February 17, 2004 - 22:11 AMT
TURKEY INTENDS TO PATENT ARMENICUM ARMENIAN PREPARATION
Armenicum Armenian medical preparation may be patented in Turkey, Sabah Turkish newspaper reported, noting the Ministry of Health of Turkey will be addressed thereupon. In a report titled "Hope Clinic" that tells about Armenicum and the clinic of the same name in Yerevan the newspaper writes the preparation was tested on over 400 patients of various nationalities, including Turkish citizens. The article author has had conversations with the medical staff and patients of the clinic, who arrived in Yerevan from different countries. According to the newspaper, when taking Armenicum the concentration of AIDS virus in blood reduces, and none of the clinic patients has died. In addition, the preparation is 20 times cheaper than its western counterparts, Turkish Sabah writes.