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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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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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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85 shops found selling prohibited drugs
June 17th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Eighty-five chemist shops in Delhi and Rajasthan, some of them based in hospitals, have been found selling prohibited drugs, the government said Friday.According to the ... 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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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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Endangered vultures may find breeding centre in Patna
April 9th, 2010 - 9:17 am ICT by IANS
Patna, April 9 (IANS) Endangered vultures may soon find a new nesting place with plans to start a breeding centre for the birds at a biological park here known for its success ... Read more...
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New treatment for spinal injuries awaits human trial nod
August 22nd, 2009 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 22 (IANS) A doctor and a bio-technologist from Kerala have come up with an alternative treatment for patients with critical spinal injuries and are now awaiting clearance from the Drug ... Read more...
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Bihar curbs medicine that kills vultures
July 31st, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 31 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to check the use of anti-inflammatory Diclofenac medicine in treatment of animals as the drug accumulates in the tissues of carcasses and is ... Read more...
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Man undergoing drug test dies in Andhra Pradesh
December 7th, 2008 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 7 (IANS) The police in Hyderabad are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man who volunteered for the clinical trial of a drug in a laboratory here.However, the pharma company, ... Read more...
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Venus Remedies gets nod for latest antibiotic drug
March 3rd, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has given a green signal to Punjab-based Venus Remedies Ltd for the launch of its latest antibiotic drug, which it says ... Read more...
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