In a major boost to Ranbaxy Laboratories' exports to developed countries, the United States has approved marketing of flecainide acetate tablets in the country.
Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar was given the finance and planning portfolio on Friday, nearly two weeks after he broke away from the original party and took oath as Maharashtra's deputy chief minister.
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In a setback to pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, the US drug regulator USFDA has directed the company to recall as many as 7.32 crore (73.2 million) Gabapentin tablets of 600 and 800 mg strengths.
Maggi has also come on the radar of US Food and Drug Administration.
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received tentative approval form the Food & Drug Administration USA for manufacturing and marketing Fluconazole tablets
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Indian drugmaker Morepen Laboratories Ltd has filed an international patent for the manufacturing process of Desloratadine, the Bombay Stock Exchange said on Wednesday.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Friday said it had received the United States Food and Drug Administration approval to manufacture and market Metformin HCL oral solution, a drug used by the diabetic patients.
The tablets are bio equivalent generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Requip XL tablets
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Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Tuesday launched its approved generic formulation of Clarithromycin immediate release tablets in the US market.
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Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to market an oral suspension form of Warner Chilcott's Duricef antibiotic, the Bombay Stock Exchange
On Oct 14, the Maharashtra unit of FDA had ordered recall of entire stock of Kachha Mango Bite from the marketplace.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Monday said it has received final approval from the United States Food and Drugs Administration to manufacture and market Amoxicillin and Clavulnate Potassium tablets, a generic version of GlaxoSmithkline's Augmentin.
A study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has observed that COVID-19 vaccination did not increase the risk of unexplained sudden death among young adults in India, the government informed Parliament on Friday.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has released a draft procedure that calls for testing pilots, other aviation personnel and crew members for psychoactive substances before they take to the skies. The Indian civil aviation regulator has sought comments from stakeholders over the next 30 days before issuing a regulation to this effect. Asking airlines and airports to do random checks on crew and air traffic controllers, DGCA proposed that violators be suspended for a minimum of three years or their licence be permanently cancelled as maximum punishment.
The regulator has given the company 15 days to take corrective measures and report back to it.
Daiichi alleged that Singh brothers had concealed and misrepresented critical information concerning US Food and Drug Administration and Department of Justice investigations into Ranbaxy
In a setback that could potentially delay the launch of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin in USA, the Food and Drug Administration there has "recommended" Ocugen Inc, the US partner of the Indian vaccine maker, to go for Biologics Licence Application (BLA) route with additional data, nixing hopes of Emergency Use Authorisation.
Ranbaxy has also agreed to relinquish any 180-day marketing exclusivity that it might have for three pending generic drug applications.
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The Food and Drug Administration said its decision is based on new information, including clinical trial data results, that have led it to conclude that the drugs may not be effective to treat COVID-19 and that its potential benefits for such use do not outweigh its known and potential risks.
As the pandemic spreads and the urgency for effective treatment of COVID-19 mounts, several countries, including the US, have started relying heavily on HCQ, majorly used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatoid-arthritis.
In fresh troubles for Nestle over safety standards of its famous Maggi noodle brand, the Uttrakhand Food Safety Department has collected samples of the 'two-minute' noodles from the company's Pantanagar plant and other places in the state.
With all major US export-oriented drug manufacturing plants in the country up for inspection in 2022, some estimates peg that at least 20-30 per cent of the new product launches lined up for the US will be subject to on-site inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). The last two years saw limited physical inspections due to travel restrictions during the pandemic. "Pre-Covid, the frequency and number of inspections of manufacturing plants in India by USFDA had increased significantly," analysts from ICICI Securities Research noted. "With growing ANDA filings, especially for complex products. "We expect this trend to return with the environment normalising," analysts from ICICI Securities Research noted.
The letter mentions certain cGMP violation based on site inspections conducted between July and August 2009.
Charging the multinational companies with making several drugs beyond the reach of the poor, visiting Commerce Minister Anand Sharma today asserted it is the Indian generics which have challenged such a "suffocating stranglehold" and made the medicines affordable.
He said law enforcement agencies are cracking down on those involved in recruitment for terrorist groups as well as narcotic dealers and smugglers.
Joint Commissioner, Food and Drugs Administration, Pune, had suspended license for its for plants at Ranjangaon and Taregaon after an inspection in May 2009 found that company was using some ingredients which were past their "best before" date.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited announced on Thursday that the United States Food and Drug Administration has issued final approval for the company's abbreviated New Drug Application for Ciprofloxacin tablets 100 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg and 750 mg.
Biotech major Biocon will file an application with the US Federal Drug Administration to begin clinical trials for oral insulin, which, it says, would be the world's first insulin that could be consumed orally.
Normalcy returned to the city, recently renamed as 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar', even as the government deployed five companies of the State Reserve Police Force as a precaution.
The US market for the drug is pegged at $1 billion. Cipla has been selling the product in the European market. It had won a similar case in the UK against GSK a couple of years ago.
