Recent news on Mectizan

Dedication To Stopping Preventable Blindness Honored With Global Award  -  May 2, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In addition to the Merck Mectizan Award he has been honoured with a host of other prestigious awards including the International Blindness Prevention Award

GHS wages war against elephantiasis, river blindness  -  Apr 26, 2007
Joy Online,Dr. Vanotoo said Mectizan and Albendazole drugs would be administered in communities in the Aowin-Suaman, Jomoro, Nzema East, Ahanta West and the Mpohor

Brotherhood of the Rope  -  May 15, 2007
YourHub.com,...and costly - decision to provide Merck's drug Mectizan - which cures river blindness or Onchocerciasis - for free to those in need throughout the world.

When do 'good' firms go 'bad'? - 2007-05-15  -  May 15, 2007
exduco.net,Merck has been widely and appropriately applauded for its decision to develop, produce and distribute without charge the drug Mectizan, which prevents river

GHS wages war against elephantiasis, river blindness  -  26 Apr 2007
Joy Online,Dr. Vanotoo said Mectizan and Albendazole drugs would be administered in communities in the Aowin-Suaman, Jomoro, Nzema East, Ahanta West and the Mpohor

Doctors' Call Spurs Massive Pledge To Fight TB  -  Apr 10, 2007
The Ledger,That program started 20 years ago, resulting in the donation of 1.8 billion Mectizan tablets to fight the disease - medicine worth about $2.7 billion.

Nigeria: Stolen Vitamin A Capsules - Nafdac to Shut 100 Pharmacies  -  Apr 2, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...(NAFDAC) has disclosed plans to shut down over 100 pharmacies and patent medicine stores caught with stolen Vitamin A capsules, Coartem and Mectizan.

NAFDAC to shut 100 medicine stores, others over stolen drugs  -  27 Mar 2007
Nigerian Tribune,Over 100 pharmacies and patent medicine stores caught with stolen vitamin A capsules, Coartem and Mectizan were to be shut down by the National Agency for

With local impetus, drug firm takes on TB  -  Mar 25, 2007
Boston Globe,That program started 20 years ago, resulting in the donation of 1.8 billion Mectizan tablets to fight the disease -- medicine worth about $2.7 billion.

Let's Start A War, One That We Know We Can Win  -  Feb 26, 2007
TheDay,In this area, people are taking an annual dose of a medicine called Mectizan — donated by Merck, which deserves huge credit — that prevents itching and

UNITED NATIONS GIVES BOOST TO SIERRA LEONE’S FIGHT AGAINST ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
Awareness Times,Brazzaville, 20 March 2007 – The World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations & the Mectizan Donation Programme (MDP) have signed an agreement

32653 AKWA IBOM INDIGENES TREATED OF RIVER BLINDNESS  -  Mar 15, 2007
Akwa Ibom State,...if not properly treated, total blindness may occur. She said that the disease is treated free by the State government through the use of mectizan tablets.

Lions have their sights set on eliminating blindness  -  Mar 12, 2007
Waynesboro Record Herald,Since the distribution of 65 million treatments of Mectizan, donated by Merck, virtually no new cases of river blindness are being reported in areas with

That dollar in your pocket could just change the world  -  Feb 21, 2007
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza,One dollar there could provide enough Mectizan to kill the worms that start out in the intestine and end up in the eyes of the unsuspecting Ethiopian.

Nigeria: Keeping River Blindness Under Control  -  Jan 31, 2007
AllAfrica.com,You can avoid having ugly skin or developing itching, if you take Mectizan once every year and continuously too. "This is because Mectizan does not kill the

Ebonyi govt acquires drugs for river blindness  -  Feb 16, 2007
The Tide,Ebonyi State Government has acquired mectizan drugs to treat 520000 river blindness patients under its River Blindness Control Programme.

When Do 'Good' Firms Go 'Bad'?  -  Feb 14, 2007
CSRwire.com (press release)Merck has been widely and appropriately applauded for its decision to develop, produce and distribute without charge the drug Mectizan, which prevents river

River blindness treatment gulps N320m  -  Jan 29, 2007
Vanguard,Amazigo pointed out that the discovery of Mectizan by US pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co. Inc. has single-handedly transformed the lives of millions of

Solution is in Mexico  -  Feb 4, 2007
Denver Post,In Chiapas, the government health service is giving out the drug Mectizan free of charge to everyone in this coffee-growing region.

Africa: What Works in Africa?  -  Jan 30, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Probably the most successful is the Merck Mectizan Donation program, established in 1987 to combat river blind­ness, a virulent disease transmitted by

Good corp., bad corp.  -  Feb 16, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),Merck has been widely and appropriately applauded for developing, producing and distributing without charge more than 250 million doses of the drug Mectizan

News For Your Web Site  -  Feb 14, 2007
dBusinessNews Newark (press release),Some of these programs include: African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) in Botswana, Merck Mectizan Donation Program, China/Merck HIV/AIDS

Leaders & Success  -  Feb 14, 2007
Investor's Business Daily (subscription)But once the drug, called Mectizan, was developed, no government or aid organization stepped up to purchase it. So Merck in 1987 announced two moves: It

A vision for the world  -  Dec 23, 2006
Scotland on Sunday,Our readers have already responded generously: your donations of more than £3000 have supplied 25000 Mectizan tablets to eradicate river blindness.

Rebus is on the case as charity auction raises £7669  -  Jan 13, 2007
Scotland on Sunday,It will also help pay for the distribution of Mectizan, a drug which prevents river blindness. The disease is endemic in West African countries.

A Sketch of the Visionary Libertarian Security Company  -  Jan 7, 2007
Lew Rockwell,...sometimes at the expense of short-term profits, as Merck did with Mectizan, or in the absence of solid marketing data to support a product launch,

Gates Foundation Pledges $10 Million to Support Carter Center's ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
All American Patriots (press release),Building on this infrastructure, the Center helped expand programming to include annual mass drug administration with Mectizan® tablets donated by Merck

A vision for the world  -  Dec 23, 2006
Scotland on Sunday,Our readers have already responded generously: your donations of more than £3000 have supplied 25000 Mectizan tablets to eradicate river blindness.

Priceless gift of sight  -  Dec 16, 2006
Scotland on Sunday,Twelve pence is what it costs to get one tablet of Mectizan into the villages where river blindness is taking a terrible toll. A small amount of money in

Gates Foundation Pledges $10 Million to Support Carter Center's ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
All American Patriots (press release),Building on this infrastructure, the Center helped expand programming to include annual mass drug administration with Mectizan® tablets donated by Merck

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