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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...

Maharashtra Cracks Down On Fake Doctors

The Bombay High Court was notified on Wednesday by the State government that legal notices have been formally filed against 2,493 fake doctors //in the State of Maharashtra. Following a case of negligence, public interest litigation was filed against a fraudulent doctor by a Govandi resident, Mariappa Gangau. His pregnant wife had died following medical negligence while under the treatme...

China Cracks the Whip on Pharmaceutical Companies Involved in Bribery

China's Ministry of Health has embarked on a drive of ridding the pharmaceutical industry off corrupt practices. In a national effort, the ministry has ordered// the blacklisting of drug companies involved in bribery. The companies that are blacklisted will not be patronized by any medical institution, for a period of two years. The list would include companies that have been scrutin...

Slovenia Cracks Down on Smoking

Smoking will be banned in virtually all public places in Slovenia, and the sale of tobacco products to adolescents under 18 banned, under legislation adopted Friday by parliament. The new measures, which take effect in August, amend for a third time Slovenia's original anti-smoking law that was adopted in 1996. Smoking will be banned in all public places, except in smoking ro...

Courtney Love Cracks a Joke on Her anorexic Appearance

American rocker Courtney Love looked shockingly thin during her performance at Hiro Ballroom on July 12 in New York City, and even cracked a joke about her emaciated appearance. The former Hole singer stopped between songs and took a sip from a protein shake, then apologized to the crowd, saying that she "had to take care of my eating disorder." "I requested Ensure shak...

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...