'They are attacking my wife; they are attacking our 13-month-old daughter. They are saying that I do drugs.' 'I'm giving an open challenge to Mr Nawab Malik and Ms Sana Malik let's go to the labs and let's do the medical test of our family and your family.'
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.
Food and Drug Authority Ghana said in a statement that officials of Bliss GVS Pharma of India and Ghanaian drug maker Tobinco Pharmaceuticals have apologised to it for importing 'fake malaria medicine' to Ghana to treat malaria in children.
'A long-term investor with a 4 to 5 year horizon could invest in this theme via SIPs.'
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has commissioned a quality check on MDH and Everest products. This follows complaints that several popular spice mixes of the two leading brands contained traces of ethylene oxide more than the permissible levels, official sources said. This move by FSSAI comes after Hong Kong and Singapore recalled variants of the two masala majors' products in their countries.
Dinesh Thakur is famous for exposing Ranbaxy safety problems
Vaccine major Serum Institute of India on Tuesday said the approval for the COVID-19 vaccine 'Covovax' would strengthen immunization initiatives across India and various lower and middle income countries across the world.
In a statement, the state government alleged 'malicious attempts' to discourage the use of products lacking a halal certificate not only seek 'unfair financial benefits' but also form part of a 'pre-planned strategy to sow class hatred, create divisions in society, and weaken the country' by "anti-national elements".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', making him the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour.
The new regime aims to bring in ease of doing business, as the NITI Aayog has proposed to do away with the need to have manufacturing licences to register medical devices or to get a certificate of compliance.
The category is expected to cross Rs 38,400 crore by 2020.
The FDA Maharashtra on Friday lodged an FIR against Snapdeal.
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.
A new report says laws crimp Medicare's ability to control costs on cancer, leading to a 267% increase in drug spending over seven years
According to The New York Times, this move means that many highly vulnerable people will begin receiving the vaccine within days. It further called the authorisation by the FDA as a 'historic turning point' as the US death toll from the Wuhan-originated virus nears 300,000.
As many as 11 industry bodies related to food and pharma sectors on Thursday alleged that the food regulator FSSAI has become "den of corruption" and demanded a CBI inquiry into the functioning of the authority, which shot to limelight over the Maggi issue.
Earlier, Jaslok Hospital had issued an advisory to its doctors to avoid prescribing drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy.
Regulator's nod assumed more importance after the Maggi issue.
The company has received a Civil Investigative Demand from the US Department of Justice, Ranbaxy Laboratories said in a filing to the BSE.
To be called Central Drug Administration or National Drug Authority, it will have 10 sub-authorities to deal with areas like cosmetics, blood safety, medical equipment, etc.
In a minor reshuffle, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has taken over the charge of 11 new departments. As per a notification issued in Lucknow, agriculture, foreign trade, export and marketing have been taken away from Agriculture Minister Anand Singh. Akhilesh has been given additional charge of Food and Drug Authority, AYUSH, non-conventional energy sources, infrastructure, coordination, public enterprises, political pension, language, agriculture, foreign trade
Food and grocery a favourite category for e-commerce players.
The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government not to destroy gutka and pan masala packets seized by them pending hearing of petitions filed by several manufacturing companies challenging the ban on sale or manufacture of these tobacco products.
"We are responding to all queries from US FDA and will emerge as a stronger player in the world's biggest pharmaceutical market," Ranbaxy Chairman and Managing Director Malvinder Singh said. The US, which accounts for 20 per cent of Ranbaxy's $1.5-billion annual turnover, has an import restriction on 30 of its medicines by the US Food and Drugs Authority.
The bone of contention is product approvals, which pharma and neutraceuticals companies say cannot be re-introduced through the regulation route
The source of the synthetic drugs was Asia, especially India and China.
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.
Lupin will be launching the generic version of Yasmin, a brand of Bayer Healthcare.
Ash content is now allowed up to 1%, the new notification has proposed to increase it to 2% for seasonings or tastemakers.
The US president said that he has sought help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the sale of Hydroxychloroquine tablets ordered by the US to treat the growing number of coronavirus patients in his country, hours after India banned the export of the anti-malarial drug.
Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon.
Covovax is likely to be available on the portal in a few days at a price of Rs 225 per dose plus applicable GST.
Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Authority (FDA) says it has found excess lead in the Yippee noodles of domestic giant ITC.
Researchers have found that the smell of food could play an important role in how the body processes calories.
Business of retail, food and beverages at duty-free shops in India was estimated to have a potential of $3.5 billion by 2021.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday said Tihar authorities were 'lying' about specialist doctors examining Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, while his wife Sunita Kejriwal alleged that he was being denied insulin for diabetes as 'they want to kill' him.
Ranbaxy Laboratories is recalling 29,790 blister packs of anti-allergy drug in the US, manufactured by its arm Ohms Laboratories, due to defective packaging.
India's drug regulator has initiated a probe and sought further details from the WHO after the global health body issued an alert that cough syrups manufactured by an Indian firm could potentially be linked to the death of children in Gambia.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Authority has issued notice to Johnson and Johnson, as six products including baby shampoo and baby oil were found to have carcinogenic substances.
FDA had cancelled Ranbaxy's approvals to launch generic Nexium, Valcyte
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