Britain Gets Wonder Drug That Busts Fats
...by overcoming their cravings. However, it is being marketed only to tackle obesity. Rimonabant has been licensed for the treatment of obese patients, or overweight patients having associated risk factors such as type 2 diabetes or poor cholesterol and triglyceride readings. It has been estimated that abou...Wockhardt acquires Protinex, Farex brands from Netherland Co
...cialised sugar-free infant food products currently marketed in India and internationally, under its brand names Dulac and Dupro. The acquisition has the potential to double its nutrition products sale to Rs 120 crore as Protinex and Farex complements its product range, it added. The company would inherit ...Dr Reddys Launches New Drug In Its Urology Segment
...n over 5,700 retail counters across the nation and marketed by over 100 scientific business officers, it added. The market size for the product as per April 2006 market data is valued at Rs 27 crore and the urology segment is estimated at Rs 65.08 crore. Alfuzosin provides rapid relief from signs and sympto...New Drug to Help Smokers Kick the Habit
...nforcing effects of smoked nicotine. The drug is marketed by Pfizer Inc. and received FDA approval in May. A related editorial however cautions smokers against considering the drug as a panacea for quitting smoking. According to co-author Dr. Robert C. Klesges, from the University of Tennessee in Memphis,...Import of Paan from India and Indonesia is on rise in Pakistan
...chewing tobacco, commonly known as gutka, is being marketed daily. The government has permitted imports because the revenue from gutka sales is "too great". "In fact it is registered as an important import item from countries like India and Indonesia," The News reported from Karachi. Imported gutka is m...Orchid Gets USFDA Nod for Cephalexin
...hid added that its Cephalexin capsules are already marketed in the US through partnership with Par Pharmaceuticals and following this approval, the number of dosage forms, oral solids and injections distributed by it in the US now stands at 12. The company's shares were trading at Rs 185.30, up 1.12 per cent...Erection Drug Was Not Useful to Two-Thirds of Its Users
...orded in a patient's notes after prescribing newly marketed medicines. Key findings included: ?65 per cent...f illness and death in patients treated with newly marketed drugs - a valuable tool in drug safety assessment." (Source: Eurekalert)...Ranbaxy Launches Clarithromycin, Terbinafine Tablets in Japan
...anbaxy said in a statement. The products would be marketed and promoted jointly by Nippon Chemiphar and Nihon Pharmaceutical and sold in Japan under the Ranbaxy/Nihon Pharmaceutical Industry Ltd label. "It is our earnest intention to leverage the advantage of an early entry in the progressive opening up of ...Is Nicotine Lozenge A Safe Smoking Cessation Product?
...is that if these nicotine-replacement products are marketed by the wrong people then it would result in the encouragement of nicotine addiction. Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada said that some manufacturers of nicotine replacement products promote their products as eff...Alternative Therapies May Not Ease Menopause Symptoms
...ole in the expanding number of dietary supplements marketed to menopausal women." Because many women are using alternative and complementary therapies to treat their symptoms, often without telling their physicians, additional rigorous studies are needed to identify which of these treatments are safe and ef...Scientists Push for Labeling of all Fats to Avoid Heart Disease
... fats are labeled in the nutrition labels on foods marketed in the United Kingdom and other European countries. The Agency believes that this mandatory addition of the content of trans fatty acids as well as saturated fat to nutrition labels would enable consumers to make healthier food choices that would l...New Arthritis Drug Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks
...esday. The drug is the first COX-2 inhibitor to be marketed in Australia since it was found in 2004 that these group of drugs increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. Popular arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off shelves while the drug Celebrex was forced to carry warnings about heart disease ever since th...Is Addition Of Proteins In The Sports Drink Beneficial?
...r enhance performance. Some companies have heavily marketed protein-laced sports drinks as the next magic bullet, but Gibala's research disputes such claims. ‘Eating a little protein after exercise is important to help repair damaged muscles and promote training adaptations,’ says Gibala, ‘but no compelling e...Presence of Beneficial Bacteria in Probiotic Drinks Mere Tall Claims
...dards, nearly 25 products which are advertised and marketed through the online medium seem to be taking customers for a ride, as they do not contain the requisite amount of beneficial bacteria mentioned on their labels. Consumers are advised to resort to brands that contain lactobacilli or bifidobacterium-at ...Three New Contraceptives Introduced by HLL
...he response to the female condom that is presently marketed by them in Bangalore is encouraging and they propose to market it in other areas. (Source: IANS)...Chantix: Disenchanting Smokers from Nicotine
... use in United Kingdom. The drug, which will be marketed in the UK under the name Champix, effectively blocks the withdrawal symptoms. Manufactured by Pfizer, the global pharmaceutical company, the anti-smoking pill will help many give up on the habit. Research has indicated that the pill may have some si...Pest Control research Leads to Pain Control Discovery
..., the pharmaceutical company that manufactured and marketed Vioxx, a Cox-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), voluntarily pulled the pain killer from the market in September 2004 due to safety concerns. A 12-month study, published in 2000, showed a four-fold increased risk of heart attacks...Rise in Use of Female Condoms in South Africa
... first generation female condom, FC1, is presently marketed as a strong, soft, transparent polyurethane sheath about 17 centimeters long, the same length as a male condom. The new synthetic latex FC2 would probably available in SA by next year. The FC1 is inserted into the vagina prior to sexual intercours...Painkillers Linked to Still More Problems
...art concerns that was already raised with the drug marketed as Vioxx. One report from Brigham and Women's Hos...found that celecoxib commonly sold as Celebrex and marketed by Pfizer Inc. was not associated with heart problems at a dose no greater than 200 milligrams a day......ing diabetes. The pill, named as rosiglitazone, marketed under the brand name Avandia by the British company GlaxoSmithKline, has just emerged out of a successful three-year trial, and is claimed to be able to assist the high-risk category of people from developing diabetes. Nicknamed as an 'insulin sen...