24.4.10

ESAOTE(S-A-O-T) MOBILE ULTRASOUND

ESAOTE mobile (carrier case) model MyLabFive at $25,000 shown at recent Toronto American Association Neurology and American Anaesthesia conferences.

ESAOTE: 1986 union of Elsag,Selenia,Ansaldo(ESA CONTROL) and OTE Medical, (Officine Toscane Elettromeccanico).

ESAOTE one of four companies held by Swiss ARES LIFE SCIENCES (Zug & Geneva)

13.4.10

ACTHAR GEL: (repository corticotrophin injection)

ACTHAR GEL 80 units / ml extracted from Pig pituitary ( QUESTCOR Pharmaceuticals Inc.) available again in Canada. Price $5,000 per ml. (In 1980s was FIVE DOLLARS per ml supplied by ARMOUR.)

Used mainly for acute Multiple sclerosis at 1 ml. daily by IMI for two weeks at cost of $70,000.

ANDERSON-FABRY DISEASE

William ANDERSON (1842-1900) UK Artist & Surgeon & Johannes FABRY (1860-1930) German Dermatologist.

FABRAZYME (agalsidase beta) GENZYME Canada; IMI every two weeks costs $200,000 a year. Approved for payment by Ontario government in 2004.