According to studies conducted by the American Cancer Society and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, around six million people die of smoking each year.
A purchasing mechanism run by the Paris-based International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) is making it possible for these countries to obtain quality-assured essential asthma medicines at affordable prices for the first time.
OTCBB:XNOM), a developer of next-generation medical DNA technologies, and its partner, Spaxen Italia, SRL, have been selected to present important new clinical evidence about the performance of its novel, noninvasive method for detection of tuberculosis (TB) at a prestigious conference in mid-October, the 36th Annual World Conference on Lung Health, organized by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, to be held October 18 - 22, in Paris, France.
Ruwen Jou,* Wei-Lun Huang,* and Chen-Yuan Chiang ([dagger]) * Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; and ([dagger]) International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France Address for correspondence: Ruwen Jou, Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Research and Diagnostic Center, Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control, 161 Kun-Yang St, Nan-Kang, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China; email: rwj@cdc.
Partners include the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases in Singapore, the Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), University of Illinois at Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), and the Research Triangle Institute.
