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Clostridium Infection Suspected In Abortion Deaths

... about 575,000 women have taken Mifeprex since its approval and there is no evidence linking it to the deaths. But healthcare officials have expressed their concern over increasing bacterial infection become they are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics....

PI-103 Effective against Brain Cancer

...nal Cell on April 27. Food and Drug Administration approval five years ago of the cancer drug Gleevec marked a promising new strategy against cancer. Gleevec was the first drug on the market designed to block ubiquitous signaling molecules called protein kinases – enzymes known to trigger normal cell prolifer...

Cure For Cervical Cancer Found

... also been approved to be sold in America. But the approval will be made by the FDA on June 8. Merck says that the vaccine blocks and protects against two strains of the viruses that cause cervical cancer. This vaccine is thought to cut the number of death due to cervical cancer across the world by two-third...

Lancet Urges To Allow Emergency Contraception Drug As An OTC

...een stalled in the U.S. Senate. Critics argue that approval of this Plan B drug to be sold over the counter may actualy...

FDA Gives Preliminary Nod To Cipla And Sun Drugs

...hat drug maker Cipla Ltd. has been given tentative approval for its generic AIDS drug nevirapine// that is to ...t form. Sun Pharma Ltd has also received similar approval for ondansetron in the injection form. Ondansetron is used to prevent of nausea and vomiting follow...

Man Appeals to President to Save His Ailing Son

...puty Commissioner Nitin Madan Kulkarni pleaded for approval for death of his son. Kumar, a resident of Mahanandnagar, said doctors had suggested bone marrow transplant for which the estimated medical expenses were likely to be about Rs 10 to 12 lakh. His monthly income is Rs 3,500 and he has sold out his la...

Arthritic Drug Approved For Use In Children With Crohn’s Diseas

... and Drug Administration in the U.S. have given an approval for the drug Remicade for use in children with act...who have not responded to regular treatment. The approval was passed after a data from a clinical trial of 112 patients aged 6 to 17 years, found that the chi...

Government Might Conduct Measles Vaccination Campaign

...cate the money for the programme after getting the approval of the Parliament. The surveillance of measles had been added to the pulse polio programme and hospitals were being monitored for infections. Source:PTI News...

Home Test Kit for AIDS in the Pipeline

...tect AIDS. It is waiting for the FDA to give it an approval to be sold in the market. // The Nasdaq-listed company already sells the kit to hospitals and public health clinics. OraSure's chief executive, Doug Michels, thinks that this product would become an important weapon to fight against HIV. It is almost...

Ranbaxy Gets USFDA Approval For Doxycycline Tablets

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has received approval from USFDA for manufacturing and marketing Doxycyc...informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it got the approval for marketing the antibiotic in strengths of 50mg, 75mg and 100mg. Doxycycline is indicated for a v...

India Reaffirms Fullest Commitment In Fight Against AIDS

...ceutical companies have been able to obtain US FDA approval for over 14 drugs, adding the country is expanding access to treatment from the current level of 30,000 to 100,000 persons, including 10,000 children. 'We are now involving the local self-government at the village level through the elected represent...

GSK’s New Anticancer Drug A Huge Success In Drug trail

...rom advanced breast cancer, even before regulatory approval for the full-scale marketing of the pill, which is expected sometime next year. It has been reported that in the UK too, patients could also be treated with Tykerb on "compassionate" grounds. The final-stage clinical trials have shown that Tykerb, ...

Hip resurfacing surgery becoming popular

...ination for treatment of late//. With the recent approval by Food and Drug Administration of the US Government, the hip resurfacing surgery was becoming more and more popular Worldwide, Dr G Balasubramanian, a specialist in hip resurfacing surgery attached to the Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, told PTI here. H...

Ranbaxy Signs Agreement With Zenotech For Cancer Drugs

...Zenotech Labs would develop, submit for regulatory approval and manufacture a total of 11 oncology products. Ranbaxy would market these products as generic formulations in the US and Canadian markets under the Ranbaxy label, the company said in a statement. 'We anticipate a number of additional products mate...

Ranbaxy Ties Up With US Co For Mktg Zonisamide Capsules

...ment products would be developed and submitted for approval to the USFDA. Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc would market the products under the the company's label. Zonisamide Capsules, which are indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in adults with epilepsy, have total annualized sa...

Medical Role In Interrogations Curtailed By Pentagon

...o increase the stress of detainees, giving silent approval that calls for harsher treatment. Rubenstein, with Physicians for Human Rights, pointed out that anything short of a complete ban on the use of psychologists or physicians in interrogations would result in interrogators mis-using the service of ...

The first vaccine for cancer ever to grace the face of this Earth!

...vance through animal and clinical trials, gain FDA approval and ultimately have a major global impact. It's highly unlikely but extremely gratifying to see it through so far." Appreciating doctor’s efforts Stuart Bondurant, MD, interim executive vice-president for health sciences at Georgetown University Me...

Latest NHS Decision on Herceptin A Boon to Breast Cancer Patients

...umors by up to 40 %. Drugs that are still awaiting approval are Avastin, Cetuximab, Xeloda, Rituximab and Arimidex.Joanne Rule, chief executive of Cancerbackup, said that the Department of Health should help primary care trusts to fund or assist local areas to absorb the cost of new treatments. Patricia Hewit...

Pfizer vouches safety of long-term inhaled insulin.

...linical trials of inhaled insulin has received the approval from the drug regulators and is found to be useful in regulating blood sugar levels spanning a 2 year period. // This product, named Exubera, is slated to be introduced into the United States market soon after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a...

FDA cracks the whip on manufacturers of unapproved Cold Medicines

...nufacturers could consider applying to the FDA for approval but it is mandatory to prove that the drug is safe for use on children. Those companies that choose to continue selling the drug despite the warning will be penalized, the FDA has warned....

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