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Water-Pipe Tobacco: An Increasing Global Health Concern

On October 5, 2018 By Alessa Flores
Geneva, Switzerland, hosted this week’s eighth conference organized by the Framework Convention of the World Health Organization for Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), an event in which new forms of tobacco use, like narguile and smokeless tobacco have been the main protagonists. The event, one of the most important in the world, brings together ministers, government [...]
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NAFTA 2.0: More Intellectual Protection for Biotechnological Drugs

On October 1, 2018 By Alessa Flores
Yesterday evening, the NAFTA negotiations between Mexico, Canada and the US closed, reaching an agreement to maintain the trilateral trade pact that will now be called USMCA (the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement). The next step is for the three countries to ratify the agreement. The renegotiation of NAFTA raised the concern of the health sector in Mexico, [...]
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Amazon! The New Player in the Health Industry

On June 29, 2018 By Alessa Flores
Yesterday, Amazon the US-based e-commerce company announced the purchase of the online pharmacy PillPack for about US$1billion in the US. PillPack is a licensed online pharmacy that ships medication to 49 of the 50 US states. PillPack offers a full service to sort multiple medications by dose and deliver them directly to the client’s [...]
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