Manufacturing

Indian Pharmaceutical Industries Stops Manufacturing And Sale Of Valdecoxib

Indian Pharmaceuticals companies Glenmark pharma and Nicholas Piramal has withdrawn their drug Valdecoxib from the Indian market after USFDA ban the sale of Valdecoxib formulation products and the recent notification issued by // the health ministry of the government of India asking the pharma companies to stop selling and production of Valdecoxib. Ranbaxy as already withdrew the drug from the ma...

South Africa May Start Manufacturing Bird Flu Vaccines

The Director of Biovac Institute in Cape Town said that the company is conducting various studies to start producing bird flu vaccine as the chances of bird flu //pandemic is high worldwide which may lead to a high shortage of vaccines and anti-flu drugs for treating infected people in South Africa. The South African authorities feel that they have to manufacture their own bird flu va...

Medical LINAC Machine Manufacturing Unit At Khargar

India will have its first manufacturing facility for the Medical Linear Accelerator (LINAC) here under the Jai Vigyan Mission// of Department of Information Technology (DIT). The Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), an autonomous institute under DIT which pioneered the development of an indigenous Medical LINAC, will construct the manufacturing...

Aurobindo Pharma Purchases US Manufacturing Facility

The Hyderabad-based Aurobindo Pharma Ltd today said it has acquired a USFDA compliant manufacturing facility in Dayton, New Jersey//. The facility, spread over 20 acres of freehold land, will serve as the company's US head quarters, it informed the stock exchanges. "This purchase reinforces Aurobindo's commitment to serve US market in an effective manner," Ramprasad Reddy, C...

The Living Cell – Manufacturing, Protecting and Thrivin

A cell is a reservoir of proteins and performs the role of manufacture and supply of proteins. The ‘director’ behind the scene is none other than the cell nucleus//, which houses the DNA, and enables the plan of what needs to be built. If a particular protein is to be manufactured, the command is reproduced verbatim in the nucleus. The nucleus consists of the RNA, a DNA like substance, and is car...

FDAs Gesture for Firm Manufacturing Drug for Cushings Syndrome

Patients suffering from Cushings Syndrome can breathe a bit easily now. The US drug manufacturers Corcept Therapeutics has received orphan drug status for its Corlux from the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.). Cushing's Syndrome is a disorder caused by prolonged exposure of the body's tissues to high levels of the hormone cortisol. Symptoms vary, but most people...