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China Vows to Improve Food Safety in Wake of Health Scares

... an ingredient normally used in anti-freeze. The company mislabeled the product as the sweetener glycerin. It was later used in toothpaste sold overseas. Li warned that China faces a huge challenged policing smaller operations such as these. "There are many of them scattered over a large geographical a...

Green Box Converts Car Fumes into Biofuel

...mithKline, said. The three friends have set up a company called Maes Anturio Limited, which translates from Welsh as Field Adventure. With the backing of their local member of parliament they are now seeking extra risk capital either from government or industry: the only emissions they are not sure their...

Nigeria Files New Lawsuit Against Pfizer

...epidemic of meningitis, measles and cholera. The company last week said it had received the go-ahead from N...rew it." There was no immediate comment from the company about the new suit....

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

...t , one of the largest amounts ever paid by a drug company in such a case. Three of its current and former ...f an aggressive marketing campaign that helped the company sell over $1 billion worth of OxyContin a year. Purdue Pharma, based in Stamford, Connecticut, hea...

US Companies Cut Junk Food Ads on Kids' Shows

... the self-imposed guidelines of the group. "Each company set its own standards. What I expect will happen is that companies will reformulate products to meet these standards," predicted Susan Linn, cofounder of the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood. She said, for example, that they mi...

US Patient Implanted With HeartMate II, Leaves ICU

...asn't approved by the FDA, and Guthrie's insurance company wouldn't pay for it initially. Through a series of letters and phone calls to the FDA and Humana Health Care, Moazami was able to persuade them to allow the compassionate use of the experimental device for Guthrie. "We had no choice with this ge...

Understanding Restless Legs Syndrome

...or direct-to-consumer advertising campaign. The company has developed an RLS Simulator a multi-sensory experience simulating a day in the life of an RLS patient to help physicians better understand this complicated condition. The RLS Simulator may help increase physician awareness of the disturbing sym...

Australia is Shamed by an Inquiry Report on Child Sexual Abuse in Aboriginal Communities

...ex trade with non-Aboriginal workers from a mining company for alcohol, cash and other goods in exchange for sex. In at least three other cases, the inquiry was told that young Aboriginal girls traded sex for drugs. In one community children as young as six were regularly seen acting out sexual behavior in...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

...e in at least $1.5billion in annual sales, and the company is expected to spend $150million on marketing the ...ollable bowel movements significant enough for the company to recommend carrying an extra pair of pants until users have acclimated to the drug. The side effec...

Half a Million Dollars Offered for GPs With Expertise in Anesthetics and Obstetrics

...er that ran one of the medical practices, and that company was putting up the money to attract a doctor with the necessary skills. The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has urged the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of a report on how to help rural communities retain their doctors. ...

China Toothpaste Maker Pulls Suspect Ingredient

...sts indicate that a low level of DEG is safe," the company said, insisting that consumers could safely use its products. The firm, which has been making toothpaste since 1912, said the levels of use of DEG met Chinese quality standards, arguing that countries had different criterion. The United States Food a...

Lead Scare Causes Thomas to Derail

... illness or injury as a result of this issue," the company said Wednesday in a written statement. "As part of a thorough investigation, RC2 identified the issue, isolated the manufacturing facility, and has implemented a corrective action plan."...

Lindsay Lohan Gets Another Vodka Deal!

...ing Lindsay Lohan's birthday bash, but now another company has stepped in. New York-based Georgi is offering Lohan, as well as jailed pal Paris Hilton a service called Georgi-Mobile for a period of one-year "if they decide to go clubbing or partying." According to the New York Daily News, the service incl...

Mr. Bean's Merchandise to Hit Indian Markets

... and merchandising arm of multimedia entertainment company Toonz Animation which is based here in the Technopark campus. Announcing the deal, Toonz CEO Jayakumar said, Mr. Bean already has a huge fan following in South Asia, thanks to the success of live and animated television series. "We believe this d...

Soon, a Vaccine That Could Keep All Types of Flu Away for Lifetime

...l quoted Dr Stuart Robinson of the Buckinghamshire company PepTcell, which developed the vaccine, as saying. The new vaccine is based on proteins that are common to all strains of the virus, which have not altered for about 60 years. The new vaccine makes immune system cells cytotoxic T cells to fight the v...

Abbot Sues French AIDS Group

...ls Aluvia and Kaletra in Thailand. Pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories has offered to sell its antire...bbot Company was disrupted. The online sale of the company product was interrupted. Abbott also alleges that the group violated two articles of the French pen...

Genetic Tests Could Help Decide the Right Anti-depressants

... doctors will have little reason to meet with drug company representatives because they wont be able to give doctors the single most important piece of information: which drug for which patient. For that doctors will need a genetic test, not a salesman. Soon, your psychiatrist will really get to know you no...

Generic Competitor for Plavix Blocked in US

...deral Circuit in Washington. A win would allow the company to "once again make possible billions of dollars in savings for the public," said Chief Executive Barry Sherman. Apotex's drug sells for about $124 for 30 pills, compared with $148 for a month's supply for the branded version. Shares of Bristol-Mye...

Milk Firms in Philippines Violate Breastfeeding Code: WHO

...itoring and enforcement." The officials said no company had ever been punished for violating the law restricting promotion of infant formula that was passed in 1986. They said the law did not prohibit the selling of infant formula but merely barred it from being promoted as a substitute for breast milk wh...

Gazas Basic Food Storage Will Last Only for a Few Days

...tals. Israel has instructed the Israeli Dor Alon company to resume supply of natural gas and petrol to the Strip, reducing fears of fuel shortages, while many fresh vegetables, including eggplants, cucumbers and tomatoes, are grown locally and therefore are not lacking. The Israeli military said in an an...

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