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How safe is the drug Tequin?

...a in patients receiving Tequin. The drug got its approval in 1999 but since then there has been rare cases of life-threatening events occurring globally in patients treated with the drug. Most of the cases were reversed but a few were fatal. The warning that was included recently said that the drug is ...

Commercialization of drugs by fast tracking is a cause of concern

...was that in between two of the patients died. The approval of natalizumab and its recall after three months raises questions about the fast tracking of new drugs by the FDA for commercial licensing. This was brought to the fore by consultant neurologist Abhijit Chaudhuri. The warning signal is here and it ...

Nerve Stimulator for Depression Though Not Effective Was Given Approval

...ess of their illness. To prevent it they had given approval for the device. She said that staff recommendations were overruled after assessing all data, expert opinion and medical need. Robert P. Cummins, Cyberonics's chairman and chief executive, said that the investigators had failed to interview many exp...

Private Health Care in Canada May Not Be A Distant Dream

... be submitted to the provincial Legislature for is approval before summer begins. ...

Needle-Free Injection System Ideal for Pandemic Outbreaks

...tion of new product lines and services, government approval processes, the impact of competitive products or pricing a technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties, and the risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including but not limited to i...

Pfizer’s Eraxis Approved By The FD

Pfizer Inc announced the approval of a new antifungal drug, for the treatment of bloodstream infection by the FDA. The new drug called Eraxis, // is indicated in the treatment of candidemia, a hospital acquired fatal blood infection. The improved performance of Eraxis compared to D...

Regulators Object Drug Produced from Genetically Engineered Farm Animals

...d by drug regulators. GTC now proposes to seek the approval on its own steam to take its efforts in biotechnology forward. <br...

Britain Approves Indian Company For Supplying Medicines

... soon hit the European markets soon. // With the approval from the British Medicines and Healthcare products...e 3.6 billion tablets per year. "With this first approval for the formulation plant having been received in record time, the company is closer to commercialis...

East London Receives World Class New Private Hospital Facility

After a long wait the approval has been finally given to the redevelopment of St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital in East London. It was one of the most expensive PFI (private finance initiative) project in Britain. // Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, said that ...

Infections Of The Oral Cavity Can Be Treated By Photodynamic Therapy

...eatment of diseases other than cancer. Following approval of the drug Photofrin? by the FDA, patients with esophageal and endobronchial cancers, peptic ulcer of the lower end of the esophagus (Barrett's esophagus) have had a new ray of hope regarding their treatment. The researchers of the present study f...

Stage Set For Final Hearing On India’s Biggest Ever Medical Compensation Clai

...r that doctors could not be arrested without prior approval of a medical committee in cases of alleged negligence. People for Better Treatment (PBT), an organisation set up by Saha and comprising doctors and other professionals, filed the lawsuit in July. "Eight years ago, on May 28, a young life was ne...

Bottleneck: High on Spirits Can Cause A Dispirited Liver, Leading To Cirrhosis!

...abour’s 24 hour drinking laws, apparently a silent approval for binge drinkers. The British Society of Gastroenterology has spoken of an increase in alcohol related disease in the coming years. In a statement, the society has expressed “As a nation, we are drinking more than for 90 years and there is a lag ...

Need For Low Cost, Heat Stable HIV Drug in Developing Countries

...as available in Europe before requesting marketing approval in developing countries. This means a potential delay of years before this drug reaches the people who can benefit from it most,'the MSF said. Based on the evidence that the new heat stable formulation is associated with a reduced cost of productio...

Beauty parlours Cause for Concern

...uty Parlour Act will be sent to the government for approval after detailed discussions," Bharti Lal Sharma, chairperson of the rules and regulation committee of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation, told IANS. According to him, the decision to enact the act was taken to check the rapidly increasing number of bea...

Health Task Force For India

...e Minister Manmohan Singh has today given official approval to formation of a Health Task Force for India.// “There is a huge gap in human resources in the health sector in India which includes doctors, nurses and lab technicians. This has been highlighted by the national commission on macroeconomics and he...

Ambien and the Other Insomnia Drugs

... expected to hit the markets this autumn but their approval by the Food & Drug Administration is pending. The drug will come in two forms. The short-acting version is meant to help treat jetlag and other short-term sleep needs, such as waking up in the middle of the night. Indiplon's relatively short half...

FDA Gives Green Signal To Sanofi-Aventis SA's Cancer Drug Taxotere

...tere to treat patients with stomach cancer.// This approval means that Taxotere can be used in combination with chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil to treat stomach cancers that have not been treated with chemotherapy. Taxotere is also approved to treat some types of breast cancer and lung cance...

New Drug For Treating Chronic Shoulder Pain

... encouraging, and we hope will lead to this drug's approval as an effective therapy for thousands of suffering...ults were seen in the study that led to the drug's approval for knee pain. No safety concerns arose during the study, which is particularly notable given that...

Cancer Patient to Appeal to SC, Demanding Right to Use Marijuana

...untries have approved use of the drug. Despite the approval of California voters approving medical use of the drug, Oakland Cannabis Buyer's Cooperative was banned against supply of the drug to Raich in 2001. The Supreme Court, in last June had passed a ruling stating that medical marijuana users and suppli...

China Issues New Legislation To Ban Human Organ Trade

...fore the surgery can be allowed to take place. The approval of the medical ethics committee is mandatory before any organ transplant surgery. Owing to the acute shortage of human organs in China, only about 20, 000 of the 2 million organ failure patients undergo transplant surgeries every year. ...

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