In 2013, Daiichi had launched the arbitration proceedings in Singapore.
After Maggi, the sample of macroni pasta was taken from Mau and sent to National Food Analysis Laboratory.
The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration has initiated action against manufacturers of medicines and instruments, newspapers, TV channels and cable operators making outrageous claims through advertisements.
There are also lingering concerns over the culture of misuse of pharmaceutical products in India, which has, in the past, led to other drugs becoming increasingly ineffective.
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.
Work to begin after that on corrective measures to meet US regulator's requirements.
Regulator says fee would enable it to quicken approval process.
USFDA has extended the timeline for granting tentative approval to generic drug applications filed under Para IV of its rules by 10 months.
Expectations of strong results, consistent performance and investors preference for stocks in the defensive space help the sector outshine broader markets.
The ICMR has approved over 200 labs (both public and private) for COVID-19 testing through-PCR machines.
The new test it will enable rapid testing amongst more people easily.
In 2012, drugs worth $35 billion went off-patent in the US, while the market size of drugs which will see patent expiry in 2013 will halve to $17 billion.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna's announcement comes just a week after Pfizer and Biontech said their COVID-19 vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90 per cent effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants.
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Import alert on unit-6 facility might be lifted by FDA by Sept.
Once tipped to emerge as the biggest exporter, the pharmaceutical industry is yet to acquire the scale of those in software services, says Krishna Kant.
'India is too large a place to have just 10 labs performing these Covid-19 tests.'
USFDA consent decree reveals that firm will have to forego huge short-term opportunities for its generics.
Cipla is recalling the drug for failed impurities and degradation specifications.
Pfizer and BioNTech said they have concluded phase 3 study of their mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2, meeting all primary efficacy endpoints.
Mylan had sued the United States Food and Drugs Administration for providing the exclusive right to Ranbaxy, alleging the permission was given on the basis of 'falsified data'.
At present, the service charge for one unit (bag) of blood is Rs 850.
A global policy would reward firms which strive for higher quality.
Ranbaxy's hope of a windfall from the $7-billion Lipitor market in the US is shining again. The US Food and Drugs Administration (USFDA) has taken a strong stance against US-based Mylan, which had opposed FDA's decision to allow approval to Ranbaxy's generic version of Lipitor.
The company has sought the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s approval to market a generic version of Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), said Gilead Sciences, the US company that owns the Tamiflu patent. Natco officials declined to comment on the development.
'The obvious opportunity is biosimilars, which are simpler but more expensive,' says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder of Biocon.
He said action was akin to holding highway builders responsible for lane violations
Takeda had filed a case of patent infringement in response to Zydus' abbreviated new drug application.
But the newer entrants prove nimbler than the slowing pioneers.
Generic drugmakers cannot be sued under state law for adverse reactions to their products.
The western world had largely considered India to be a production hub, and also, a good potential geography for clinical trials, and a big market. But in Covid-19 research, Indian companies and government researchers are also researching new drug candidates and potential vaccines, says Prosenjit Datta.
Pharma major Wockhardt on Wednesday said it has launched Tamsulosin capsules, indicated for problem of prostate enlargement, in the US market on the day one of the expiry of patent covering the drug.
GSK is continuing with investigations into the potential source of the NDMA, which is a known environmental contaminant and found in water and foods, including meats, dairy products, and vegetables.
The rap from both the US and UK drug regulators, including the latest one from the latter, has hit the scrip.
Heating plastic containers in the microwave releases chemicals that can cause cancer, obesity and infertility.
Cuomo said he will issue an executive order requiring all people in New York to wear a mask in public and the order will go into effect on April 17.
The United States Food and Drugs Administration has granted Ranbaxy Laboratories a tentative approval to market a generic form of Bristol-Myers' anti-depressant Serzone, US FDA's web site said.
Earlier last month US FDA officials had seized drug products manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceutical at its Michigan facilities in Detroit, Farmington Hills, and Wixom, alleging violation in good manufacturing practice.
Reduction in customs duty on certain bulk drugs used in making life saving drugs to 5% is a positive for companies having product pipeline catering to these segments.
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