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The Week in Healthcare: Hepatitis Death Toll Surpasses HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria

On December 7, 2018 By Alicia Arizpe
Hepatitis deaths now outnumber those of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, individually, raising calls for better prevention strategies. Takeda gets its shareholders to approve its acquisition of Shire, Sanofi aims to create a digital asthma laboratory, Johnson & Johnson announced US$500 million investment in cancer therapy and GlaxoSmithKline will acquire biotech Tesaro for US$5.1 billion. In [...]
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Authorizes the Recreational Use of Marijuana

On November 2, 2018 By Alessa Flores
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) has granted an amparo for the recreational use of marijuana. According to the First Chamber of the Court of the SCJN, this new ruling “authorizes the regular consumption of marijuana, in a personal manner and for purely recreational purposes, as well as for activities [...]
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The Week in Healthcare: Mexicans are Living Less

On September 21, 2018 By Alicia Arizpe
Mexico now ranks in 20th place in healthcare out of all Latin American countries, Mexican’s life expectancy has decreased by about a year and experts warned of a potentially stronger flu season this year. In international news, pharmaceutical AbbVie is being sued by California for alleged kickbacks, Coca-Cola turns toward cannabis, Europe and Japan [...]
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This Week in Healthcare: Bayer Lays Out a Few Billion for Approval to Buy Monsanto

On June 1, 2018 By Alicia Arizpe
This week’s spotlight was dominated by the US’s decision to bring the controversial right-to-try policy into law and by the EU’s decision to allow Bayer to buy Monsanto. In other news, Thursday was World No Tobacco day and the US is reported to have over 1,000 potential drugs to treat oncology in its pipeline. Doctors [...]
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Mexico Opens the Cannabis Regulation for Industrial and Therapeutic Purposes

On May 31, 2018 By Alessa Flores
Today, the CannaMex World Summit was hosted in Guanajuato from May 31 to address the opportunities for the use of cannabis in the fields of science, research, medicine, government, technology, innovation and agro-industry in Mexico. Through high-level conferences, the Summit provided debate on issues related to international experiences, legislation, uses, impacts, benefits, medical evidence, [...]
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