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FDA Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Pergolide Products

...es. The products being withdrawn are Permax, the trade name for pergolide marketed by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and two generic versions of pergolide manufactured by Par and Teva. Pergolide is in a class of medications called dopamine agonists and is used with levodopa and carbidopa to manage the symptoms...

Outsourcing Farming, a Chinese Initiative

... continued its buying spree in Brazil. The soybean trade between the countries has exploded. Last year Brazil sent nearly 11 million tons of beans to China, a 50 percent increase from the previous year and nearly double the amount shipped in 2004. Early indications are that Brazil has produced yet another ...

Ban on Trade of Human Organs in China

...nea and marrow. Doctor found to be involved in trade of human organs will have their license revoked. Clinics found to trade in human organs will face a ban of at least three years. Officials who are convicted of trading in ...

Court Refuses to Intervene for Law on Surrogate Motherhood

...usiness' has grown into a flourishing $4.5 million trade in India. Most surrogate mothers in India are paid about $20,000 to bear the child whereas the cost of hiring a womb in Europe and the US was more than $50,000-70,000 dollars, said the petition. Source-IANS...

South African Farmers Turn to Organic Farming

...ain in 2006/07, according to Organics South Africa trade organization. After a slow start the rate of conversion to organic farming has accelerated. Of the 230 certified organic or in-conversion operations in South Africa in 2005, 75 percent have started organic processes in the previous two years. Sou...

Two More Pet Food Products Recalled in US

...purchase, according to the Pet Food Institute, the trade association for pet food manufacturers. 'There remains an ample supply of safe cat and dog food available at stores throughout the United States,' says Stephen F. Sundlof, Director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicin...

Kidney Trade: Curbing the Sale

...tals had been emphatically involved in the illegal trade of kidneys. This announcement was recently made by K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, the health minister of Tamil Nadu who also revealed that show cause notices were issued to thirteen other hospitals. The chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has warned that seve...

Busting the Organ Trade Racket in Tamil Nadu

Phase II of busting the illegal organ trade in Tamil Nadu, led to the exposure of two more hos... The only way to put an end to this illegal organ trade could be to encourage transplant of organs from brain dead patients. /L...

Kenya to Implement National Food and Nutrition Policy

...ng a consensus on agricultural production and food trade issues ? Establishing a life-cycle approach to organize nutritional interventions, including a cross-generational approach for maternal-child nutrition issues ? Ensuring the new nutrition strategies are phased in three-to-five year periods so that...

Steps To Prevent Out-Break Of Bird Flu

...rdering areas especially to check informal/illegal trade of restricted livestock and livestock products; in...tely; intensify vigilance across border to prevent trade especially illegal in restricted items. d. Border security forces and customs field formations hav...

Thailand Unfazed As US Worries Over Copyright Violations

.... In an annual report released this week, the US trade office said it was concerned by "an overall deteri...ountries have some flexibility under international trade rules to ensure their populations have access to life-saving medicines. Those include compulsory ...

The Long Wait ... Dying for Lack of Kidneys

...man body parts are rife -- areas under scrutiny by trade and ethical watchdogs. The Dutch reality show, b...ast month introduced its first regulations banning trade in organs. But wannabe transplants may simply go elsewhere, such as Pakistan, where The Lancet quote...

New International Health Regulations to Enter into Force Tomorrow

...emergencies while minimizing disruption to travel, trade and economies. Under the revised IHR, countries will be required to report all events that could result in public health emergencies of international concern, including those caused by chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food. ...

Traders Smell Something Fishy in Tokyo Market Move

...ectly buying from fishermen," he added. The annual trade volume at Tsukiji has dropped to 570,000 in 2006 from about 800,000 tons in 1986. "A majority of the members of our cooperative say that they need space for processing fish to serve supermarkets' needs," Ito said. "If we don't have this, the wholesa...

Govt Sees Off Casino Challenge

The trade body representing the vast majority of Britain's casinos on Monday lost its High Court challenge over government plans to shake-up the country's gambling industry. The British Casino Association (BCA) failed to persuade the London-based court that L...

Ukraine Struggles Against Fake Drug Trade

...raine could be made up of fakes and warns that the trade is putting patients at risk. "The counterfeit pharmaceutical problem is very strong in Ukraine," said John Anderson, head of the Britain-based Global Anti-Counterfeiting Network, who travels frequently to Ukraine. "The pharmaceutical companies do...

Breast Cancer Drug Curbs Heart Disease.

...in question were the older drug trastuzumab, whose trade name is Herceptin, and the newer drug lapatinib, whose trade name is Tykerb. The results of the study appear early online in the journal Proceedings of the Nat...

India to Propose Global Fund for Clean Energy Technologies

...focus is on climate change, development and global trade talks, among other issues. India will also make it clear that while it is open to some proposals on mitigating climate change from US President George W. Bush, it will oppose any move that will set standards to reduce emissions. "There are elemen...

Outreach Nations Stand United on Climate Change

...imate change, the Doha Development Round of global trade talks and inclusive growth were among the issues discussed by the five leaders, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told reporters after the meeting. However, the G8 countries have reached a compromise and there is a breakthrough deal among ...

China is Cracking Down on Food Safety

...he country's image, and bilateral and multilateral trade relationships. US officials have already warned consumers against using Chinese- toothpaste. On Thursday Nicaraguan health authorities confiscated 40,000 tubes of Chinese- toothpaste after confirmation that they contained DEG. The Dominican Republi...

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