Safe And Effective: US Panel Endorses Emergency Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
New Delhi: After a marathon 9-hour debate on safety and efficacy data, a panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has endorsed emergency use approval of…
FDA Pune Cracks Whip On Shops Flouting Mask Price Cap
Pune : The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pune, has cracked the whip on 28 retail medical shops in the district for overcharging buyers for the protective face masks in…
Warnings Of Youth Suicidal Behaviors From The FDA Were Followed By Increased Deaths By Suicide
Boston : Deaths by suicide have increased among the young following advisories by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These findings, from an interrupted time series study, were published in Psychiatric Research…
Lapatinib Tablets Launched by LUPIN
Lapatinib Tablets, 250 mg, has been announced by pharma giant LUPIN after its alliance with Natco Pharma which received final approval for its ANDA from the United States Food and…
MRP Rs. 630 on 500 ml sanitizer, FIR lodged under EC Act: FDA Haryana
A FIR has been lodged by Officer of FDA Haryana at Hisar, Haryana under Essential Commodities Act (EC Act) for fixing MRP 630/- on 500 ml bottle of Sanitizer amid…
Alembic Pharma Receives Four Observations From U.S. FDA For Panelav Facility
Earlier on Monday, U.S. health regulator has conducted an inspection at it Panelav facility in Gujarat and issued Form 483 with four procedural observations according to Alembic Pharmaceuticals. “The U.S.…
DNA tags allow on-dose authentication of meds
Scientists from the King’s College London in collaboration with Dubai Police and Applied DNA Sciences who supplied DNA tags conducted a study and found DNA tags that were mixed to…
Maharashtra Directorate of Health Services ban Ranitidine use in govt hospitals until further notice
In India, over 180 products based on ranitidine are sold by various leading drug makers with market size of about Rs 750 crore. Ranitidine, an old molecule, is prescribed for intestinal…
Zantac has low levels of cancer-causing chemical, FDA warns
New Delhi: The US Food and Drug Administration has alerted about a drug, sold in India and elsewhere to treat stomach pain and heartburn, that contains low-levels of cancer-causing substances.…
End of ENDS is near; Ban on E-cigarette in India a fait accompli
New Delhi: The ban on E- cigarette is imminent in India. ICMR’s White Paper recommending ban has proved last nail in the coffin of ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems). In…
