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USDA Gives Go-Ahead to Market Controversial Genetically Engineered Rice, LL601

...et this crop came as a shock, especially after the manufacturer Bayer crop science had shelved any plans of commercialization of the crop. Joseph Mendelson, Legal Director of the Center for Food Safety,” With this decision, USDA is telling agricultural biotechnology companies that it doesn't matter if you're ne...

Contraceptive tailed by Controversies:Birth Control Patch

...ent seems to have a lesser risk factor, opined the manufacturer of the product. Health Canada begs to differ on this point and opines that both may carry the same amount of risk. They are determined to give the Canadian women an honest appraisal projecting the warning for the safety of the women who use these c...

Tasty Cosmetic Recipes to flavor your day

...ral ingredients provides a unique identity for the manufacturer in today’s competitive and mature market. Canadian Health Authorities passed a new regulation on 16 Nov, which makes it mandatory for all cosmetic products to exhibit the list of their ingredients on the container label. Dodson says that, the gr...

International Collaboration Takes Aim at Rabies

... India, the Serum Institute is the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines. The Institute’s specific mission is to bring cost-effective vaccines and biologics to the developing world. Today, half of all children inoculated in the world receive vaccines from the Serum Institute. Cyrus S. Poonawalla, PhD, chairman...

Voluntary Recall Of Tainted Painkillers

...rmed. //Still Perrigo Company, the world's largest manufacturer of generic over-the-counter drugs is not planning on taking any chances. At a cost of $2.9 million, the company has reportedly voluntarily recalled 11 million bottles of the generic painkiller it made for retailers like CVS, Wal-Mart, and Dollar Gene...

Gardasil Refused Subsidy

... has rejected an application today from Australian manufacturer CSL to make the vaccine Gardasil freely available to all females between ages 12 and 26. Gardasil, the vaccine designed in Australia halts the spread of sexually-transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes 70 per cent of cervical cancer. ...

Human Strain Of Bird Flu Virus, Just A Matter Of Time?

...e the bird flu virus, in case of a pandemic. The manufacturer has decided to boost up production of Tamiflu to 400 million courses of treatment yearly - 10 capsules constitute one course. Roche is also offering the drug to the government at a 50% reduced rate, to enable stocking up on supplies in the event of...

Splenda, Nutrasweet, Fda – Secrets Reveale

...cking difference in studies that are funded by the manufacturer versus those that are independently funded (and how could this have enormous impact on the safety of FDA approved products that you use on a daily basis.) (p 151-152) You can visit http://www.mercola.com/ sweet-deception-aspartame if you are intere...

Distribution of Flu Vaccines Unpredictable

...rs may get vaccine before others, depending on the manufacturer or distributor they used. This was proved by Stev...ting Nurses of Kennebunk is relying heavily on one manufacturer that has yet to deliver half of its order. The agency has had to postpone its weekday flu shot clini...

Hindustan Latex To Market Vaccines

...e-owned Hindustan Latex Ltd (HLL), India's largest manufacturer of contraceptive and healthcare products, is set to diversify and include vaccines its portfolio//.Initially, HLL is planning to start marketing vaccines - Hepatitis-B and typhoid vaccines produced by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd....

US Firm Launches Early Dengue Detection Kit in India

...rtered// Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc, a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research products and clinical diagnostics. Called the PLATELIA(tm) DENGUE NS1 Ag Assay, the kit helps to diagnose dengue on the first day of symptoms, the company said in a statement. "The test kit - the first in t...

Contraceptive Patch Carries Risk of Blood clots

...he higher risk of blood clots from it.// The drug manufacturer Johnson and Johnson’s commissioned study revealed that drug users faced two times the risk of clots in the legs and lungs compared to women taking traditional birth-control pills. Another study commissioned by Johnson and Johnson, however, found no ...

Obesity on a high in France

...every 3 years since 1997. The drugs group Roche, manufacturer of weight loss products promoted this survey. It signifies growing concern on obesity in France and mirrors other surveys that reveal increase in average clothes sizes.However, this problem is more severe in other nations like the US than in France. ...

Dangers Lurking in Soft, Cuddly Toys

...bai, Delhi and Chennai as they are India's largest manufacturer and supply centres for unbranded toys to their surrounding suburban and rural areas. Mumbai and Delhi account for nearly 95 percent of the toy production in India....

Doctors Unaware If Pediatric Dosages Are Safe

...ing the entry of competing generic drugs -- if the manufacturer conducts FDA-requested trials on its use in children. The researchers looked at how often the results of such studies were published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, often cited as among the most effective ways to communicate information to th...

US, India Firms Develop New Cure for Black Fever

...es, in collaboration with the Hyderabad-based drug manufacturer Gland Pharma Limited, the American company announced. The drug is expected to be a key tool for India's National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), which aims to rid the country of VL by 2010, and disease control programmes in other V...

First Implantable artificial heart gets FDA’s approva

...et review of the device will be carried out by the manufacturer at 10 places in the U.S. as a part of the FDA approval. The use and safety of the device will be assessed by the study and this will pave way for further improvements. Though it is a revolution in technology it won't replace heart transplants, says...

New Vaccine to Bring Dramatic Decrease in Cervical Cancer Deaths

...hly efficient screening program." Competing drug manufacturer Merck & Co Inc has also produced a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. Their vaccine, Gardasil has been recommended by the European Medicines Agency to prevent cancer caused by four strains of HPV. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June has ap...

Americans Have The Dirtiest hands!

... India, Malaysia, and South Africa. Lysol is the manufacturer of disinfectants, mouthwash, and cleaning products. In their survey they had asked the participants 5 questions about hygiene and the importance of washing hands. The questions had included, as to the best way of stopping the germs from spreading, an...

Gestiva – the pre-term birth drug probed by FD

...0, the approval was withdrawn by the FDA after its manufacturer stopped selling it. The drug is proposed to be used in women who already have a history of at least one preterm birth. It is meant to be given as weekly injections from the 16th to 20th week of pregnancy till the 36th week, or birth....

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