Lecture about Santa Fe’s Medicines Policy in Venado Tuerto.

On November 28th, Guillermo Cleti (LIF’s Director) participated at a lecture about Santa Fe’s Medicines Policy.

     The meeting took place at the auditorium room of Hospital Gutiérrez in Venado Tuerto.
     Miguel González (Health Secretary of Santa Fe), Elvia Gómez (Director of Biochemistry and Pharmacy - Health Ministry), Silvia Tassoni (Member of the Medicines Committee), José Escalante and Armando Alianak (Health Coordinators from Nodo Venado Tuerto) also participated in the lecture.
     The main objective of this activity was to present the new version of the Formulario Terapéutico Provincial (FTP)*.
     Guillermo Cleti talked about public production of medicines in Santa Fe as one of the tools to provide medicines.
     Pharmacists, purchasing managers and physicians from different hospitals attended the meeting.

*FTP: it is a therapeutic list of drugs to use in Santa Fe's public health system.

LIF participated in the IV Provincial Seminar of Public Health

The seminar took place on November 13rd and 14th, in the Estación Belgrano in Santa Fe city.

     LIF’s board of directors: Guillermo Cleti, Diego Bruno, César Daniel Salomón and Diego Bruno attended the seminar.
     LIF had a stand where Melina Uriarte, Facundo Arques and Edgardo Ramirez (LIF’s staff members) handed out LIF’s printed material and answered questions to the visitors.
     Carlos Arques participated in a forum called “Government - Medicines - Market” in which he talked about public production of medicines in Santa Fe.
     More than 2600 people from different places of Santa Fe province participated in the lectures and workshops. Most of these people were public health workers (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, public servants and health administrators).

Students of Escuela de Enseñanza Técnica Nº 455 from Esperanza visited LIF

     A students’ delegation of Escuela de Enseñanza Técnica Nº 455 from Esperanza participated in this activity.
     First, LIF’s staf members welcomed the visitors at the multiple uses room (MUR) where they watched the institutional video.
     Then, Silvina Mugni (Quality Control Manager) gave a lecture about quality of medicines.
     After this meeting, the different areas (production, quality and storage) were shown to the visitors

Meeting in the National Cancer Institute

Members of the Pilot Program had a meeting organized by National Cancer Institute (NCI)*.
     This program provides drugs for pain treatment in patients with active, progressive and advanced diseases.
     Guillermo Cleti (LIF’s Director), Cecilia Selis (LIF’s Technical Director), Patricia Peirotti (LIF’s Quality Assurance Manager) and Ana María Gonzalez (LIF’s Responsible for Drug Safety) participated in a meeting that took place at the National Cancer Institute (NCI)* in Buenos Aires city.
     Daniel Gollan (National Health Vice-Minister) welcomed the present.
     Then, María José Sanchez (ANMAT’s Inspector) gave a lecture about traceability for drugs.
     Finally, Patricia Peirotti gave a lecture about Quality Assurance while Ana María Gonzalez talked about Drug Safety for methadone.
     Pharmacists and physicians from different hospitals under the Pilot Program such as: CEMAR (Rosario), Gastroenterología B. Udaondo, General de Agudos Dr. Tornu, Instituto de Oncología Ángel Roffo, Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari and Dr. Baldomero Sommer attended this meeting.
     Daniel Gollan (National Health Vice-Minister), Federico Kaski (ANMAT Sub-Administrator), Jorge Zarzur (Executive Director of the National Program of Public Production of Medicines, Vaccines and Medical Devices), Graciela Jacob (NCI’s Advisory Committee Member) and Roberto Wenk (NCI’s Advisory Committee Member) also participated in the meeting.

*NCI: is part of the National Health Ministry.
ANMAT: Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica. (National Regulatory Agency for medicines, food and medical devices).

Members of the city hall of Córdoba and of the national Health Ministry visited LIF

     Carlos Arques, Diego Bruno, César Daniel Salomón and Guillermo Cleti (LIF’s Board of Directors) welcomed the visitors.

     Gabriel Acevedo (Córdoba’s Health Secretary), Belén Bottasso (Córdoba’s Pharmacy Director); Sergio Oviedo (Córdoba’s Pharmacy Sub Director), Jorge Zarzur (Executive Director of the National Program of Public Production of Medicines, Vaccines and Medical Devices) and Arturo Hoya (Technical Adviser of the National Health Ministry) participated in this meeting.
     They exchanged information about the different experiences in health and medicines.
     The Córdoba’s Health Secretary has a public laboratory of medicines. This produces medicines for public hospitals in Córdoba city.
     The Health Secretary wants to improve the know how and technologies in its laboratory in order to increase its production volume. The approbation of the Health Ministry of Córdoba is also another wish to reach.
     The visitors and LIF members talked about an agreement of mutual collaboration and assistance in the production of medicines.
     In the next days, LIF and the Health Secretary might sign this agreement.
     Carlos Minatti (LIF’s Trustee) and Roberto Ganín (LIF’s General Manager) also participated in the meeting.
     After this meeting, the different areas (production, quality control and storage) were shown to the visitors.

Pharmacists from Nodo Rosario visited LIF

     On October 28th, pharmacist from Nodo Rosario visited LIF.
     First, Guillermo Cleti and Diego Bruno (LIF’s Directors) welcomed the visitors.
     Then, Claudio Casals (Production Manager) gave a lecture about “LIF’s Management Model” and then Silvina Mugni (Quality Control Manager) talked about “Quality of Medicines”.
     After this meeting, the different areas (production, quality control and storage) were shown to the visitors.
     Viviana Mahieu, María Alejandra García Álvarez, Analía Bo and María Alejandra Martoglia (Pharmacy Inspection of Santa Fe - 2nd Division), Alejandra Elizalde (Technical Director - Hospital de Emergencias Clemente Álvarez), Sergio Torrisi (Technical Director - HEEP*) and Yamila García (Pharmacist HEEP*) participated in this activity.


HEEP*: Hospital Escuela Eva Perón de Baigorria

LIF started the provision of Methadone in Rosario

LIF delivered Methadone 5 mg and 10 mg tablets in five Public Hospitals in Rosario.

     These hospitals: Int. Gabriel Carrasco, Roque Saenz Peña, Juan B. Alberdi, de Niños Víctor J. Vilela and Centro de Especialidades Médicas Ambulatorias (CEMAR) are part of the Pilot Program to provide drugs for pain treatment in patients with active, progressive and advanced diseases.
     This Pilot Program was organized by the National Institute of Cancer (Health Ministry of the National Government).
     This program’s main objective is to provide medicines in different hospitals where people under pain therapy receive attention.
     In 2013, LIF and the National Institute signed an agreement of Collaboration and Mutual Assistance.
     Through this agreement LIF has researched and developed morphine 10 mg, methadone 5mg and 10 mg tablets to provide them in ten hospitals.
     After this first experience in Rosario, the next step to LIF is to deliver these drugs in other hospitals under the Pilot Program such as: Gastroenterología B. Udaondo, General de Agudos Dr. Tornu, Instituto de Oncología Ángel Roffo, Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari and Dr. Baldomero Sommer.