Newsletter: PharmaDistributors.com Brings Affordable Medicines and Business Opportunities to Luzon

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 PharmaDistributors.com, powered by LK Pharmaceutical Corporation, is expanding across Luzon to bring a powerful message: any Filipino can start a pharma distribution business — even without inventory or large capital. This move supports both local entrepreneurs and Filipino patients who need affordable medicines. The company’s inventory-free model makes it easy for aspiring business owners — especially pharmacists, medical reps, aspiring entrepreneurs and healthcare workers — to become official pharma distributors in their cities. This model also helps address medicine access issues in far-flung or underserved communities.

Newsletter: GOMO goes the distance with Guinness World Records holder’s run across Luzon

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This summer, GOMO is lacing up for something big. In true UNSTPPBL spirit, the game-changing digital telco brand is partnering with Guinness World Records holder and women’s empowerment advocate Natalie Dau for Project 1000, a multi-day ultra run across Luzon that champions fitness, purpose, and breaking limits for a cause.

Amnesia-causing diatoms found in Luzon shellfish farms

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The densely-populated island of Luzon is home to over half of the Philippines’ population, many of whom consume shellfish on a regular basis. An international team of scientists has just confirmed the presence there of two species of Pseudo-nitzschia diatoms capable of producing a dangerous neurotoxin that can cause severe sickness and memory loss. 

Light microscope and transmission electron microscope photographs of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens var. Pungens (top two photos) and Pseudo-nitzschia brasiliana (bottom two photos) found in Luzon shellfish farms. Both species produce domoic acid, a dangerous neurotoxin. CREDIT: Botavara et al.

Poetically described as “algae that live in glass houses,” diatoms are microscopic aquatic organisms that cover themselves in protective milk-colored silica shells. While most diatom species are harmless, half of the 58 known species from the genus Pseudo-nitzschia are notorious for producing domoic acid (DA). A person who has eaten DA-infected shellfish may experience vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. In some cases, DA has even caused the permanent loss of short-term memory in a condition known as “amnesic shellfish poisoning” (ASP).