West Africa: Mectizan (ivermectin) donation programme

West Africa: Mectizan (ivermectin) donation programme

It has been ten years since Merck & Co Inc began donating its antiparasitic medicine Mectizan to people in West Africa for the treatment of river blindness.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1997-06, Vol.349, p.S5-S5
Hauptverfasser: Brown, Kenneth R, Fettig, Charles T
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Donations
Ivermectin
Parasites
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceuticals
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Zusammenfassung:It has been ten years since Merck & Co Inc began donating its antiparasitic medicine Mectizan to people in West Africa for the treatment of river blindness.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(97)90066-0