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Anti-obesity drugs for FDA approval

...ould help in weight loss management. Acomplia is manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis and the drug acts by controlling the brain signals which triggers signals for controlling appetite and stimulation to eat more. Alli is produced by GlaxoSmithKline which acts by controlling the body’s fat absorption leading to weigh...

Roche offers HIV drug expertise to poor nations

...y in combination with the drug Ritonavir, which is manufactured by Abbott, so questioned the merits of manufacturing it alone....

India Prepares Itself For H5N1

...ed by Aventis Sanofi. Tamiflu is also sought to be manufactured in India, and negotiations towards this end are being conducted with Roche. The H5N1 flu cases reported in Turkey have reportedly not been transmitted through human beings, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Infected ducks in the count...

Tamiflu substrate produced from Bioengineered Bacteria

... producing the generic version of the drug Tamiflu manufactured by the Swiss pharmaceuticals Roche. Due to the gold rush for shikimic acid which is used for production of Tamiflu antiviral drugs, there has been a great shortage of Chinese star anise, which contains high quality pure Shikimic acid. Shikimic acid...

New Vaccines To Combat Rotavirus

...iple strains of rotavirus. One, called Rotarix and manufactured by drug giant GlaxoSmithKline, contains a crippled strain of live human rotavirus1. The other, a Merck vaccine dubbed RotaTeq, is made up of five different disabled rotaviruses, each a combination of strains from humans and cows. Researchers add t...

Flu Vaccine’s Destination Changed From Illinois To Pakistan

The Government rejected the flu vaccines that were manufactured and sent to Illinois. Blagojevich was prevented // from getting the 250,000 vials of unapproved flu vaccines from Europe to Illinois but sent to Pakistan instead. These vaccines worth $2.5 million were sent to the people affected by the recent ear...

Small Biosensor To Enable Cancer Detection

...ncluding those caused by bacteria. Scientists have manufactured discs less than one-tenth of a millimeter in diameter and coated them with special patterns of DNA or proteins, which cause the cancer-specific markers to bind to the surface. The discs are created in a silicon wafer and made to vibrate electronica...

New Drug More Effective than Tamoxifen in Preventing Breast Cancer Relapse

...// of a relapse of breast cancer. Femara is a drug manufactured by Novartis AG and is chemically letrozole. This belongs to a class of drugs called as the aromatase inhibitors of which Arimidex is also a part. In the current study, which was co-ordinated by the Senology Center of Eastern Switzerland in Kantons...

Our Gain US’s Loss in the Health Care Facility

...are FDA approved and the 64 slice CT angio machine manufactured by Toshiba is the same as that used at John Hopkins Hospital, New York. Doctors (41000) of Indian origin are working in US and are considered the best in the world. All these questions would not have arisen if the US provided their patients with co...

Serum Institute Launches New Tetanus-Diphtheria Vaccine

... vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India has manufactured for the first time first indigenous Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) vaccines // . The vaccine is called Td-Vac and will combat the deadly diphtheria and tetanus among both adolescents and adults. The new vaccine will replace the existing TT (Tetanus) v...

India to produce Tamiflu generic ‘Oseltamivir

... generic version of Tamiflu ‘Oseltamivir’ is to be manufactured by Hetero drug....

Cheese Products Withdrawn From Sales Due To Food Poisoning Hazard

...and neurological disorders. The product has been manufactured by Laiterie Fromagerie du Val d'Ay-Etablissement Reaux, located in France and is being distributed to departmental stores in UK through Anthony Rowcliffe and Son Ltd. All retail suppliers of the products, in particular Waitrose have been contacted an...

Canada May Not Permit Bextra To Reenter Market

...04 across the world was at US$ 1.3 billion. Vioxx, manufactured Merck & Co. Inc was also withdrawn from the market for similar reasons. This drug however has a chance of being permitted to enter the Canadian market again....

Coroner Says Sativex Is Responsible For Death Of Patient

...e was taken off the drug was unknown. Sativex is manufactured by GW Pharmaceuticals to relieve severe pain. The company sources insist that over 2,000 people have been administered with the drug during its development, and there were no deaths as a result of this. The project is funded by the Diabetes UK, and i...

Human neurons grown in the brains of mice

...of pig valves for heart patients and protein drugs manufactured in hamster cells. Still, some critics of human embryonic stem cell research argue that more attention should be paid to the ethics and potential dangers of cutting-edge biomedical research. However, the findings are significant in the stem cell...

Drug increases hemoglobin in Myelodysplastic Syndrome

...tent in 70% of patients. //The new drug Aranesp is manufactured by Amgen Biotech, which conducted a Phase II trial with 200 low-risk MDS patients who were administered with 500 mcg of Aranesp every three weeks. MDS is a pre-leukemia stage in which the bone marrow does not produce the required blood cells. MDS is ...

New AIDS drugs not available in Africa

...s in Africa. The new antiretroviral drug Lopinavir manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, which does not require refrigeration and can resist high temperatures is not available in Africa, as it would be very helpful for the people as most of them do not have refrigerator in Africa....

Safety Of Indian Sex Workers At Risk Due To Poor Condom Usage

...x without a condom. Female condoms are not being manufactured in India, prompting a need for import of the same. This accounts for decreased affordability of the female condom. Infact, a single female condom costs atleast Rs. 45. This is one amongst the reasons for planning to distribute it free of cost. Beside...

India should increase precautionary measures against Bird flu

...Rs. 180/tablet. If Generic drugs are allowed to be manufactured it will reduce the cost of the drug ’s representat...ts patent. Indian Pharmaceutical company Cipla has manufactured an antiviral drug for bird flu called Zanamivir (Relenza) which is more cheaper and an alternative t...

Karla: healthy beer as claimed by German manufacturers

...eping with the trend beer manufacturers there have manufactured a healthy beer called karla //, which they claim has the power to calm the senses and also prevent cancer. The beer is made form herbs and also contains lecithin soya extract, folic acid and vitamins. It is also with a lower alcohol percentage. Ch...

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