Drug regulatory officials giving the nod for sale of Unapproved drug formulations in India
In a recent court hearing over nimesulide, a controversial non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug prescribed in India to treat // fever and pain the health ministry admitted that drug formulations unapproved by India’s drug regulatory agency and not evaluated for effectiveness are prescribed and sold across the country. Social Jurist, a group of lawyers in New Delhi had filed a public i...Health Canada Gave Access To Unapproved Drugs To AIDS/HIV Patients.
In Vancouver Health Canada gives access to the usage of two drugs in a rare medical trail. These drugs were necessary to help prevent men dying of AIDS. // They are anti-retroviral drugs which have been studied individually but there action together is not been reviewed. These drugs are unapproved for the usage in AIDS patient and hence their access is declined by the government. <br...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...Raids By US Marshals Uncovers Cache’ Of Unapproved Drug
US Marshals in a raid seize $55,000 worth of unapproved dietary supplements in the form of capsules.// It had been reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agency had requested for the raid. It was found that the Advantage Nutraceuticals L.L.C distributed the capsules. Sources have indicated that the seized capsules, which are supposedly in violation of new dru...Major Manufacturer of Unapproved and Adulterated Drugs
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 25, 2007-The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) announced the entry of a Consent Decree ofPermanent Injunction against PharmaFab Inc., its subsidiary, PFabLP, and two company officials, Mark Tengler, PharmaFab's president,and Russ McMahen, PFab's vice president of scientific affairs, tostop the illegal manufacture and distribution of prescription andover-the-cou...