Meeting with the Provincial Director of Knowledge Management

LIF’s Directors received EmmaVölk. Knowledge management in health area was the main topic.

     LIF’s Director Daniel Salomón, Guillermo Cleti and Carlos Arques, received to Emma Völk, the Health Ministry’s Provincial Director of Knowledge Management.
     LIF’s Directors gave her information about the different activities that LIF has developed to train its employees as much as its trainer role of students of different professions through internships at LIF.
     The present agreed to work together in activities linked to training and investigation.

Meeting with the Santa Fe’s General Trustee

LIF’s Directors received Emiliano Arzuaga, General Trustee of Santa Fe, and they had a meeting.

     LIF’s Director Daniel Salomón, Guillermo Cleti and Carlos Arques, received Emiliano Arzuaga (Santa Fe’s General Trustee) and Ana Clara Minetti (Coordination and Supervision Manager of Local Office and UIA*.
     The aim of the visit was to publicize the work being done by the Trustee in its capacity internal control body of the Provincial Executive and in particular the operation of the Health Delegation.
     The General Syndicate (GS) is the internal control body of the provincial Government.
     Informing about the activities of the GS and the activities of the Health Local Office were the main objectives of this meeting.
     LIF’s directors gave information about the different activities that LIF has been making and the projects for 2016.
     After the meeting, the building for the new Administration Area was shown to the visitors.

The Health Minister had a meeting with LIF’s Directors

The meeting took place at LIF. They analysed the different projects for 2016. Improving the population access to medicines and increasing the provision of medicines from the Health Ministry will be the main objectives.

     Santa fe’s Health Minister and LIF Committee's President, Miguel González, had a meeting with LIF’s Directors where they analysed the different projects, those which started in the last year as much as those for 2016.
     Carlos Arques, Diego Bruno and Daniel Salomón (LIF’s Directors) and Carlos Minatti (Trustee) participated in the meeting.
     “During 2015, LIF developed an important experience in the purchase of medicines. The Administration Secretary and the Pharmacy Direction of the Health Ministry also participated in this task. We want to improve this strategy even more”, said Miguel González.
     “Today, LIF is the main manager to buy medicines for The Public Health System in Santa Fe, so in 2016, we want to start developing the formulas of some of these medicines in order to produce them at LIF in the future”, said Daniel Salomón.
     “The Health Minister also want to improve the distribution of the medicines in Santa Fe province. We think that we can help in this topic. Since 2008, LIF has produced medicines for The National Health Ministry and since 2011 for other provinces and cities, so we have achieved an important experience in the distribution of our medicines.”, expressed Diego Bruno.
     After the meeting, everybody visited the building for the new Administration Area. This building is in its final stage. It includes the remodeling and expansion of the Administration Area in almost 700 m2. Around $8.000.000 were invested in this building. Much of this economic resources came from the sales of medicines to the National Health Ministry.
     “Probably, in March we will be inaugurating this new area on the ground level where we will provide our employees with better work conditions. We agreed with the Health Minister to continue with the last stage in this building that include the building of the offices on the first floor”, said Carlos Arques.

New LIF’s President

Santa Fe’s new Health Minister, Miguel González, is also the new LIF’s President.

     Since December 11, Miguel Ciro González is the new Santa Fe’s Health Minister. Since this day, he is automatically the new LIF’s President because the LIF’s Creation Law (N° 11.657) says that.
     The new LIF’s President is a biochemist and has a Degree in Health Management Systems (UNR*).

     In May, 2008, he worked as the IAPOS’ (1) Director.
     In 2010, he was the Director of the Technical Committee of COSPRA (2).
     In December, 2013, he was named Santa Fe’s Health Secretary. He remained in this position until December, 2015.

* UNR: National University of Rosario.
1 - IAPOS: Santa Fe’s social health insurance for civil servants.
2 - COSPRA: Confederación de Obras Sociales Provinciales de la República Argentina - Provincial Federation of Social Health Insurance of Argentina.

End year lunch at LIF

On December 18, LIF’s Board of Directors and Staff members shared a lunch to celebrate the end of the year.

     The main objective was to share a pleasant moment among all LIF’s staff members and to make a summary of the activities done in 2015.
     Finally, Karen (a specialist in folklore music) gave a show for everybody.

Training between LIF and FIQ - UNL for FONARSEC project

LIF made a training plan together with professionals from Facultad de Ingeniería Química de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral (FIQ - UNL)*.

     The main objective was to apply different methods to characterize powders. Principally, these powders will be used to produce pharmaceutical forms through direct compression process.
     Through these methods someone can determine if a powder is suitable to use under direct compression process.
     The Graduates María Cecilia Balbi y Marianela Ciotti gave the lecture about these topics.
     FONARSEC is a financial instrument through which LIF might be able to get funds to improve its capacity of production.

*FIQ - UNL: Facultad de Ingeniería Química – Universidad Nacional del Litoral

Students from La Salle Jobson School visited LIF

Students of the 5th year knew the Laboratory.

     Students of the 5th year from La Salle Jobson School, visited LIF.
     These students will get their degree in Bachiller in Natural Sciences. They arrived at LIF together with teachers from the school.
     First, they watched an institutional video and then they received information about “LIF Management Model”.
     After that, the different areas (production, quality control and storage were shown.
     Silvina Mugni (Quality Control Manager), Rosana Mandrile (Co Technical Director), Edgardo Ramírez (Health Service Attention), Facundo Arques and Melina Uriarte (Communication Area) participated in this activity by LIF.