The federal government plans to give the exclusive license for a new liver cancer drug to a pharmaceutical company owned by Chinaâs 63rd-richest man, HuffPost has learned. The National Institutes of Health proposes to grant Salubris Biotherapeutics, Inc. exclusive worldwide rights to a portfolio of patents on antibody drugs used to treat liver cancer, according to a notice published Monday on the Federal Register.
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness and is critical to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4:2 to reduce child mortality.revalence of vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a lack of vitamin A in humans. It is common in poorer countries but rarely seen in more developed countries. Nyctalopia (night blindness) is one of the first signs of VAD.
1 A diet which is rich in Vitamin A is usually the treatment and the best prevention method of vitamin A deficiency. 2  Liver, kidney, milk, cheese, cream and butter are rich sources of Vitamin A. Vitamin A can also be absorbed in the body through Carotene which is found in vegetables which have dark green vegetables. Mal-absorption of vitamin A by the body can also lead to its deficiency. 2  It can be due to sprue, celiac disease, obstructive jaundice, cirrhosis, giardiasis, cystic fibrosis or an over use of mineral oil as laxative. 3  Over excretion of urine is also known to cause Vitamin A deficiency.