Ranbaxy Gets FDA Approval for Insomnia Drug
...2.12 billion. Ranbaxy said the new drug would be manufactured at the company's Ohm Laboratories Inc. facility, based in North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. The vice president of sales and marketing of Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, Jim Meehan, said that the product would be launched following final approval...UK Study Wants Uniformity in Child Heart Drug Doses
.... But it is licensed only for use in adults and is manufactured as a tablet, which many children are either unable or unwilling to swallow. The drug must therefore either be crushed and water added, or obtained from a "specials" manufacturer in liquid form. The survey conducted by the Glenfield Hospital in ...Flood of Fake Drugs Must Be Stopped, Warns UN
...orce legislation to ensure drugs are not illegally manufactured or diverted from authorised manufacture and distribution channels to unregulated markets. The existence of unregulated markets means that second-rate medicines – which can be lethal – are sold to consumers. "It is important for consumers to real...Honey to the Rescue-From Superbugs
...in order to prepare honey. Australian doctors manufactured 'Medihoney' by extracting honey from a particular colony of bees and then sterilizing it. It was then combined with seaweed, which is said to draw out and absorb harmful bacteria. This was then placed on a dressing and used to treat wounds, espec...A Call To Band Online Drug Pharmacies and Online Consultation by So Called “Cyber Doctor
...e of drugs. Many of these are drugs that have been manufactured by unauthorized companies, having poor or incorrect labeling, are substandard and in many cases lethal if taken. The mushrooming of sites selling online drugs, are flamed by the accessibility to online affiliate marketing sites. These affiliate sites...Researchers Develop Resin Beads That Capture Mad Cow Disease Agent From Blood
...ood donation recipient. The filter device, to be manufactured under the trade name P-Capt? Filter by MacoPharma, has received CE Mark regulatory approval in Europe. Carbonell and his colleagues are now looking for ways of targeting other pathogens in blood such as Hepatitis A virus, B19 parvovirus and Hepatit......activity disorder. The drug known as Vyvanse//, is manufactured by Shire PLC. The company hopes that patients can have a smooth transition from the older ADHD medications to Vyvanse. The company has further confirmed that the present drug is promising because it is difficult to abuse. The effect of this drug......A nod. This device termed as Hairmax Lasercomb is manufactured by Lexington International LLC, a Florida based hair Accessories Company.// This device makes use of low-level laser technology in a comb which when passed through the scalp triggers hair growth. This gadget can be used by both men and women. The co...Health Officials Suspect Salmonella In Peanut Butter
...makers of peanut butter reveals that peanut butter manufactured in their company undergoes a random testing of a jar in each production line and have not found salmonella since 2004. JYT...FDA Approves A New Pill For Treatment Of Acne
... premenstrual dysphoric disorders. The YAZ drug, manufactured by Bayer Schering Pharma AG has become the first oral contraceptive approved by the FDA for three distinct uses. Phil Smits, head of Bayer Schering Pharma's women's healthcare unit said: “YAZ drug is the fastest growing oral contraceptive brand in ...Drug Meant to Heal Turns ‘heel’ and Hars
...tment of immune system deficiencies. The drug manufactured by Guangdong Bioyee Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., is extracted from human blood and injected intravenously during treatment. China's Health Ministry and drug watchdog, the State Food and Drug Administration, said that the Guangdong Bioyee Pharmaceutical...Researchers Explore the Effect of Engineered Immune Cells on HIV
...o that it is no longer replicable " he says. "Once manufactured recombinantly, this modified virus – the lentiviral vector -- becomes a natural delivery system that can transport useful genes into cells without causing illness." Although the gene delivery technique looks promising, researchers are still working...Bird Flu Virus Shows Moderate Resistance to Tamiflu
...r which goes by the brand name of Tamiflu is being manufactured by Roche, a Swiss based pharmaceutical giant. JYT...Ranbaxy Gets FDA Approval for Hypertension Drug
...tenolol tablets of 25 mg, 50 mg, and 100 mg dosage manufactured by Mumbai-based Ipca Laboratories in the US from the first quarter of 2007, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Ipca Laboratories has an arrangement with Ranbaxy's wholly owned Florida-based subsidiary Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc (RPI) for ma...Xylitol To Be Produced By Genetically Engineered E. Coli
...without disturbing insulin. Presently Xylitol is manufactured commercially from birch-wood fibers that are subjected to the combined action of acids, high pressure and temperature, chemical catalysts. The process involves a series of separation and purification steps. This process is expensive, and this xylitol...India to set up medical and vaccine parks: Ramadoss
...RI scanner, which costs over Rs.90 million, can be manufactured in India at less than Rs.20 million. An ultrasound machine costing around Rs.1 million can be manufactured at a fifth the present cost. "So the direct benefit will go to the people." "The healthcare sector...Unfolded Proteins May Protect Cells from Dying
...plasmic reticulum, an organelle where proteins are manufactured and packaged for transport to the cell surface, unlike some other forms of the unfolded protein response that occur in the cell's cytoplasm. To understand what impact the unfolded protein response had on the cell, Hyung Don Ryoo, a former postdoc ...Medical Science Miracles – Coming Your Wa
... eye disease. Tailor-made robotic parts could be manufactured for patients, who are in need of knee and hip replacements. People suffering from long-term illnesses such as hypertension and diabetes could have microchips implanted under their skin to monitor their heart and respiratory rates, blood pressure a...Bhopal Gas Victims Get Spurious Drugs, Say Activists
...an half of the samples collected were of medicines manufactured in Indore which is notorious for manufacturing spurious drugs," they said. The activists alleged that despite the Supreme Court directives to send random samples of medicines for test at reputed laboratories, the state government has not taken any s......tal using 40,000 international units of Factor VII manufactured by Reliance Life Sciences, he said. The availability of indigenously manufactured plasma protein, particularly Factor VII which was earlier totally imported, has helped patients due ...