Glenmark said it along with its US-based partner has got the US health regulator's nod to manufacture and market two oxycodone products, used for treating moderate to severe pain, in the American market. The company's US arm, Glenmark Generics Inc and Lehigh Valley Technologies (LVT) have received US Food and Drug Administration nod for Oxycodone immediate release capsules, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
China has started producing five drugs that can be used in four different cocktails to treat AIDS patients, whose numbers are rising alarmingly.
"It has been decided that for approval of COVID-19 vaccines in India for restricted use in emergency situation which are already approved for restricted use by US Food Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency, UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency Japan or which are listed in WHO Emergency Use Listing and which are well established vaccines from the stand point that millions of individuals have already been vaccinated with the said vaccines, the requirement of conducting post approval bridging clinical trials and of testing every batch of vaccine by CDL, Kasauli can be exempted, if the vaccine batch/lot has been certified and released by National Control Laboratory of country of origin," it said.
A tiny dead snake was allegedly found in a packet distributed under the mid-day meal scheme meant for children aged between six months and three years at an anganwadi or a government-run nursery school in western Maharashtra's Sangli district, prompting the authorities to launch a probe.
Lupin Ltd received US Food & Drug Administration's approval for its abbreviated new drug application for Cefuroxime Axetil tablets.
"India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits," Trump said in a social media post on Monday.
The new US bio-terrorism law, which mandates prior registration of food suppliers with the USFDA, is likely to adversely affect the Indian food and marines exports, warns a leading non-government organisation EAN-India.
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Fosinopril Sodium and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets in 10 mg/12.5 mg and 20 mg/12.5 mg strengths
The government said it would amend the existing law, to provide for life imprisonment to offenders.
Pfizer Inc and its group companies filed a petition in a US court against Aurobindo Pharma Ltd and Dr Reddy's Laboratories alleging that the Indian drug-makers were planning separately to come out with generic versions of its blockbuster multi-billion dollar drug Ibrance (palbociclib) before expiration of its patent.
Indian drug firms like Marksans Pharma, Aurobindo Pharma, Zydus and Jubilant are recalling products in the US market, as per the latest enforcement report by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). While Marksans Pharma is recalling diabetes drug, Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) is recalling drug which is used to reduce stomach acid. Similarly, Aurobindo Pharma (USA) is recalling pain relieving drug, while Jubilant Cadista is recalling a medication used to treat schizophrenia.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Friday said that it has received the US Food and Drug Administration's nod to market a generic version of alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug, in the US market.
Whistle-blower Dinesh Thakur tells briefing on US Capitol Hill: 'One in five medicines manufactured and distributed in India are spurious.' Aziz Haniffa reports from Washington, DC.
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Lamivudine Tablets in 150 mg strength, the company announced on Saturday.
Earlier, Jaslok Hospital had issued an advisory to its doctors to avoid prescribing drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy.
Ranbaxy on Tuesday announced it had got final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to market its Metformin HC1 tablets for diabetes.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday said it has arrested Jaffer Sadiq, a Tamil Nadu-based alleged dealer of narcotics, in connection with an international drugs trafficking investigation case.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd today said it has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Glimepiride tablets of 1 mg, 2 mg, 4 mg and 8 mg.
Riluzole is indicated for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Tuesday said it had received approval from US Food and Drug Administration to market a semi synthetic cephalosporin Panixine DisperDose, a generic version of Ceph International Corp, Keflex.
The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has asked Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, the US subsidiary of Mumbai-based Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries, to withdraw many batches of its generic Metformin Hydrochloride tablets used for treating diabetes, citing efficacy and quality issues. According to a USFDA Class II withdrawal announced on March 19, Caraco will have to withdraw seven lots of Metformin Hydrochloride in bottles of 100, 500 and 1000 tablets each.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday said that it had received final approval from US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Ciprofloxacin.
The identification of host dependency factors mediating virus infection may provide key insights into effective molecular targets for developing broadly acting antiviral therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 and other deadly coronavirus strains, according to the researchers.
The company has launched the Decitabine for injection in the strength of 50 mg in the US market following approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration of Dr Reddy's abbreviated new drug applications, it said in a statement.
The FDA Maharashtra on Friday lodged an FIR against Snapdeal.
The company's US-based subsidiary Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc has launched its generic Rabeprazole Sodium delayed-release tablets, 20 mg in the American market after having received approval to market it from the US Food and Drug Administration, according to a statement by Lupin.
The company has received a Civil Investigative Demand from the US Department of Justice, Ranbaxy Laboratories said in a filing to the BSE.
A drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) may reverse the heart damage caused by a protein in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a study conducted in fruit flies and mice has found.
The drug controlling authority in Chhattisgarh on Thursday raided and sealed a unit of an antibiotic manufacturing company, whose product was used in sterilisation camps in Bilaspur district where 13 women died and several others fell ill.
Around 7.4 per cent of Indians aged 60 and above are affected by dementia. This number is expected to rise from the current 8.8 million to 17 million by 2036, marking a 97 per cent increase.
A vacation bench of Justices NJ Jamadar and Sharmila Deshmukh passed the decision on Wednesday while hearing a petition filed by the company challenging two orders of the state government.
FDA said as of now it has issued an emergency use authorisation to allow hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine products donated to the Strategic National Stockpile to be distributed.
Earlier in April, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries announced acquisition of Ranbaxy in an all-share deal.
One of the subsidiaries of Sun Pharma has executed a settlement agreement with Novartis, stipulating a dismissal of the lawsuits filed in the United States against the company regarding submission of an Abbreviated New Drug Application for a generic version of Gleevec, the Indian drug major said in a statement.