November 19th, 2008 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
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Melbourne, Nov 19 (ANI): Spider and silkworm silks are among the strongest natural fibres in existence and could hold the key to engineering healthy bone tissue and replacing damaged bone and ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, November 11 (ANI): A contact lens solution loses its anti-fungal properties when exposed to high temperatures, according to a new study.
Published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) might doubt some Indian pharmaceutical majors' quality parameters but Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has full faith in them ...
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November 4th, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): While hip resurfacing is considered to be the modern day alternative for total hip replacement, researchers at Rush University Medical Center have suggested that the procedure is ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 21 (ANI): Canada is set to ban baby bottles containing a widely used "gender-bending" chemical that may lead to birth defects in boys.
Health officials in the country have declared ...
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October 18th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Oct 18 (Xinhua) The Chinese manufactures of a herbal injectable recalled the entire product from the market after three patients died, the national drug safety watchdog said Saturday.The health ministry and ...
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October 6th, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 6 (ANI): A study by physicians from Cambridge Health Alliance and Hasbro Children''s Hospital has revealed that free prescription drug samples distributed to children may be unsafe.
The study is ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangkok, Sep 30 (DPA) Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found traces of melamine in 20 tonnes of milk powder imported from China, where at least four children have died from ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sept.26 (ANI): About 100 people, holding placards staged a protest in front of the White House on Thursday to get the attention of visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept.26 (ANI): European Union regulators on Thursday ordered rigorous testing of imports containing at least 15 percent milk powder after concluding that food containing tainted milk powder from China may ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 10:31 am ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
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Secretary-General of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Dr. Chatree Baanchuen (ชาตรี บานชื่น) recently issued an order to the FDA's food division to investigate suspicions made by the Singaporean Government that "White ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Tuesday said it has got the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval for the abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) to market generic ...
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September 18th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Sep 18 (Xinhua) The toll in China's contaminated baby food scandal has risen to four with the death of a baby in northwestern province of Xinjiang, provincial authorities said Thursday. The ...
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September 18th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Sep 18 (Xinhua) China Thursday sacked the mayor of the northern city of Shijiazhuang, the base of the company which marketed contaminated baby food that led to the death of three ...
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September 17th, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Drug maker Aurobindo Pharma Ltd Wednesday said it has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Abacavir sulfate tablets, ...
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September 17th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sept 17 (ANI): The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States has banned the import of 28 drugs made by Ranbaxy Laboratories, India''s giant generic drugs maker, due ...
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September 17th, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi/Mumbai/Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) Even as Ranbaxy Laboratories Wednesday said it regretted the US regulator banning the import of more than 30 of its generic medicines, the shares of India's largest ...
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September 16th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Women with recurrent ovarian cancer can be helped by giving an investigational drug in combination with chemotherapy, according to new results presented at the 33rd Congress of ...
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September 13th, 2008 - 10:53 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot
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Mars Petcare US, manufacturers of well-known pet food brands such as Pedigree Ol' Roy, announced on Sep 12 it is removing products from sale. MARS Petcare has issued a national recall of ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Drug manufacturer Sun Pharmaceuticals Friday said it had received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and sell generic alendronate sodium tablets for ...
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September 8th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 8 (IANS) A non-surgical procedure to treat heart ailments, which was being conducted at just one centre here for over a year, will now be offered at 10 more centres ...
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September 2nd, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Bangalore-based pharmaceutical firm Strides Arcolab Tuesday said two more of its drugs have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.With this, the total approvals ...
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August 24th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 24 (ANI): A cholesterol-lowering drug can raise the risk of cancer, suggests a new research.
Inegy is taken by thousands of people in the UK and the drug regulator is ...
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August 23rd, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 23 (ANI): A cholesterol-lowering drug can raise the risk of cancer, suggests a new research.
Inegy is taken by thousands of people in the UK and the drug regulator is ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Thursday dispatched letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss demanding that records be maintained of clinical ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): A drug that holds promise as a treatment for drug addiction, has been found to cause rapid weight loss in animals, according to a new study.
Vigabatrin, a ...
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August 20th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) The US has offered to help Pakistan establish a drug regulatory authority to ensure the availability of safe, efficacious and quality medicines.The offer came during a meeting here ...
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August 19th, 2008 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Melbourne, Aug 19 (ANI): In the wake of deaths and severe illness among US patients, Australian health authorities can upgrade warnings on Byetta a new diabetes drug that mimics a hormone ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) People who use monosodium glutamate or MSG to spice up their food are more likely to be overweight than others, though their physical activity and calorie intake are ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) Adverse reaction to antibiotics necessitates as many as 142,000 emergency department visits every year in the US alone, according to a study. "This number is an important reminder ...
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