Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Civil servants from Brazil visited LIF



     Civil servants from San Pablo, Brazil visited LIF. They are studying a master’s degree in Administration in the “Universidad Nacional de San Pablo, Brasil”.
     The meeting was organized by the Master’s Degree in Administration of the “Facultad de Ciencias Económicas - UNL”, as an exchange activity between both Schools.
     First, LIF’s Board of Directors welcomed the visitors.
     Then, José Berardo and Federico Lanche Bode, LIF’s staff members, gave a lecture about LIF’s planning model.
     Finally, the LIF’s facilities were shown to the foreign visitors.


Teachers of the “Escuela Técnica (Technical School) Nº 527 - Bicentenario de la Patria” visited LIF


Seven teachers from the “Escuela Técnica Nº 527 - Bicentenario de la Patria” visited LIF.

     The main objective for them was to know the place where their students make the practice in the last year prior to graduation.
     First, they watched the institutional video in the MUR and then visited the LIF’s facilities.
     Silvina Mugni, Leandro De Greef, Edgardo Ramírez, Facundo Arques and Melina Uriarte (LIF’s staff members) participated in this meeting.

LIF and LEM offered the best prices in the international tender of the National Health Ministry


It was in the international public tender N° 04/16 to buy essential medicines for Healthcare Primary.


     LIF and LEM* participated in the international public tender N° 04/16. This tender was organized by Nation’s Health Ministry to buy essential medicines for Healthcare Primary.
     The bid took place on August 18th, 2016, at National Health Ministry’s headquarters, in Buenos Aires city.
     LIF offered the best price for Metformin 500 mg (10.119.708 tablets).
     On the other hand, LEM offered the best prices for Betamethasone LEM 0,1% x 15 gr (347.189 tubes) and Miconazole LEM x 15 gr (408.372 tubes). Both in cream.
     National Health Ministry organized this tender through the Health Universal Coverage than it is a program to promote the Primary Healthcare.

Antecedents
     LIF and LEM are usual providers of medicines of the National Health Ministry through public tenders and direct purchases between both states.
     Since 2008, LIF has delivered more than 150.000.000 of tablets. Paracetamol, Amoxicillin, Cefalexin, Metformin, Glibenclamide and Enalapril were some of the LIF’s medicines produced.
     On the other hand, since 2009, LEM has delivered more than 2.700.000 tubes. Betametasone LEM 0,1% x 15 gr. and Miconazole LEM x 15 gr were the LEM´s medicines produced.

*LEM: Laboratorio de Especialidades Medicinales Sociedad del Estado de la Municipalidad de Rosario - Medicinal Specialties Laboratory, State Sociaity from Rosario Town Hall.