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Perrigo Receives FDA Approval to Market Coated Fruit Nicotine Gum

...global healthcare supplier and the world's largest manufacturer of over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical and nutritional products for the store brand market. Store brand products are sold by food, drug, mass merchandise, dollar store and club store retailers under their own labels. The Company also develops, manu...

Vaccine-Induced Autism Victims in the Thousands Will Finally Get Day in Court

...yments for research; getting money to monitor manufacturer vaccine tests; and funding academic departments. - The CDC is in the vaccine business. Under a 1980 law, the CDC currently has 28 licensing agreements with companies and one university for vaccines or vaccine-related products. It has e...

Fate of France's Cheeses in Doubt as Producers Cite Health Risks

...ations director at Lactalis -- the world's biggest manufacturer of dairy goods. "So why did we do it? Because consumer safety is paramount, and we cannot guarantee it 100 percent. We cannot accept the risk of seeing our historic brands disappearing because of an accident in production." But food campaigners a...

Cancer Experts Received Threats for Opposing Controversial Drug

...e potential risks involved, FDA never required the manufacturer to conduct a thorough post-market study of its heart risks," stated Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GlaxoSmithKline acknowledged the need for more studies, but described Avandia as safe...

Cynosure Introduces Higher Power Smartlipo(TM) LaserBodySculpting Workstation

...RD, Mass., Cynosure, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of a broad array of light-based aesthetic treatment systems, today announced the launch of a new, higher power Smartlipo LaserBodySculpting (SM) Workstation. The new 10-watt workstation is intended for high-volume aesthetic laser practices, allowing...

OrthoGlide(TM) Medial Knee Implant Reports Over 200 Implants

...s, Inc., (ABS) an orthopedic implant developer and manufacturer announced today that over 200 implants have been completed in the United States using the OrthoGlide Medial Knee implant. The OrthoGlide is a minimally invasive implant designed to relieve chronic, disabling pain, due to moderate osteoarthritis of t...

Chinese Delegation Meets Health Minister Regarding Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Supply

... The CNBG is Government owned, the largest vaccine manufacturer and supplier in China. Among other things, the delegation discussed the supply live of JE vaccine in order to protect Indian children from Japanese Encephalitis. Japanese Encephalitis is a life threatening disease to children in endemic countries ...

Obesity Pill Zimulti Increases Depression, Suicidal Thoughts

... those who received a placebo. However, the drug's manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis insisted that though more rimonabant patients reported suicidal thoughts, the drug's benefits "clearly outweigh the defined risks that are manageable in clinical practice". Rimonabant works by blocking food craving signals in the bra...

Alli- a New Weapon for War Against the Bulges

... when they add the fat-blocking pill, according to manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline. Alli decreases the amount of fat absorbed by the body. In addition to causing loose and oily stools and unfortunate and uncontrollable oily discharge, the drug may also interfere with the absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D,...

Drug Surveillance System Needs to Be Fixed

...y approval consist of a patchwork of heterogeneous manufacturer sponsored trials, many of which are unpublished. The system needs to be fixed, he says. This will require systematic rethinking of the existing regulatory and funding processes, and expediting changes currently in the pipeline. In the meantime, d...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

... Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of Prozac, Zoloft manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and other pharmaceutical companies said they would comply with the FDA's request. "We believe this step will help ensure that the millions of people with depression who are young adults age 24 and under and their families can make infor...

DBT And IAVI Forge Partnership To Develop “Next Generation” Vaccine Candidats

...cepts, both partners expect to work with an Indian manufacturer to assist with high throughput synthesis, antigen chemical characterization and potency evaluation of proposed AIDS vaccine candidates. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) was established under the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology in 19...

Study Focus on Environmental Hazards Posed by IT Scraps

...is a clear one: old devices can be returned to the manufacturer free of charge or brought to community recycling centers. Yet this is still not a wonderful solution for the environment: even with the most modern of recycling technologies, a significant amount of material is sent to the landfills. One important ...

FDA Licenses First US Vaccine Against Avian Flu

...ecutive Officer of sanofi pasteur. "As the leading manufacturer of influenza vaccine in the world and a longstanding, responsible member of the immunization community, we will play a key role in helping safeguard human health if an influenza pandemic strikes. We look forward to continuing to work with the US gove...

Massive Recall of Magnetic Toys in US

...roduct Safety Commission (CPSC) and a leading toy manufacturer have jointly announced recall of over four million units of magnetic building sets. Only in March 2006, the company involved, the Mega Brands, recalled 3.8 million of the magnetic building sets when one child died and four others were seriously inj...

Two More Pet Food Products Recalled in US

...rienced kidney problems. Yet another US pet food manufacturer has recalled its products on receiving reports of ...t to their animals. Last month Canadian pet food manufacturer Menu Foods recalled 60 million cans of dog and cat food after the deaths of 16 pets, mostly cats, th...

Drug Company Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sickle-Cell Disease Drug

Drug manufacturer Icagen announced that it has ended its Phase III clinical trial of its sickle-cell treatment senicapoc, citing lack of effectiveness//, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Sickle-cell disease is a genetic blood disorder primarily affecting blacks...

Spicy Pepper Remedy Equalizes Spring Pollen Allergies

...atients swear by this spicy natural remedy. The manufacturer of Sinus Buster, SiCap Industries has been growing by leaps and bounds since they introduced the world's first capsaicin pepper nasal spray nearly four years ago. "We started in 2004 with a handful of health food stores and a small internet busine...

Stents Do Little to Prevent Heart Attacks

...rop by 10 percent and those of another major stent manufacturer Johnson & Johnson are down by 5 percent. Last night at a Boston Scientific event, Dr. Martin B. Leon, a Columbia University cardiologist, railed against the study, prompting the officials to take action as results were released early and to issue a...

One More Drug to Fight Brain Cancer

...rphan drug. (Orphan drug status gives the drug's manufacturer a seven-year right to exclusively market the compound. This protection of unpatentable orphan drugs encourages their development by greatly increasing their profitability.) Enzastaurin, being developed by the Eli Lilly, is described as an investiga...

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