Tag: "approvals" at medical news

Pfizer Says Nigeria Gave Approval for 1996 Drug Test

...e northern Kano state in 1996. "We have written approvals from NAFDAC (Nigeria's drug agency), the federal ministry of health, Kano government and parents or guardians of the children before the clinical test of the drug was carried out," managing director of Pfizer Specialities Limited Nigeria Ngozi Edozie...

Orchid Gets Approval for Antibiotic Drug from FDA

...otic products so far with the FDA. It has received approvals for 19 ANDAs, including Cefepime....

Ranbaxy Labs Extends Roots in South Africa

...y's continued focus on R&D has resulted in several approvals in developed markets and significant progress in New Drug Discovery Research. The Company's foray into Novel Drug Delivery Systems has led to proprietary "platform technologies", resulting in a number of products under development. The Company is ser...

Fake Drug Found in Chinese Hospitals, Outlets: Report

... month for accepting bribes in return for granting approvals for hundreds of medicines. His arrest and trial has prompted a nationwide crackdown on China's chaotic food and pharmaceutical industries, where a series of public health scares have surfaced due to poorly made or fake products....

Not Enough Tankers to Supply Water

...ter to the town. But this will be dependant on the approvals to be received from the planning and environment boards. SAV/V...

Moratorium Proposed on Advertisements of Newly Approved Drugs

...ly have the unintended effect of slowing down drug approvals -- while doing little to address the core issues of drug safety," Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said in a letter to Kennedy. The measure did not include creation of a path for FDA approval of generic biotech medicines, but Kenned...

No Carrier Necessary: This Drug Delivers Itself

...systems, once this drug is approved, no additional approvals will be needed," said Prasad. "Our published data in animal models demonstrate no difference in drug activity with the nanocrystal formulation," said Ravindra Pandey, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Biophysical Sciences at RPCI and a co-author o...

Ranbaxy Gets FDA Approval for Depression Drug

...y's continued focus on R&D has resulted in several approvals in developed markets and significant progress in New Drug Discovery Research. The company's foray into Novel Drug Delivery Systems has led to proprietary 'platform technologies', resulting in a number of products under development, it said. Source-...

Orchid gets FDA Approval for Cefotaxime Injections

...sed company said in a release Wednesday. The FDA approvals for Cefotaxime ANDAs mark another milestone in Orchid's efforts to offer a full-line injectable product range in the US generic market, it said. Though a mature off-patent product, Cefotaxime has limited competition and Orchid expects a notable mar...

POLY Medicure Ltd Applies for 8 Patents, 2 FDA Approvals

...it has applied for eight new patents and two USFDA approvals for its new range of safety syringes and safe blood collection holders. // "In our latest safety syringe, the needle retracts back in the plunger and gets locked after administering the shot so that it does not remain exposed after use. The importa...

Glivec Enhances Survival Rates In Leukemia

...d Clinical Excellence (NICE), which regulates drug approvals in the UK had only wanted to approve Glivec for advanced cases, but the drug has not proved itself in clinical trials. CML is a common form of blood cancer, which arises due to a defect in the production of white blood cells. Glivec targets only th...

Ranbaxy's Four HIV/AIDS Drugs In WHO Pre-Qualification List

... the WHO pre-qualification list. It also has three approvals from USFDA for ARVs, making it eligible for supplying to the US funded PEPFAR programme. "Efavirenz is rapidly becoming a preferred drug in HIV treatment programme in developing countries. The other newly listed drug, Stavudine, is also being widely...

Health Minister Plans to Ease Bureaucratic Procedures

...anagers. The main aim is to reduce the number of approvals needed for day-to-day decisions. ‘We know that there have been problems within the bureaucratic process and we're addressing those,’ she said. ‘We want to ensure that those people who are working at the coal face, that are at the front-line with ...

GlaxoSmithKline launches diabetes and cancer drugs

...se its sales this year. After the recent U.S. drug approvals it is starting // to market two of its new diabetes drug Avandaryl and Avandamet which is found to be effective in treating type 2 diabetes. The drug Avandaryl is manufactured by combining the two drugs Avandina and Sulphonylureas and the drug Avan...

Inhaled Insulin To Be Made Available in India

...ulin Exubera in India. Exubera received regulatory approvals from the US Food and Drug Administration // and the European Commission last week. The drug has been developed in collaboration with Sanofi-Aventis and Nektar Therapeutics. It is a relatively harmless form of insulin in that no needles or pens or ...

India set to become the global knowledge hub

...h several other crops in various stages of getting approvals for commercial plantation. In stem cell research, the US Department of Health wants to fund two Indian institutions - Reliance Life Sciences, backed by the country's largest private sector group, and the Bangalore-based National Center for Biologic...

Aurobindo gets U.S. FDA approval for Cephalexin

...I only contributed to the sales in the US. Product approvals from Unit XII and Unit VI have just come, and the company will be in a position to capitalise on this opportunity with immediate effect. The market opportunity for the Cephalexin capsules USP 250 mg and 500 mg is around $80 million. The company is ...

AIDS Generic Drugs Approved by FDA for Sale in US

...ts about $7 for one 300 milligram tablet. “These approvals will now allow those infected with HIV more access to these life-saving drugs within our country,” said Mike Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in a statement. (Source: The Associated Press)...

The Central Government of India had issued a list of approved ingredients for use in ayurvedic, siddha, unani drugs

...e permission would be on the basis of the existing approvals accorded under Drugs and Cosmetic Rules 1945, Fruits Products Order and Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. According to the notice issued preservatives, alternative sweeteners and colouring agents that are used should be mentioned on the label of t...

Drug regulatory officials giving the nod for sale of Unapproved drug formulations in India

...acturing licences despite the absence of marketing approvals from the central health ministry. The drugs controller’s office has also stated that they have asked a panel of experts to examine whether nine of the fixed dose combinations suggested by the social Jurist are in fact available in the market. Dr Re...

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