UK authorizes Pfizer vaccine for emergency use
Pfizer and BioNTech say they’ve won permission Wednesday for emergency use of their Covid-19 vaccine in Britain, the world’s first coronavirus shot that’s backed by rigorous science — and a major step toward eventually ending…
UK orders health service to be ready for vaccine by December
LONDON: The British government has asked the National Health Service to be ready to deploy any COVID vaccine from the start of December and it will then roll it out, starting with the most…
Balance wanting low prices for generics but also wanting enough competitors in the market.
The Indian pharmaceutical industry has become almost synonymous with the US regulatory authorities. The Indian firms that have slowly expanded their market share in the generics segment have been facing…
343 FDCs should continue banned as they expose Patients To health risks
An expert panel team appointed by the government has recommended the continuation of the ban on 343 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs. The expert sub-committee of the Drugs Technical Advisory Board…
Drug Manufacturers Report Panic for Buying Oxytocin by Hospitals
Due to the ban on the crucial hormone Oxytocin, that is mainly used for pregnant women for the induction of labor and stall postpartum bleeding, hospitals are in the panic…
‘The Pfizer IIT-Delhi Innovation and IP Program’ announces first round of grant awardees
New Delhi (Medicare News): ‘The Pfizer IIT-Delhi Innovation and IP Program’, an incubation accelerator initiative co-created by Pfizer and the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at the Indian…
Delhi HC questions government’s decision; drug ban saga continues
New Delhi :- Pfizer’s cough syrup Corex, which had received a ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from DCGI in 1995, was brought up as an example during the proceedings. The Delhi…