Articles on this issue "pharmaceuticals"
Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI's address Oct. 29 to participants of the 25th International Congress of Catholic Pharmacists, held in Rome. * * * ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT …
read moreBenedict XVI told a group of pharmacists that they must avoid anaesthetizing consciences, and emphasized that drugs should be used to help human beings, not to take the life of unborn children …
read moreA nongovernmental organization launched an appeal from the Vatican calling for cooperation between rich nations and developing countries to make good-quality pharmaceuticals available at low …
read moreThe Holy See is urging the pharmaceutical industry to make low-cost AIDS medication available to avoid deaths in Africa from the dreaded disease. "The Holy See has undertaken initiatives to …
read moreNairobi's archbishop appealed to pharmaceutical companies to reconsider their opposition to cheap anti-retroviral drugs used in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Archbishop Raphael Ndingi Mwana'a …
read moreThe service offered by psychiatry cannot be limited to the prescribing of drugs, according to specialists at a gathering here. At a meeting on Bioethics and Psychiatry, organized by the Regina …
read moreEarly hopes for making lifesaving medicines more affordable in poor countries have proven overly optimistic. Despite international efforts last year to ease patents on pharmaceuticals, a …
read moreOne of the positive results of the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting was the decision to loosen patent laws on medicines. As the Financial Times explained Nov. 15, this will gives …
read moreBucking the view of German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the president of the German Pharmaceutical Industry Association says it is not necessary to use stem cells from human embryos to develop …
read moreBucking the view of German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the president of the German Pharmaceutical Industry Association says it is not necessary to use stem cells from human embryos to develop …
read moreTwo draft laws aim to protect human embryos and to recognize a pharmacists right to not dispense the "morning after" pill. The draft law regarding the human embryo was presented by 56 …
read moreThe Vatican has advocated lower prices for medicines in poor countries. Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragán, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, made the appeal in an …
read morePro-lifers are being squeezed out of obstetrics and gynecology, and an upcoming conference in Rome wants to do something about the problem. From June 17-20 a group of international experts …
read moreAIDS drugs will be available here at prices 90% below those in the United States, under a deal between this Central African nation and four pharmaceutical firms, the PANA news agency reported. …
read moreThe "morning-after pill" is under attack on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United Kingdom, a pro-life group won approval to proceed with a full legal challenge to over-the-counter sales of …
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