The number of dollar billionaires in India has risen to 55 this year from 46 last year.
Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd said on Wednesday it has filed with the US Food and Drug Administration to market a generic version of Aventis Pharmaceuticals' anti-allergy drug Allegra.
The US Department of Health and Human Services has decided to employ 10 full-time officials in Delhi -- a country director, four drug inspectors, two senior technical experts in medicines, two technical experts in medical devices and one from the food sector. 'The purpose of the appointment is to help develop food and medical product regulations and agencies improve product safety and conduct inspections in a more timely manner,' said Christopher Kelly, press officer, USFDA.
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday it has received US Food and Drug Administration's approval for manufacturing and marketing cardiovascular drug -- Atenolol tablets in the US.
India's drug regulator Drugs Controller General of India has granted permission to Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Cipla to import Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for restricted emergency use in the country, official sources said on Tuesday.
Its factory in Chikalthana in western India was last month hit by the British drug regulator's curb on imports from the plant over manufacturing deficiencies.
After discussion with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the companies recently elected to drop the 32-case interim analysis and conduct the first interim analysis at a minimum of 62 cases, the statement said.
The police officials said all the five accused will have to undergo the polygraph test, while Sagar and Manoranjan will have to undergo additional naro-analysis and brain mapping tests.
With an increasing number of people from the Indian-American community playing a significant role in US elections, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said there is a realisation among them that "if you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu -- that is why they are voting and running for office in large numbers".
Post Ranbaxy episode, domestic pharma companies may face frequent inspections and deeper scrutiny.
Wockhardt might be headed for another crisis, as it has come under the scanner of US health regulator.
Ranbaxy Laboratories, in a release issued to the BSE on Thursday, said the US Food and Drug Administration has granted the company permission to market DisperMox (amoxicillin tablets for oral suspension - 200mg and 400mg).\n\n
Sameer Kamath, a US citizen, was found dead in the woods on February 5 at approximately 5pm in NICHES Land Trust - Crow's Grove in Williamsport, Indiana.
Indian drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories has got the US Food and Drug Administration nod for the manufacture and sale of Ofloxacin tablets.
The central government is importing COVID-19 vaccines and is in talks with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday said it had received Abbreviated New Drug Application approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Loratidine
The Maharashtra State Chemists and Druggists Association has called for a three-day token strike from October 16-18, to protest alleged harassment by the Food and Drugs Administration officials.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Friday said it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market multiple dosages of anti-diabetes drug Glimepiride tablets.
According to the TMZ website, the multi-millionaire hotel owner was arrested on April 2 at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials found an "arsenal of drugs", including cocaine, weed, heroin and various prescription pills hidden on his person and in his bag.
Wockhardt Ltd said on Tuesday it has got US Food and Drug Administration's approval to market painkiller tablets containing a combination of Dextropropoxyphene napsylate and Acetaminophen in the US market.
These brands belong to about 320 drugs of leading Indian pharmaceutical companies. The Drug Controller General of India's (DCGI's) office feels that these have been launched without its approval.
All medicines that have USFDA approvals continue to be produced in the Poanta Sahib facility. The USFDA has not given any approval for new drugs as they have some concerns. We are addressing them, Malvinder Singh said.
The 2008 deal agreement contains provisions of arbitration to be held in that country.
In a shocker, the US Food and Drug Administration has discovered the presence of mice, ants and cockroaches in food served on airlines in the country.
Through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Show '20/20' obtained lists of recent health violation records from the FDA, the agency in charge of inspecting airlines and their outside food caterers.
A popular energy drink, produced by a company founded by an Indian-American billionaire, has come under the scanner in the United States after reports of 13 deaths possibly linked to the energy shots.
The company has already received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration for marketing clarithromycin tablets.
Company is among the few companies in the sector getting pulled up by FDA for violations at its factories in India.
The FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is slated to travel to India soon.
Drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories could suffer a potential revenue loss to the tune of Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) due to delay in receiving approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for generic version of GSK's anti-migraine medicine Imitrex, according to analysts.
Drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories has filed an application with the US Food and Drug Administration to market a generic form of Eli Lilly's schizophrenia drug Olanzapine in the US
Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories said on Thursday it had filed an application with the US Food and Drug Administration to market a generic form of GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran.\n\n
Quoting officials, The Washington Post said, the foiled assassination was part of an escalating campaign of aggression by RAW against the Indian diaspora in Asia, Europe and North America.
The Bihar Police's Economic Offences Unit, which is probing the alleged National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG) paper leak case, on Saturday claimed to have obtained reference question papers of the test conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) and planned to compare these with documents recovered from a flat in Patna during a search operation last month.
In a major boost to Ranbaxy Laboratories' exports to developed countries, the United States has approved marketing of flecainide acetate tablets in the country.
