LIF Participated in the Fair for Municipalities and Communes

The activity took place in different days and each provincial node. Authorities of municipalities and communes attended. Lectures and showrooms were the activities organized.



     The activity called "Municipios y Comunas en red, capacitación para autoridades locales más feria de proyectos" and it had different lectures in each provincial node.
     Authorities of different municipalities and communes around the province attended the meetings.
     LIF had its participation in a stand where LIF’s staff gave merchandising and information.
     LIF and ASSAL* were the two Health Ministry’s Institutions that participated in the event.
     Rosario, Santa Fe, Rafaela, Wheelright (Venado Tuerto node) and Reconquista were the cities where the different meetings occurred.

* ASSAL: Agencia Santafesina de Seguridad Alimentaria - Santafesina Food Safety Agency

Opening Ceremony for a New Development Area

Miguel Lifschitz, Santa Fe’s Governor, participated in the ceremony. The project demanded an investment of $45 million (ARG).

This new area will allow to develop and produce medicines to treat patients with tuberculosis. Consequently, LIF might be a possible public producer of these medicines for Argentina.

     Rifampicin + Isoniazid + Pyrazinamide (triple association); Rifampicin + Isoniazid (double association); Isoniazid 100 mg / 300 mg and Ethambutol 400 mg are the medicines to develop and produce.
     This new leading facility will also allow to increase the LIF’s production capacity by 50%.
     For this project, the Provincial Government invested $25 million (ARG) and the National Government contributed with $20 million (ARG).
     Miguel LIfschitz (Santa Fe’s Governor); Andrea Uboldi (Santa Fe’s Health Minister); Miguel González (Provincial Senator), Hermes Binner (Santa Fe’s ex Governor); the Ministers: Pedro Morini (Public Works); Julio Genesini (Labor); Claudia Balagué (Education); Jacinto Speranza (Environment); Verónica Geese (Energy State Secretary); LIF’s Board of Directors: Diego Bruno, Jorge Stettler, Guillermo Cleti and Carlos Arques.
     “It is important to have the medicines for all people. That includes the medicines for common diseases as well as rare diseases. For that, we support the public production of medicines like a firm state policy”, expressed Miguel Lifschitz.
     Juan Carlos Zabalza (Cabinet Coordinator); the Provincial Deputies: Clara García, Julio Garibaldi and Jorge Henn; Emilio Jatón (Santa Fe’s city Councilman; Leonardo Caruana (Rosario’s Health Secretary); Pablo Saccone (State Prosecutor) and Adrián Bonivardi (Dean of Faculty of Chemical Engineering - UNL) also participated in the ceremony.