Latin America - Biotech, Pharma and Life Science Channel
Latin America encompasses the Caribbean, South America and Central America. These countries are important players in the biotechnology industry, not only as consumers, but as contributors.
The environmental, agriculture and rural biotechnology industry is very active, within this region, due to the natural resources here.
The large populations here and the potential of the tropical rain forests to hold future treatments help promote the healthcare aspect of the industry. The Latin America Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Association (LBPA ) supports this. Current produce from this region is quality but low-cost healthcare solutions for the region, and current developments include monoclonal cancer antibodies by Recepta Biooharma, recombinant proteins from Coinfar and stem cells solutions from Cryopraxis.
Source; Adapted from SciDev Net and Brazil Biotech Paper (Nature Biotehcnology V26, #6, June 2008)
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News Articles
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The CEA Foundation has made a grant of $50,000 to the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) to fund a hands-on, train-the-trainer program on hearing assistive and emerging te...
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The Premier healthcare alliance today announced new agreements for polysomnography, neurological equipment and accessories have been awarded to Cadwell Laboratories Inc., a...
EyeMed Transforms Vision Plans with New Consumer-Centric Offering
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Events
Cell Culture World Congress USA
North America’s commercial cell culture event
Advancing cord blood banking & therapeutics
Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress
North America’s commercial stem cells event
Promoting Clinical Trials - Sao Paulo, Brazil
THIS CONFERENCE AIMS TO RAISE THE LATAM PROFILE AS A KEY REGION TO CONDUCT CLINICAL RESEARCH.
BIOLATAM 2013 - Partnering and Conference
Meeting point biotechnology business Latin American
Companies
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), founded in 1979, opens the world of communication to people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy, and support...
Merz North America is a specialty healthcare company that develops and commercializes innovative treatment solutions in aesthetics, dermatology and neurology in the U.S. and Canad...
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Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA)
Johnson & Johnson is the world's most comprehensive and broadly-based manufacturer of health care products, as well as a provider of related services, for the consumer, pharmaceutical and me...
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NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc.
Headquartered in Itasca, Ill., NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc., is a leading designer and provider of innovative desktop LCD monitors, commercial- and professional-grade la...
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Clinical Trials
Effects of Acute Intake of Caffeinated Beverages in Type 1 Diabetes
The aim of this pilot study is to determine the impact of caffeine-enhanced energy drinks on blood glucose excursion on heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output and cognitive performance...
Study to Describe the Allergic Reactions to Factor IX in Patients With Hemophilia B
Retrospective, multicenter study in patients with hemophilia B. This study will be placed at 20 to 50 hemophilia treatment centers in North America and the EU, and is designed to estimate...
Predicting Complications in Women With Toxaemia
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Growth Hormone Use in Cystic Fibrosis - a Multicenter Study
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal genetic disorder in America. Previous studies by our group and others have shown that human recombinant growth hormone (GH) improves height...
Issues Surrounding Prenatal Genetic Testing for Achondroplasia
Since the gene responsible for achondroplasia was identified in 1994, it has become possible to test for achondroplasia prenatally. Moreover, prenatal genetic testing for achondroplasia i...
Thalassemia (Cooley's Anemia) Clinical Research Network (TCRN)
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Assessment of Two Therapeutic Strategies in the Treatment of Children With Congenital Toxoplasmosis
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With this study we will like to determine if taking a dose of the study medication, called Polypodium leucotomos (PL), prevents some of the changes in the skin caused by the adverse effect...
Drug resistance to a range of antimalarial treatments has become widespread in Africa, South East Asia and South America. Because the rapid spread of drug resistance threatens a public hea...
PubMed Articles
This study sought to examine the efficacy of ranolazine versus placebo on weekly angina frequency and sublingual nitroglycerin use in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease (C...
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Informal payments for health care services in Russia: old issue in new realities.
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Antinociceptive, neurobehavioral and antioxidant effects of Eupatorium triplinerve Vahl on rats.
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Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan that causes Chagas' disease, a neglected infectious illness that affects millions of people, mostly in the Latin America. Here, the cell surface subproteome of the T....
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is commonly termed the 'amphibian chytrid fungus' but thus far has been documented to be a pathogen of only batrachian amphibians (anurans and caudatans). It is not...
Azelaic acid (AzA) is used in the treatment of acne. However, side effects and low compliance have been associated with several topical treatments with AzA. Nanotechnology presents a strategy that can...
Autopsy records in Vienna since Lorenz Biermayer-a complete documentation of 195 years.
Vienna has a long tradition of clinical autopsies. In the period from 1817 to 2012 there are over 300,000 autopsies documented in the Vienna General Hospital. From five other community hospitals with...
Plasmodium vivax cerebral malaria complicated with venous sinus thrombosis in Colombia.
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Videos
Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31
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