Novel "CYCLOSPORINE CAPSULE FORMULATION" to be launched
... The pharmaceutical company SangStat expects to launch significantly smaller cyclosporine capsule in Europe. The new cyclosporine capsule is significantly smaller than any cyclosporine capsule currently on the market. "The replacement of our current capsule filing with this new capsule could offer SangS...George Bush pledges 200 million dollars for AIDS relief
...nd the corrective measures the world body plans to launch on June 25 in New York. President Bush said that he and Secretary-General Kofi Annan had agreed on several principles for the fund's operation, including a focus on both prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, and a respect for intellectual ...Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States
...rnational group of reproductive scientists plan to launch a human cloning clinic, which will provide cloning services to infertile couples within 18 months, according to a US infertility specialist, Dr. Panayiotis Zavos. Dr. Zavos, a biologist at the Univeristy of Kentucky, is not medically qualified but h...RANBAXY - enters anti-AIDS segment
...st Asia, S D Kaul, the company is in a position to launch Lamivudine, Nevirapine, Aabacavir and Indinavir products in the Indian market shortly.// Ranbaxy's subsidiary, the Hyderabad-based Vorin Laboratories which is a bulk drug manufacturer, will be formulating the drugs which will be converted to the fin...E Merck introduces Livogen Z with zinc sulphate
...Zinc decreases tubal defects in pregnant women.The launch of this drug was delayed, as E Merck had to take Karnataka Food and Drugs control Administration's permission to change the composition of the drug. E Merck is believed to have added zinc sulphate to Livogen Z as they felt it was unethical to sell ot...Lose Weight With New Wonder Slimming FDA approved Prescription Drug
...and parts of Asia. Its new FDA approved status and launch in other countries is fantastic news for the one in five women and one in seven men who risk an early death through being overweight. So forget about herbal diets or fancy cures. Don't spend your money on promises and pipedreams. Instead, go for wh...Sleeping sickness - a silent killer
...s and other delegates are expected to attend, will launch an Africa-wide campaign to eradicate the Tsetse fly under the political umbrella of the African Union, previously known as the Organisation of African Unity. The campaign has received a boost, in the form of free drugs donated by the pharmaceutical g...Ranbaxy gets US FDA approval for Lisinopril
...respond to diuretics. // However it expects to launch the product only in June 2002, when the original patent expires on the drug, Zestril. Zestril is a registered trademark of Astra Zeneca UK Ltd. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, RPI expects to be able to access retail pharmacy ou...'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'
Reckitt Benckiser has deferred the launch of 'Disprin CV' (cardiovascular) following the con... Plus' to 'Disprin Paracetamol'. Subsequent to the launch of Disprin Plus, there were reports citing instances of concern from doctors and consumers regarding...FDA Approves New Arthritis Drug, Bextra
...rheumatoid arthritis and menstrual pain. The exact launch date and price per dose has yet to be determined....ZYDUS enters female health care segment
...ny is optimistic that within the first year of its launch the drug would capture atleast 10 per cent of the Rs. 50 crore postmenopausal drugs market....Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to challenge patents on drug
... The next generic drug which Dr Reddy’s hopes to launch in the US is Ciprofloxacin, on which Bayer AG has a patent till December 2003. Other generic drugs in Dr Reddy’s pipeline are Olanzapine, on which Eli Lilly has a patent, and Ondansetron, on which Glaxo SmithKline Beecham has the patent, but these wi......ible attack. Professor Stephenson plans to launch a 21-patient trial of the new vaccine within six months.She believes the treatment will be without side effects, and will offer the patient immunity against their cancer for life.It is hoped that the treatment can be refined and extended to other ca...Sun Pharma to launch chiral version of omeprazole soon
...-effects. SUN Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is to launch a chiral version of the anti-ulcerant drug omepraz...or firms competing. Analysts are optimistic of the launch and said that this would bring about further rationalisation in prices of the product es-omeprazole.......king cessation drug, Zyban received a high decibel launch in India in June 2001. The cause for concern, however, was a safety update on the site of British regulatory body, Medicines Control Agency (MCA). The update, suggesting an unproven association between the tobacco-cessation drug and 57 deaths in the ...Apollo inaugurates centre for back and neck pain
...rofiles for patients. Reddy said it was planned to launch similar centres in Delhi and Hyderabad in the near future and other key metros later. He said that it was estimated that four out of every five people suffer from back pain which was the single largest reported lifestyle related disorder....Myth of 'female impotence' created to boost sales
...g used to treat male impotence, created during its launch in 1998. Doctors however claim that female sexual disorders are being unduly medicalised and the coining of the term "female sexual dysfunction" makes an illness out of normal changes in women's sexual feelings which may happen after childbirth or b...Return of SARS possible this fall
... urged medical authorities worldwide on Tuesday to launch an influenza vaccination campaign, saying it would help stop confusion in future outbreaks of SARS. While flu vaccines won't affect SARS, flu and pneumonia symptoms are similar to those of SARS. Immunizing people against flu would reduce the number ...SARS vaccine shows promise in Animal Testing
...the virus. This alerts the body's immune system to launch a counterattack against the invading virus. Scientists tested two versions of the DNA vaccine in 15 mice over a six-week period. The vaccines differed in how much genetic material scientists removed from the original piece of DNA. Both worked, alth...... chemicals that actually help the free radicals to launch repeated attacks," said Shi, who is an associate professor of neuroscience and biomedical engineering in Purdue’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. "Our latest research indicates that acrolein may be the prima...