LCT Reports Major Step for Islet Transplantation in Diabetes Patient
...e islet cells. The product is produced under a GMP manufacturing license. LCT will be trialing the DiabeCell pig islet cell transplant in patients in a phase I/IIa clinical trial, expected to begin in Quarter 2, 2007. In addition, LCT is awaiting approval to conduct an additional trial in New Zealand this year ...HIV/AIDS- Possible Cure From Within
...o acids in the sequence. As of now, the licensed manufacturing company VIRO Pharmaceuticals GmbH, whose Scientific Director is a co-author of the paper is conducting animal studies of VIRIP to determine if it is safe to test in humans. "So far, the results look promising," Kirchhoff was quoted, although he agree...Two More Pet Food Products Recalled in US
... has a number of industrial uses, including use in manufacturing cooking utensils. It has no approved use in human or animal food in the United States, nor is it permitted to be used as fertilizer, as it is in some parts of the world. FDA is not 100 percent certain that melamine, a relatively non-toxic substance...FDA Grants Approval to First Bird Flu Vaccine
... US has granted approval to a French drug firm for manufacturing the first bird flu vaccine//. However it says it is only an interim measure and it is looking for more potent drugs. The U.S. Foood and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first vaccine designed to protect humans against the H5N1 influenza v...A.U. Health Ministers Receive Plan To Produce Low-Cost, Generic Drugs in Africa
...maceutical industries, Egypt has more than 30 drug manufacturing facilities, and Nigeria and South Africa currently manufacture medicines. "We need to produce (medicines) in Africa," Diallo said, adding, "The main objective is to identify which kinds of medicines we are going to produce, essential drugs we nee...Africa Challenged To Produce Its Own Generic Drugs
...maceutical industries, Egypt has more than 30 drug manufacturing facilities, and Nigeria and South Africa currently manufacture medicines. Diallo as well as Nthari Matsau, deputy director general in South Africa's health ministry, have confirmed that health ministers would discuss the plan in an attempt to get t...Experimental Flu Vaccine Appears Promising in Early Tests
...s] for influenza vaccine. Eggs require specialized manufacturing facilities and could be difficult to scale up rapidly in response to an emerging need such as a pandemic," the authors write. They add that development of alternative substrates for influenza vaccine production has been identified as a high-priority....FDA Announces to Companies to Stop Marketing Products Containing Trimethobenzamide
...ion's (FDA) has announced that companies must stop manufacturing and distributing unapproved suppository drug produ...only medicines shown to be effective.' Companies manufacturing or marketing trimethobenzamide hydrochloride suppository products must cease shipping them in inters...New Chemistry Approach Promises Less Expensive Drugs
...age the body, two perennial issues that plague the manufacturing process. David MacMillan, one of the researchers o...s create only the beneficial enantiomer during the manufacturing process. While this requirement keeps any of these helpful molecules' "evil twins" from reaching our...100,000 Bird Flu Vaccine Doses to Be Destroyed
...vaccine, each costing just 27 paise. But no drug manufacturing company has contacted the research institute so fa... of transportation. But it will be for the company manufacturing the vaccine to decide on the selling price," Pradhan said. Source-IANS...Transplanted Pig Cells in Human Produce Insulin
...e islet cells. The product is produced under a GMP manufacturing license. LCT will be conduct trials of the DiabeCell pig islet cell transplant in patients in a phase I/IIa clinical trial in the second quarter of 2007. In addition, LCT is awaiting approval to conduct an additional trial in New Zealand this yea......le costs to be minimised as companies adjust their manufacturing schedules to reduce stock of [OTC] pseudoephedrine/ephedrine products…in order to avoid wastage of stock." The restriction in pack size, which would completely remove large packs from the market, would also require repackaging schemes on the part o...No Takers for India's First Bird Flu Vaccine
...of the vaccine, each costing 27 paise. But no drug manufacturing company has contacted it so far to buy either thes... of transportation. But it will be for the company manufacturing the vaccine to decide on the selling price," Pradhan said. Talking about the efficacy of the vacci...Britain to Explore Opportunities in Bengal Medical Sector
... investment in West Bengal or we can also set up a manufacturing unit here," said Rob Elles, a member of the team and an expert of genetic healthcare in Britain. Source-IANS...New Protocol Targets Aggressive Brain Cancer
...06. Not quite a year later, he’s back to work as a manufacturing manager and he’s training to run the Marine Corps. Marathon in October. “You hear the old adage ‘Live every day like it’s your last.’ Now after this traumatic event in my life has happened, it has changed the way I think in that respect. I live lif...Dr Reddy's Eyeing for Generics Arm of Merck
...ffers a vibrant chemical industry and the costs of manufacturing and infrastructure are still much lower," he told the paper. Source-IANS...Tobacco Companies Obstructed Science
... the industry can be held liable because they were manufacturing a defective and fraudulent product." Proctor has...ew. And not everyone knew because the industry was manufacturing doubt, fomenting ignorance. Industry executives created a climate of untruth that people bought into...CMV Vaccine Prototype Successfully Tested in Guinea Pigs
...al DNA to the animal’s cells. The cells then begin manufacturing the viral protein. Cells of the guinea pigs’ immune system detect the viral protein and launch an attack against it. In so doing, they learn to recognize CMV. The gene used in the experimental guinea pig CMV vaccine—UL83, also called pp65—contains th...Merck Cuts Price of Efavirenz for Developing Countries Again
...o cut the price as a result of identifying further manufacturing efficiencies. The company says that as a result of its differential pricing policy around 500,000 patients in 76 developing countries were receiving Stocrin as part of their antiretroviral regimen. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...Vietnam’s first vaccine manufacturing plant meeting international Good Manufacturing Pra...gnized worldwide for the control and management of manufacturing and quality control testing of pharmaceutical products. Source-Bio-Bio Technology<BR...