Stay on cancer drug licence may harm public: Natco Pharma
September 5th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 4 (IANS) Public interest would be seriously affected if the order of compulsory licence issued in favour of Natco Pharma Ltd to make and sell the cancer drug ... Read more...
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Public not to be hit if Natco Pharma licence cancelled: Bayer
September 3rd, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) The cancellation of a compulsory licence to Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma Ltd to make and sell the generic equivalent of cancer drug Nexavar will not impact public ... Read more...
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Number of women in Cuban government posts increasing
August 24th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Aug 24 (IANS/EFE) The number of women serving in government posts increased in the past two years in Cuba, where females now hold around 45 percent of the seats ... Read more...
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Cancer drug: Natco Pharma told to file reply by Aug 25
August 21st, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 21 (IANS) The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) Tuesday asked the Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma to reply by Aug 25 on Bayer Corp's plea against the issuance of licence ... Read more...
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Controller clears clot-buster drug for human trial
August 17th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has cleared a bio-therapeutic clot-buster drug for phase-one human clinical trials, a statement said Friday.The drug, earlier licensed ... Read more...
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GVK Bio’s Ahmedabad facility cleared by USFDA
July 30th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) GVK Biosciences, Asia's leading contract research organisation Monday announced that its Ahmedabad clinical pharmacology unit successfully cleared the USFDA audit.The GVK BIO Ahmedabad facility, commissioned in ... Read more...
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Remove non-tariff barriers in pharma sector: India
July 3rd, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The government will raise at various international fora the issue of non-tariff barriers imposed by the US and European countries on the import of Indian ... Read more...
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Panel to look into irregularities in drug trials
May 11th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) After a report from a parliamentary standing committee pointed out huge irregularities in the functioning of the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO), Health Minister ... Read more...
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Ranbaxy boosts presence in Africa with malaria drug
May 11th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Accra (Ghana), May 11 (IANS) Leading Indian drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories has boosted its presence in the emerging market of Africa, introducing its new malaria-fighting drug Synriam and setting up ... Read more...
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Health ministry probing irregularities in drug trials (Lead)
May 10th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The health ministry Thursday said it has "already taken several steps" to plug loopholes in the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation, which has been pulled ... Read more...
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House panel finds huge irregularities in drug trials
May 10th, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Huge irregularities have surfaced in the functioning of Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO), with a parliamentary panel pointing out that at least 33 drugs ... Read more...
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NHRC seeks response on unauthorised drug trial
March 19th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission has asked the union health ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government to respond within six weeks on its demand for ... Read more...
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Cuba battles corruption
February 21st, 2012 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Feb 21 (IANS/EFE) Control, prevention and participation by the community are "essential" in Cuba's battle against corruption and indiscipline in state corporations, the Communist-ruled island's controller general said."The job ... Read more...
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SC issues notice to government on clinical trials (Lead)
February 6th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking investigation into illegal and unethical clinical trials of new drugs which ... Read more...
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‘Illegal drug trials central government’s responsibility’
January 6th, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 5 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government, criticised for imposing meagre fines on doctors involved illegal drug trial in Indore, Thursday sought to defend itself, saying that drug trials ... Read more...
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Raul Castro vows battle against corruption
December 24th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Dec 24 (IANS/EFE) Cuban President Raul Castro warned that there was "no thinking twice about the battle against crime and corruption" and urged his government to be "implacable" in ... Read more...
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Chandigarh lab, northeast varsity work on cancer detector
December 1st, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 1 (IANS) Chandigarh-based Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has come forward to collaborate with the North-Eastern Hills University (NEHU) for research to develop a novel blood-based cancer biomarker for early ... Read more...
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New e-payment system will bring down corruption: Pranab
October 31st, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) A new electronic payment system, inaugurated Monday, will usher in transparency in the way ministries and various government departments pay their vendors and financial ... Read more...
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Monitor cases treated for using fake drugs: Kalam
October 3rd, 2011 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Public and private sector hospitals should report to the health ministry the number of patients who seek treatment for adverse effects of spurious medicines, former ... Read more...
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Just 66 drug inspectors for 1.2 billion people in India
August 24th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) India has only 66 inspectors to monitor the quality of pharmaceutical products in the country of over 1.2 billion people - raising questions about the ... Read more...
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Government hospitals may run short of DPT vaccine
August 21st, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh), Aug 20 (IANS) Government hospitals in India are likely to face shortage of the DPT (diphtheria pertussis tetanus) vaccine as the state-run Central Research Institute (CRI) here ... Read more...
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20-minute treatment for blood pressure on the anvil
August 14th, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Soon, patients suffering from high blood pressure will be able to get long-term treatment for the lifestyle-related disorder in a span of 20 minutes, experts ... Read more...
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NHRC slams health ministry for drug trial deaths
August 12th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday slammed the health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the loss of hundreds of ... Read more...
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22 people died during clinical trials
August 9th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Twenty-two people died during clinical trials last year, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday, adding that their families had been paid compensation.The minister said ... Read more...
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Demand to designate Goa port as pharma export zone
August 2nd, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 2 (IANS) The Rs.6,500 crore pharmaceutical industry in Goa will stand to benefit by millions of rupees if Mormugao is scheduled as a designated port for exports of ... Read more...
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Four NIS officials removed, NADA to test food supplements (Lead)
July 6th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala/New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) A day after Sports Minister Ajay Maken vowed to clean up the system in the wake of the doping scandal, heads have started rolling. The ... Read more...
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Clinical drug trial centres in Andhra to be probed
June 25th, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) After reports surfaced of a pharma company using poor women as guinea pigs for unauthorised drug trials in Andhra Pradesh, the Drugs Controller General ... Read more...
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Rights panel to probe alleged drug trials on women
June 21st, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Taking action on an alleged case of unauthorised drug trials on women in Andhra Pradesh, the country's apex human rights body has deputed a team ... Read more...
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Panel report on HPV vaccine trials slammed
May 9th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The panel report on the clinical trial of the cervical cancer vaccine drive in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, which left seven tribal girls dead, was ... Read more...
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Task force to strengthen Indian pharma industry
March 15th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A 12-member task force that will evolve strategies for making India a hub for drug discovery and research was set up under the chairmanship of ... Read more...
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37,000 applications for patent in India this fiscal
March 12th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The total number of applications for patent in India, which was 34,000 last fiscal, stood at 37,000 in this financial year, a top government official said ... Read more...
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Unethical drug trials caused death of 10 gas victims: Rights groups
February 10th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 10 (IANS) An RTI query has revealed that at least 10 people have died at the Bhopal Memorial Hospital - meant for the treatment of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims ... Read more...
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Oral Cholera Vaccine trial successfully completed in Kochi
December 18th, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by ANI
By Sankha GhoshKolkata, Dec.18 (ANI): The National Institute for Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) has successfully completed the trial of an Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) here on Saturday.In 2006, the NICED reformulated ... Read more...
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Swine flu immunity just a sniff away
July 20th, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20(IANS) As swine flu again rears its head in some parts of the country, the second indigenous vaccine against the virus was launched here Tuesday.
The vaccine, manufactured by the ... Read more...
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States’ response on medical equipment bill awaited
June 11th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) A bill for regulating medical equipment has been sent to the state governments for consultations and the centre is awaiting their response, Minister of State for Health ... Read more...
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