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French and wine: inseparable and just perfect?

...vernment. Another point in the favour of the wine manufacturer came the views of Marie-Christine Tarby, "It's ridiculous. This would reduce alcohol to the same as cigarettes, whereas the two are completely different. "If you drink alcohol in moderation, you face no risks to your health. There are even benefits."...

Bird Flu Alarm In Indonesia

...of the city plight came word that Swiss-based drug manufacturer Roche will let Indonesia produce the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to help fight cases of bird flu in humans. Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said she had received permission from Roche earlier Friday, so 'we can produce Tamiflu in our own factories i...

Ranbaxy Laboratories All Set To Export Bird Flu Vaccines

...an flu drug (Tamiflu) is being held by the Swedish manufacturer in most of the countries. Four main pharmaceutical companies including Teva Pharmaceuticals, Mylan Laboratories, Barr Laboratories and Ranbaxy have been in talks with the drug company to manufacture a generic version of the patented drug. The world...

US Reviews Risks Of Tamiflu After 12 Children Die

...ate summary posted on the FDA web site, Roche, the manufacturer of Tamiflu, said: There is no increase in deaths and neuropsychiatric events in patients on Tamiflu versus influenza patients in general. Officials from the FDA and the Swiss drugs giant will present information about the cases to an FDA advisory pan...

Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu

...tities from Roche or to license a domestic generic manufacturer to make it here at a tenth of the price and stock it. The raw material for Tamiflu - shikimic acid is currently selling at $1,000 a kilo from the usual $40 a kilo due to the huge demand in the world market for Tamiflu. "Today price is the issue and t...

Tamiflu Shortage Can Be Better Handled By Combining It With Probenecid

...ective as a full dose without it. But Roche, the manufacturer of the drug said it could not advocate combined treatment because of the lack of clinical data and regulatory approval. Given where we are, with the potential for a pandemic, the clearest vision we can have is to dramatically increase the availabilit...

Multiple Sclerosis drug, Tysabri banned due to neurological disorders

...bri was expected to be a major blockbuster for its manufacturer Biogen Idec, but the company suspended sales of Tysabri in February, after learning of the two PML cases, one of which was fatal. The company also halted trials of the drug for rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn disease. There has never previously been ...

Government Organisation Proposes Strict Guidelines For SubStandard Medical Devices

... controllers are slow in taking action against NSQ manufacturer for a long period hence they felt the need for all...llers to intimate the action taken against the NSQ manufacturer within six months after receiving the test reports. Medindia on Drugs: Drug Toxicity / Drug Mon...

Clampdown On Fake Drugs Manufacturers In India – New Bill Enacte

...r section 28 for non-disclosure of the name of the manufacturer and under section 28A for not keeping documents, etc., and for not disclosure of information. Subsequent offences would be seriously dealt with. The existing law provides for punishment for imprisonment not less than two years which may be extended...

Testosterone patch for women Rejected For safety Reasons

...ministration recently . Procter & Gamble, global manufacturer of household products, wants to market the patch to women who have become menopausal after ovarian surgery however due to the rejection by members of the FDA panel the drug is kept on hold until more data is available to assess the drug. At a recen...

New Race –Specific drug

...ents than it has for their white counterparts, its manufacturer claims. If approved by the FDA, it wouldbe the first drug ever to be licensed for use by a single ethnic group. The results of clinical trials are testament to BiDil's value. In trials, it improved survival rates among black people who had suffered...

Listeria Food Poisoning Can Be Dangerous In Pregnant Women And Elderly

...aged to play their part by adhering closely to all manufacturer instructions on ready-to-eat food products.” News Extract Source: Just-food.com...

FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Tysabri, a New Drug for MS

... of Tysabri (nataluzimab) while the agency and the manufacturer evaluate two serious adverse events reported with ...son. FDA received a report from Biogen Idec, the manufacturer of Tysabri, of one confirmed fatal case and one possible case of progressive multifocal leukoencepha...

Abbott Laboratories to buy Biocompatibles' cardiovascular stent business

... since 1999. The pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer also will assume worldwide commercial rights for all potential drug-coated stent products in Biocompatibles' pipeline. Abbott Laboratories said it expects the deal to be completed in the second quarter. Abbott shares fell 71 cents to $53.30 in trad...

Arthritis Drug May Cause Liver Damage

...onsider Wolfe's petition. A spokeswoman for Arava manufacturer Aventis Pharma said she had not seen the petition and declined comment about liver damage. Lise Geduldig said Arava was ``an important therapeutic option'' taken by 200,000 people. The American College of Rheumatology last summer warned doctors to ta...

Drug Offers Hope for Alzheimer's disease

...isinterpreted. Forrest Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. manufacturer of the drug, is expected to file for FDA approval sometime this year. The company is also exploring uses for the drug in earlier stages of the disease and in conjunction with currently approved treatments....

Loss of weight

...eview, which was requested by Italy. Abbott, the manufacturer of sibutramine, has said it is aware of 34 deaths globally in patients taking the drug, but insists there is no evidence that the drug was the cause of the deaths.Millions of patients have taken the drug since it was launched in 1997....

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

... Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Basel, Switzerland, the manufacturer of Lescol....

FDA issues warning for Droperidol

...re using it. So the FDA issued warning and ordered manufacturer Akorn Pharmaceuticals to write thousands of doctors alerting them to the problem. Apparently the drug can delay recharging of the heart between beats within minutes after a dose is administered. If the heart doesn't recover, it can go into a potent...

Surgeons implant second artificial heart

...pital's intensive care unit earlier this month.The manufacturer of the heart has been given initial regulatory approval for testing of the device on five critically ill patients....

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