Manufacturers

Chemists prepare for face-off with manufacturers

There is new war brewing! Neither in the devastated NewYork of America nor in the Afghanistan! It is right here in the commercial capital of India --- Mumbai. And who are the warring parties? They are the pharmaceutical industry of the country and the RDCA or the Retail & Dispensing Chemists Association. The latter is a member body of over 5,000 retail druggists & chemists spread across the count...

Clampdown On Fake Drugs Manufacturers In India – New Bill Enacte

The Central Government of India is planning to incorporate penal provisions under the Drugs and Cosmetics// (Amendment) Bill 2005 to make licensed drug manufacturers who are in the habit of designing or packing their products in such a look-alike manner a criminal act. Officials say the Bill attempts to bring in imitations or substitutes (look-alike) cases where a drug resembles another drug in s...

Drugs Manufacturers Capitalizing On The Surge In Demand For Bone Health Care

A recent survey based on an ageing population shows that bone health is set to become a major segment of the supplements and functional foods market. The lifetime risk for a woman to have an osteoporotic fracture// is 30-40 per cent and in men the risk is about 13 per cent. Yet the main natural product targeted at bone health, calcium supplements are entering a mature category, and a new report...

Karla: healthy beer as claimed by German manufacturers

Beer as it is, is a very popular drink in Europe and more so in Germany. Keeping with the trend beer manufacturers there have manufactured a healthy beer called karla //, which they claim has the power to calm the senses and also prevent cancer. The beer is made form herbs and also contains lecithin soya extract, folic acid and vitamins. It is also with a lower alcohol percenta...

Imprisonment for fake “baby milk” manufacturers in Chia

Two Chinese manufacturers who were making and selling inferior quality infant formulas have been imprisoned. This follows death of several children after being fed with this fake low nutritional quality milk//. According to official estimates, up to 200 babies after being fed the formula milk of little nutritional value suffered. The doctors diagnosed the condition as "big he...

Anti-smoking advertisements to be funded by Cigarette manufacturers

Anti-tobacco campaign is gearing up worldover, as the australian health minister has announced yesterday, that nicotine free gum will be provided to all patients visiting queensland// hospital as a reform to encourage people to quit smoking following which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has asked the cigarette manufacturers to sponsor anti-smoking advertising....

German Manufacturers Find a Solution for DVT

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when people sit in the same position for prolonged periods of time. It slows the circulation of blood causing clots in the legs//. The condition can be fatal if the clots detach and are carried to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. DVT which has long been associated with air travel. Hence the German manufacturers Aida came up with a solution called flip sea...

FDA cracks the whip on manufacturers of unapproved Cold Medicines

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to the manufacturers of unauthorized medicines for cough and cold which include the drug carbinoxamine. // The companies have been given time from 30 to 90 days by which time they should completely stop selling these medicines. The FDA announced that this drug is known to be unsafe for treating cough and cold in children yet is bein...

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

If you look at the promotional literature of most popular brands of infant formula milk, claims of it being an alternative to breast milk// is a definite read. These claims have been questioned by the Governments food standards agency, and have been termed ‘most misleading’ to new mothers. To enable the correct information to new mothers and mothers-to-be, many breast milk activist gro...

FDA Advises Manufacturers to Test Glycerin for Possible Contamination

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning pharmaceutical manufacturers, suppliers, drug repackers, and health professionals who compound medications to be especially vigilant in assuring that glycerin, a sweetener commonly used worldwide in liquid over-the-counter and prescription drug products, is not contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG). DEG is a known poison used in antifree...

US Supreme Court Could Protect Medical Equipment Manufacturers from Law Suits

From abortion to consumer rights, the conservatives-dominated US Supreme Court seems set to leave its mark, whatever could be the ultimate fate of President George W. Bush. It said on Monday that that it would hear an appeal raising the issue of whether the medical equipment manufacturers approved by the federal government may be sued under state law by patients injured by those device...

US FDA Wants Vitamin Manufacturers to Test All Ingredients

Dietary supplements pills, liquids or other products are a $22 billion industry in the US. But it is not exactly well-regulated. But now, addressing concerns over the ingredients that go into the making of these supplements, the Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is phasing in a new rule making for mandatory tests of all ingredients by the manufacturers themselves. <...

China Cracks the Whip Against Drug Manufacturers Who Fail Quality Norms

As reports of the allegedly substandard Chinese products make constant headlines in the western media, the emerging Asian giant has decided to crackdown. For starters it has suspended the sale of a drug used to treat acute leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis. In the past week alone, a former department head at the State Food and Drug Administration was sentenced to deat...