 5 soles. Less than a week later, the same chain of drugstores wanted me to sell the same chemical, but brand, for 45 soles. Thus, consumers end up paying little price alerts abusive or just leave it to purchase products they need to regain their health.

State and consumers and health professionals, we still have much to do for the right to health is not impaired by drugs too expensive.

http://www.diariolaprimeraperu.com/online/columnistas/medicinas-mercado-con-fallas_78684.html