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Major Hurdle towards Development of Bird Flu Vaccine in India.

...is is because there is not a single Indian vaccine manufacturer who deals with influenza vaccines for poultry who has a Bio Safety Level (BSL) 3 lab, needed to house the live H5N1 bird flu virus to manufacture the vaccine. The process of manufacturing the vaccine involves housing the live H5N1 virus first, isol...

Viread To Retail In India For $1

...l price of $1 (Rs 45) per tablet, according to the manufacturer Gilead.// This announcement was made on Sunday. Gilead has already entered into generic licensing deals with three Indian pharma majors - Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Hetero Drugs and Strides Arcolab - for the drug. The Indian firms will make generic ve...

Implanon Contraceptive Gets FDA OK

...ar after which it may be replaced. Organon USA, manufacturer of Implanon said that the implant would release a low but steady dose of progestin. Implanon has already been sold in 30 countries since 1998 and an estimated 2.5 million women have benefited from using it. "Based on clinical trial data and our rev...

Drug for Cancer to be on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

...ng to Health Minister Tony Abbott discussions with manufacturer Roche has caused the delay in rushing Herceptin on to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Mr Abbott said,'It is important the Government try to get the best possible deal for taxpayers as well as the best possible deal for patients. So we ar...

To Use or Not To Use Ritalin for Preschoolers

...talin to six-year-olds is very dangerous. Ritalin manufacturer Novartis also advises that the drug should not be given to children under six. Australia's parliamentary health secretary Christopher Pyne would ask the Therapeutic Goods Administration to conduct an investigation in to this matter. New Zealand's Hea...

Indoco Remedies Acquires La Nova Chem

Indoco Remedies Ltd, a manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceutical products and services, today said it has acquired a 100 per cent stake in City-based pharma company La Nova Chem (India) Pvt Ltd//. Following the acquisition, La Nova Chem has become a subsidiary of Indoco Remedies,...

Aurobindo Gets Tentative USFDA Approval For Its HIV-1 Drug

...e in one single tablet and the company is the sole manufacturer of this approved combination, it said, adding that this is the first NDA generic approval for a three-drug combination. These three drugs have a market of 4.5 billion dollars worldwide and the usage of the drugs is growing due to the outstanding com...

Investigations Reveal That Infections Due To Contact lens Could Cause Blindness

...ReNu with MoistureLoc. It was also stated that the manufacturer this fluid, Bausch & Lomb had withdrawn these products from the market earlier this year, as they felt hat some part of the formula might be increasing the risk of fusarium infection under unusual circumstances. Professor Roger Buckley, a former pr...

Freshness Dating? Researchers Express Doubts

...ts "best if used by" date, there may be more for a manufacturer to lose than to gain by having decided to use "freshness dating" in the first place. Contact: Collin R. Payne Crp33@cornell.edu 607-254-6302 Cornell Food & Brand Lab (Source: Eurekalert)...

Electrosurgery Ensures Integrity Of Cochlear Implant Following Adenoids Removal

...mplants underwent standard integrity checks by the manufacturer prior to shipping and after electrosurgery. These evaluations included open circuits, device electronics, ability of the device to function at normal levels, and stability of stimulation delivered by each channel. The manufacturers were blinded to th...

Biotech Osiris to go public

...tech, the company that is known for being the sole manufacturer of the stem cell product, has made its plans known, about its intention to go public//. The company is slated to sell out nearly $80 million in shares, as per the papers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stem cells have been under a...

Nobel Laureate Finds an Alternate Way to Manufacture Anti-Flu Drug

... while relaxing at home on a weekend. // The Swiss manufacturer Roche has manufactured the drug and given it to World Health Organization to prevent any outbreak of the disease. But the starting material (shikimic acid) for the production cycle is a compound extracted from the plant star anise. This is grown in m...

Cancer wonder drug will not be a slip between the cup and the lip!

...east cancer. // The approval binds Roche, the drug manufacturer to ensure that sufficient warnings are available on the packaging along with timely updates regarding its performance. The drug is on its last lap of government approval after which subsidy to use this drug will not be a distant dream. The drug is ...

Biocon To Shift Focus On Innovation To Accelerate Growth

...as made a paradigm shift from being a generic drug manufacturer to innovation to drive its future growth aggressiv...a generics API (active pharmaceutical ingredients) manufacturer into an innovator for developing a robust pipeline of new molecules. "We believe this strategy wil...

FDA Accords Priority Review For Pediatric Crohn's Disease Drug

...eatment of pediatric// Crohn's disease, the drug's manufacturer Centocor, Inc. announced today. Crohn's disease affects the gastrointestinal tract and causes diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain and weight loss. As of now there is no drug to treat children who develop this condition. Centocor had filed a supplemental ...

New Device Developed For Treating Cervical Spondylitis

...rument has been undertaken by a well known private manufacturer and would create a revolution in spinal surgery," Dev told IANS here. "In both spondylitis and prolapsed disk, it is the compression of the disk that leads to pressure on nerves or the spinal cord and hence causes pain to the patient. This new tech...

Cost-effective Meningitis Vaccine To Be Launched In Africa

...oped countries. It would also ensure that the drug manufacturer receives an optimal level of profit. Currently, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Aventis, both leading pharmaceutical companies, are producing meningitis vaccine. The high cost of the vaccine and the high effectiveness of the vaccine in children over 2 y...

Pfizer Launches Viagra For Lung Disease In UK

...rmany since January 2006. The world’s biggest drug manufacturer launched Revatio in the US, last August. Pulmonary arterial hypertension, as the name suggests is a disorder characterized by elevated blood pressure levels in the pulmonary artery that carries blood to the lungs. The blood vessel disorder is frequ...

Pilot Study to Test Effect of Mobile Phone Transmissions On Skin To Begin In Finland

...country of Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer and almost everyone owns a handset here. ...

Increased Risk of Clot with Birth-Control Patch

...of blood clots have been recorded so far. The drug manufacturer has stated that a small amount of risk is indeed associated with all forms of contraception. Owing to the overlapping confidence levels of the two contraceptive methods, there may either be no risk or more than double the risk, in the opinion of res...

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