Some 5,000 Patients With Liver Cirrhosis To Get New Treatment
Some 5,000 patients with liver cirrhosis will enjoy a new interferon free treatment, said Professor Doctor Mihai Voiculescu, president of the XXV National Congress of Hepatology.
“The budget was allocated and the criteria of eligibility were set. The ball is in our court, the medical world, and we must urgently complete the methodology and the enforcement norms. The great advantage of these medicines, besides a 98-100% cure rate, is that monitoring is almost cost-free,” said Voiculescu.
Bucharest hosts, between September 24 and 26, the 25th National Congress of Hepatology, the 5th Romanian-French Hepatology Congress and the 6th Balkan Hepatology Course. Experts in the field from all over Europe and from Romania present breakthroughs in hepatitis C treatment. (Puterea)
New Type Of Insulin To Be Available In Romania
Diabetes patients will have access to a new type of insulin which will be entirely compensated in Romania.
The product is recommended to patients suffering from type 1 and type 2 diabetes and will be available starting October 1.
“Diabetes is associated with rapid fluctuations of the blood glucose level and an instable blood sugar control may lead to hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia. These may lead to early appearance of microvascular complications (ocular, renal and peripheral nerve disorders) and macrovascular complications (cardiovascular problems).
According to the National Health Insurance House, some 700,000 Romanians suffer from diabetes. (Adevarul)
ANRE: Thermal Power Production Prices Not To Go Up This Winter
The production prices of thermal power will not be raised this winter, according to Emil Calota, vice-president of Romania’s energy regulator ANRE.
“We have every reason to believe that, during the 2015/2016 winter, all producers, namely, the 38 qualified in the bonus scheme, will not register increases in thermal power production prices It remains to be seen the evolution of the transport and distribution tariffs, as well as of the final price,” Calota told a press conference.
Calota said prices in Bucharest will not be hiked either. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Romania Central Bank Sees 2022-2023 As Reasonable Target For Euro Adoption
Romania’s central bank assesses the country could reach a decent real convergence level to enter the eurozone in 2022-2023, while keeping nominal convergence elements, but the single currency adoption target is a political decision, a central bank official said Thursday.
Speaking at a conference Thursday, central bank deputy governor Bogdan Olteanu said the bank’s estimates show 2022-2023 would be a reasonable term for the country to meet technical requirements for euro adoption.
“The decision regarding the time of adoption will be political but Romania is on its way to euro adoption,” said Olteanu.
Olteanu said last week the country needs a more realistic euro adoption target, as the government’s ambitious plan to join the eurozone in 2019 has become unfeasible since it lacked follow-up. (Puterea)
Negoita Backs Dragnea At Social Democrats’ Upcoming Elections
Robert Negoita said he will endorse Liviu Dragnea for president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) at the upcoming elections.
Negoita announced Wednesday evening that he is no longer running for president of PSD, arguing he made this decision because his party fellow Liviu Dragnea decided to run for this position. He also said he is part of Dragnea’s team and supports him, along with the party’s Bucharest branch.
On September 22, Negoita told a press conference that he decided to run for president of PSD. He said back then that the party is in a “delicate” situation, considering that Victor Ponta, its former head and the country’s prime minister, was indicted and its interim leader Liviu Dragnea has been sentenced in a national referendum case. (Adevarul)