Another small step along the road....

Another small step along the road.

http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2014/09/sirtex-medical-inc-expands-business-into-brazil

Sirtex Medical Inc., a subsidiary of Sirtex Medical Limited, a leading manufacturer of targeted liver cancer therapies, announced today the expansion of its business in Latin America. Sirtex’s SIR-Spheres ® microspheres are now available to treat inoperable liver tumors in Brazil. The first SIR-Spheres microspheres treatments took place the first week of September at Hospital Sirio-Libanes in Sao Paulo. Sirtex received product approval from the Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) for SIR-Spheres microspheres early in 2014.
The announcement comes at a time when the America’s region is experiencing record growth, having recently announced that dose sales of SIR-Spheres microspheres grew a solid 22.5 percent, with more than 5,836 doses being supplied for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.
Brazil represents the largest economy and medical device market in Latin America. Many thousands of Brazilians will develop liver tumors. For example, at least 60 percent of the 14,200 Brazilians diagnosed with colorectal cancer every year will see their cancer spread to the liver, with many dying of the disease due to lack of treatment options.