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AmCham was pleased to organize a briefing from AmCham Member Abbott on its groundbreaking artificial heart program in Libya. Abbott, a leading U.S. healthcare company, was pleased to share with AmCham members the recent implementation of its LVAD artificial heart program in Libya. Designed for patients with advanced heart failure, this type of technology was previously not available in Libya, resulting in either expensive and complicated treatment outside of Libya, or the death of the patient. Abbott invested in the training of a team of surgeons from Tripoli and Benghazi, and these teams are now able to perform this life-saving [...]

AmCham was pleased to organize a briefing on current U.S. Government initiatives in Libya related to the commercial sector. Participants included Paul Oliva, Senior Commercial Officer and First Secretary for Commercial Affairs of the U.S Department of Commerce and Mike LaRocque, Economic and Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy to Libya. Paul and Mike presented the current priorities of the U.S. Government in Libya, and emphasized the importance of commercial activities to the U.S. administration. AmCham members were able to ask their questions which ranged from topics such as AmCham events that the Embassy plans to attend in Libya, the U.S. [...]

AmCham Libya was pleased to participate in the U.S. Embassy National Day Celebration on December 8 in Tripoli. This is the second year in a row the Embassy has organized a celebration, and AmCham was proud to help arrange sponsorship for the event by its members. We are grateful for the support AmCham receives from the Embassy, and look forward to next year's event, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States.