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E.U. Panel Backs Novartis' Mock-up Pandemic Flu Vaccine

... a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for Focetria, from Novartis //AG (NV...ic influenza situation. The objective is to have a marketing authorization in place that can be changed quickly in the event of a pandemic to include the virus s...

A Call To Band Online Drug Pharmacies and Online Consultation by So Called “Cyber Doctor

...re flamed by the accessibility to online affiliate marketing sites. These affiliate sites provide links to anyone and everyone having an audience to sell to. A report by a web analysis company called Envision proposed that there are nearly 2,300 sites, selling prescription-only drugs direct to consumer. With...

Turkey Giant to Receive King-sized Compensation

Bernard Matthews, UK’s largest turkey farm and marketing firm owner, is in the news again. His company will be given 670,000 pounds in compensation// for the 160,000 turkeys that had to be culled last month, in the wake of a bird flu outbreak, caused by the deadly strain H5N1. The company, which has a 4...

FDA Warns Migraine Medicine Makers

...warning letters were part of an effort to halt the marketing of unapproved and potentially dangerous drugs. The...celand's Actavis and Sandoz Inc., a pioneer in the marketing of ergotamine tartrate that is now part of Switzerland's Novartis AG. Messages left with all three...

Nepal to Introduce Art of Living for Golfers

...entration," says Ajay Kumar, director of sales and marketing at Le Meriden Gokarna Forest Golf Resort and Spa, Kathmandu's pride and one of South Asia's finest golf resorts. "Golf is very much a mind game." So to help golfers hone their concentration - at a price - the resort has tied up with Indian spiritua...

Flood of Fake Drugs Must Be Stopped, Warns UN

...s with weak regulations are most vulnerable to the marketing of counterfeit drugs. The INCP urged regulators to crack down on illegal pharmacies and the sale of medicines over the Internet. "The problem of counterfeit medication and abuse of pharmaceuticals containing controlled substances bought without pre...

Biocon Unveils Renal Therapies for Kidney Disorders

... and multinational players in the country," Biocon marketing president Rakesh Bamzai said. According to "Kidney International", the official journal of the international society of nephrology, the incidence of ESRD is likely to be higher in India than in the developed countries, with gloerulonephritis being ...

Manufacturers of Infant Formula Milk Asked to Do Away With Exaggerated Nutritional Claims

...mula milk; this would mean making changes in their marketing campaigns and in the packaging of formula milk. ...e away with. This will mean that the packaging and marketing literature of popular brands like SMA, Farleys, APtamil, Cow and Gate etc will need to be altered, f...

Powerful Anti-breast-cancer Pill on the Anvil

... US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval to pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline for its breast cancer// pill Tykerb. It has been claimed that Tykerb is far more potent in combating advanced stages of breast cancer than the drugs currently available for the purpose. Breast ca...

UK to Pull Pseudoephedrine

...ains that interim measures would be agreed between marketing authorisation holders and the agency so that disruption is minimised; for example, the use of adhesive over-labels so as to avoid destroying existing stock. By implementing the proposed regulations, the UK would be following in the footsteps of sev...

Ranbaxy Gets FDA Approval for Insomnia Drug

...New Jersey, USA. The vice president of sales and marketing of Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, Jim Meehan, said that the product would be launched following final approval from the FDA. This would give yet another opportunity for Ranbaxy to expand its product portfolio by offering an affordable generic alt...

Hydrolysed Casein Formula may Slash Eczema in Infants

..., with watchdogs keeping a close eye on companies' marketing tactics lest they drift towards promoting their products as preferable to breast-feeding. While it is agreed that breastfeeding is the best way to ensure an infant receives the nutrients it needs in its first months, formulas are indispensable in ...

FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Drug to Treat Rare Blood Disorder

...Drug Act provides a seven-year period of exclusive marketing to the first manufacturer who obtains marketing approval for a designated orphan product. About one person out of a million people will be diagnosed...

Legal ‘high’ Drugs Declared Illegl

...t says that producers and sellers must now stop marketing all products containing benzylpiperazine and piperazine blend in the UK with immediate effect, and must cancel all advertising and promotion including Internet promotion and sale. The agency has warned that piperazine is a medicinal product and mu...

Rajasthan Launches Programs to Overcome Misconceptions About Childbirth

... actor Akshay Kumar. PSl has piloted this social marketing initiative to encourage and promote the concept of emergency contraception amongst local people. Emergency contraception is a concentrated dose of the hormone found in many birth control pills and can prevent pregnancy when taken shortly after int...

Interactive Digital Television to Monitor Health

...s and government bodies have expressed interest in marketing the application. Alejandro Fanjul Fernández has worked on this project for his graduate thesis, under the auspices of Mikel Sagüés García and within the remit of the MHProject research group of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineerin...

Karnataka Pharmacy Gets Licence to Produce Medicines from White Arecanut

...sponse from the people of the region during trial marketing and no side-effect reported. GPL...

FDA Announces to Companies to Stop Marketing Products Containing Trimethobenzamide

... ensure that all marketed U.S. drugs have required marketing approval. These products are used to treat nause...r to DESI-reviewed drugs, today's notice makes the marketing of any unapproved trimethobenzamide hydrochloride suppository products unlawful. 'Prescription dr...

Efforts Underway to Fight Alcoholism Among Tribals

... Khedut. But many people feel that if effective marketing strategies were in place the new enterprise could ...ge Industries Commission (KVIC) for processing and marketing neera. Sources in KVIC say that it is working on the proposal. With suitable technological interve...

Kids Watch too Many TV Junk Food Commercials: Study

...US Institute of Medicine address the issue of food marketing to children and its role in the epidemic of childh...velop and implement guidelines for advertising and marketing directed at children and youths. Source-IANS...

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