Scrutiny Sought For Reused Devices in U.S.
...medical facilities in the Washington area. Device manufacturers refuse to guarantee the safety of their reconditioned single-use devices, but reprocessors deny any credible evidence that use of their refurbished devices carry a higher risk than new ones. They also say no surgery is without risk. Many hospitals ...Ban on Alzheimer's Drugs Questioned
...xa which is used in serious conditions. The drug manufacturers like Pfizer and Eisai said that Aricept was very cost effective patients maintained cognitive levels even after six months of using the drug. And hence they suggested that all patients should be entitled to receive the treatment to know about the eff...Erectile Dysfunction Drug Viagra Launched In India By Pfizer
...ected against selling of copycat versions by other manufacturers for a period of 20 years. In moving towards the new set of laws, India agreed that its generics drug companies would pull drugs that are copycat versions of drugs approved elsewhere after 1995. First approved by the FDA in 1998, Viagra brought Pfiz...Health Care Disparities cause of inaccessibility to new technology
...do not get access to new technologies because drug manufacturers may not invest in the trials required to demonstrate safety and effectiveness in children. Source: Eurekalet....Guidant sold defective defibrillators with full knowledge
...al problems as well as a broader debate about when manufacturers of heart devices should alert physicians about pro....D.A. are trying to develop uniform guidelines for manufacturers to disclose product flaws to physicians. Doctors can then weigh such risks against those posed by ad...The MRSA Superbug May Yet Be Overcome
...niversity’s researchers are trying to identify the manufacturers of the sponge. If the clinical trials of the antibiotic were to be completed successfully, the threat of the superbug could come to an end once and for all. There is also a possibility that a strain belonging to the MRSA family may come into existenc...Anti-smoking advertisements to be funded by Cigarette manufacturers
...Consumer Commission (ACCC) has asked the cigarette manufacturers to sponsor anti-smoking advertising. Cigaretter manufacturers in a plan to boost cigarettee smoking is marketing cigarettes with different labels codes falsely ma...FDA recommends new Lead level in candies
...ing. The FDA as send the notification to all candy manufacturers about the new recommended lead level and the quality of the candies with lead concentration will be monitored by FDA. br>...Look For Food Allergens On The Product Label.
...gen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act said that manufacturers did not mention the food allergens present in the food due to the fact that there will be a reduction in the sales of the product. If at all they included the names then it were not easily understood by the commoners. A study conducted by the FDA ...Motorcycles Cause Greater Pollution
...ons has been underestimated in legislation, giving manufacturers little motivation to improve after treatment systems”. Edited (AN)...FDA allows barley producers to make healthy heart claims
...- similar to oatmeal. FDA regulations allow food manufacturers to submit data to support their petition. In the past, it has allowed health claims on products containing walnuts, tomatoes and omega-3 fatty acids. A cereal grain, Barley is mostly grown in the western province of the the United States. Many othe...Food labels to include information on trans fats in US
..., among other things. Trans fats are a result of manufacturers adding hydrogen to vegetable oils to improve shelf...er than face an undesirable label, many large food manufacturers have announced they will reduce or eliminate trans fats. Though trans fats are found in small quant...Pakistan drug companies seek trade ties with India
...rmaceutical industry in Pakistan has grown from 20 manufacturers two decades ago to around 316 domestic manufacturers and 20 multinationals at present. On the bulk drugs front, about 90 percent of the requirements are ...Depression affects one in 10 U.S. teens: study
... a similar link. The FDA has since required drug manufacturers to disclose the possible risk on labels for anti-depressants. Some experts, including doctors, worried the warning would lead to fewer youths receiving treatment. The current findings, part of the agency's annual National Survey on Drug Use and Hea...President and Founder of National Obesity Forum Resigns
...rum is too much dependent on the anti-obesity drug manufacturers for funding due to which the forum is increasingly propaganda the beneficial affects of anti-obesity drugs and obesity treatment drugs and not concentrating on the prevention of obesity and advertising on ill effects arising due to obesity. Campbel...Painkillers Lead To Liver Failure
...r damage to dangerous levels can be avoided. The manufacturers of the drug have already put the risks and mentioned the chemicals present in these drugs in the product label. ...Zimbabwe Faces Shortage Of AIDS Drugs
...caused a shortage of antiretrovirals, as the local manufacturers are not able to adequately import drug components. The past few years, in Zimbabwe, have been a witness to widespread political and economic disorder, resulting in decreased international donor finding. The Times report states that Doctors are extre...Mammography units and up gradation and tax cuts on diagnostic equipments in Hospitals
...t should encourage the Indian laboratory equipment manufacturers which will reduce the cost of these equipments....Roche offers HIV drug expertise to poor nations
...oche announced transfer technology to generic drug manufacturers in the least developed countries and sub-Saharan A...rld's Least Developed Countries by providing local manufacturers with the technical expertise for producing generic HIV medicines. These countries are home for 69 ......l influenza virus infection. The pharmaceutical manufacturers of Relenza and Tamiflu were not happy with the review results and has said that the results are not very encouraging as they feel in their trial on humans they found both these drugs Relenza and Tamiflu were very effective in controlling seasonal inf...