United States Senator Jim Banks has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to step up inspections of overseas pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, expressing concern over poor-quality drugs being imported from countries like India and China.
In contrast to Trump's strong warnings, the FDA's current position remains more measured. In a recent letter to physicians, the agency stated that "a causal relationship has not been established" between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism, and acknowledged the existence of "contrary studies in the scientific literature."
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.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has directed Parle Exports, manufacturers of Bisleri bottled water, not to release the product in the market till further orders.
At present, the service charge for one unit (bag) of blood is Rs 850.
Pfizer can show the FDA approval to the Indian regulator and present a case that based on whatever data submitted, the US regulator has granted a full marketing nod, says Sohini Das.
More than 200 million Pfizer doses have been administered in the US, and hundreds of millions more worldwide, since December.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has ordered withdrawal of Amulspray from Mumbai with immediate effect.
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.
Acting swiftly on the controversy regarding illegal drug-coated stents, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has asked all stent manufacturers and importers to get valid licenses within the next two months from the Drugs Controller General of
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Adminstration has served a notice to Wipro for allegedly "misbranding and mislabelling" its baby oil.
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.
The worms were detected in Elferri capsules, manufactured by a Goan company. The FDA has initiated a probe.
A report was positive for the presence of two dead and one live insect, FDA Commissioner Uttam Khobargade said in Mumbai.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has issued a show cause notice to a Pune-based diversified group for putting 'objectionable' label in its bottled mineral water and seized water bottles worth Rs 245,000 from Aurangabad.
Maharashtra government on Friday decided to put a ban on Maggi noodles after some samples were found to contain lead above the permissible limit.
The Pfizer vaccine has already been approved for the public in the United Kingdom and, Canada.
The FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is slated to travel to India soon.
According to an official statement, the FDA has determined that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has met the statutory criteria for issuance of an emergency use authorisation (EUA).
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which works with one dose instead of two, got approval on Saturday, the third vaccine cleared in the country after emergency use authorisation (EUA) was given to two-dose shots from Pfizer and Moderna in December last year.
Illustrious international thinkers met at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2021 and many discussions addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world at large.
In April, Snapdeal had said it was delisting the drugs from its portal and was assisting the regulator in the investigation.
Flipkart, Amazon, too, under radar
Vice President Mike Pence said Trump had authorised a ban on entry of foreign nationals who travelled to Iran in the last 14 days. The United States also advised its citizens not to travel to parts of South Korea and Italy, from where reports of coronavirus have appeared.
Margaret A Hamburg, the first commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) to visit India officially, will meet heads of major domestic pharma companies such as Ranbaxy, Wockhardt, Cadila Healthcare and Lupin in New Delhi.
After Maggi, the sample of macroni pasta was taken from Mau and sent to National Food Analysis Laboratory.
The names of two Indian-Americans -- Seema Verma and Bobby Jindal -- have emerged as possible candidates.
Company is among the few companies in the sector getting pulled up by FDA for violations at its factories in India.
Altaf Ahmed Lal, country head of the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) in India, has quit and so have a few other key officials at the American drug regulator's India office.
Inspections only in domestic authorities' presence, visiting US drug regulator told
Whistle-blower Dinesh Thakur will speak on Made-in-India drugs at an event in Washington.
Even smaller companies like Torrent Pharma and Alembic file five to 10 ANDAs every year.
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