India to Spend Rs.10 bn on Polio Eradication Strategies
...ng reported in 2005-06. "The CCEA has also given approval for corrective surgery and rehabilitation of the polio victims and to equip them to earn their livelihood and lead a dignified life in the community," the minister said. For this, Rs.200 million has been earmarked. As per data compiled by the Nat...Lenalidomide, Granted Approval by FDA to Join Multiple Myeloma Drugs
...tory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance said that FDA’s approval of REVLIMID (lenalidomide) offered a new oral drug....S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for its Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for an additional indication for REVLIMID (lenalido...Aurobindo Receives Approval from USFDA for anti-AIDS drug
...r, can heave a sigh of relief following the nod of approval from the US Food & Drug Administration// (FDA) for...herapy (HAART) in treating AIDS. With the US FDA approval means the drug can be sold immediately in over 15 countries as part of the $15 billion US President’...AIIMS medical Superintendent confirms that salary release has not been permitted
... According to him, there has not been any formal approval from either the administrative body or financial authorities, so all such orders are baseless. Dr. Sharma said "There is no question about the resident doctors being paid for the strike period. Communication to this effect by the administration happ...Aurobindo Gets Tentative USFDA Approval For Its HIV-1 Drug
...ed for treating HIV-1 infection//. The new drug approval is for fixed dose combination drug product contain...it said, adding that this is the first NDA generic approval for a three-drug combination. These three drugs have a market of 4.5 billion dollars worldwide and ...Antihistamine Could also be used as a Potential Antimalarial Drug
...y the fact that the medication has been through an approval process. The researchers hope to next validate this new drug class for use in combination with existing malaria drugs like artemisinin or the quinolines. The Johns Hopkins Clinical Compound Library will now be available to screen existing drugs for...UK doctor Charged By GMC For Professional Misconduct
...ely founded' research, for having not obtained the approval of the ethical committee, and for having obtained funds that they deemed improper, and for subjecting children to needless and wide-ranging investigations. Reports have though suggested that there are no major studies to prove the link between vacc...New Drug to Help Smokers Kick the Habit
...e drug is marketed by Pfizer Inc. and received FDA approval in May. A related editorial however cautions smokers against considering the drug as a panacea for quitting smoking. According to co-author Dr. Robert C. Klesges, from the University of Tennessee in Memphis, "There are some important gastrointestin...Sanitizer For Contaminated Sprouts Developed
...submitted and its producers are seeking regulatory approval besides looking for distributors in North America. ...Nic Vax, A vaccine to put off smoking -No smoke without fire!
...view of the product is expected after which an FDA approval will see the product through in the market. He said “That means they will do a rapid review and get back to the sponsor within so many months. They’ve put a spotlight on it and really tried to move it along, because it would be a unique product.” Th...Clement Urged to Plot a National Pharmaceutical Strategy
...l issues, including finding ways to accelerate the approval of breakthrough drugs, the development of a common list of medications covered in all jurisdictions, strengthening the evaluation of pharmaceutical safety and effectiveness, and obtaining the best prices. Their primary goal was to ensure that all Ca...Revlimid Approved By FDA For Multiple Myeloma
...have earlier been treated with chemotherapy. The approval was given after the results of clinical trials in which patients who took Revlimid and dexamethasone survived an average of 29.6 months. In contrast patients on dexamethasone and placebo survived only 20.2 months. It is estimated that multiple myel...Researchers Try Early Surgical Intervention to Treat Parkinson's Symptoms
...cently received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin. Parkinson's disease is a chronic, debilitating neuromuscular disease caused by the brain's inability to produce a sufficient amount of the chemical dopamine, which in turn causes nerve cell death leading to impaired function of the body's...Harney Seeks Approval for New Medical Practitioners Bill
... the next week or so//. She is seeking Government approval in order to publish heads of bill for new legislation next week or the following week so that a new Medical Practitioners Bill can be published later this year. Although changes to the existing Medical Practitioners Act have been promised and postpo...India Approves Baraclude? (entecavir) For Treatment Of Chronic HEPATITIS B
...hronic hepatitis B virus infection //following its approval by the Drug Controller General of India. BARACLU...w cases of HCC were diagnosed in 2001. 'With the approval and launch of BARACLUDE? in India, Bristol-Myers Squibb will now be able to address another area of...Drug Company Seeks Approval for Human Testing of Vaccine against H5N1 Virus
British Drug company, PowerMed is seeking approval for conducting the first human trials of experimental vaccine against the deadly strain of avian flu virus H5N1//. The World Health Organisation has reported 97 human cases of avian flu since December 2003, with at least 53 deaths. The company ha...New Drugs To Combat Mutant Bugs
...e than 20 years, for head and neck cancer, won the approval for use in Scotland, prior to its approval in England. Trials found that when patients received the drug along with radiotherapy, their chan...Aurobindo Gets USFDA Approval for Didanosine Chewable Tablets
...do Pharma Ltd today said it has received tentative approval by USFDA for its anti-HIV drug, Didanosine chewabl... strengths. // This is the first generic version approval for Didanosine chewable in the world given by USFDA, Aurobindo Pharma informed the Bombay Stock Exch...Orchid Gets USFDA Nod for Cephalexin
...s & Pharmaceuticals Ltd today said it has received approval from the USFDA for its ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Application) of Cephalexin oral suspension. // Cephalexin, an off-patent molecule, forms part of Orchid Chemicals' distribution alliance with US generic pharma major Par Pharmaceuticals Inc, it info...New Technique Identifies Unknown Genetic Mutations That Can Cause Cancer
...eatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Since its approval in 2001, Gleevec has made CML a much more manageable disease. A new drug to inhibit JAK3 is already in development elsewhere, and, eventually; Druker sees a market filled with a dozen or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Matching the patient to the ...