CDSCO bans OTC sale of topical medications containing hydroquinone from April 1, 2019 Meghna A Singhania12 March 2019 2:03 PM ISTHydroquinone is also added to the CDSCO OTC ban list after several cases have shown that its unchecked sale is leading to adverse effects on skin such...
Laurus Labs gets USFDA nod to Hydroxychloroquine tablets for treating malaria Farhat Nasim12 March 2019 12:01 PM ISTHydroxychloroquine tablet is also used, usually with other medications, to treat certain auto-immune diseases (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis) when other...
Pfizer biosimilar to Roche Herceptin wins USFDA nod Farhat Nasim12 March 2019 9:45 AM ISTThe approval for Pfizer comes nearly a year after the agency declined to approve the drug, Trazimera, and sought additional technical information. The...
USFDA approves use of Regeneron, Sanofi eczema drug Dupixent in adolescents Farhat Nasim12 March 2019 9:30 AM ISTDupixent was initially approved in 2017 and has since been launched in the United States as a treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe atopic...
Opioid litigation concerns weigh on pharmaceutical loan borrowers Garima12 March 2019 9:00 AM ISTNEW YORK: The opioid crisis came to the loan market last week, as the potential fallout from lawsuits weighed on manufacturers of the drugs cited as a...
Banks agree to one time settlement with Sterling Biotech with 65 percent haircut Garima11 March 2019 10:05 AM ISTMumbai: The lenders of Sterling Biotech Limited have agreed to a one-time settlement offer made by the promoters of the company and have decided to...
Unichem Labs Ghaziabad facility successfully completes USFDA inspection Farhat Nasim11 March 2019 9:45 AM ISTThe US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) conducted an inspection of the company's Ghaziabad facility from March 3-8, 2019, and it has been...
USFDA accepts Allergan license applications to expand Botox label Farhat Nasim11 March 2019 9:30 AM IST"The FDA's acceptance of Allergan's supplemental biologics license applications is a monumental milestone on our journey to bring new treatment...
Pharmaceutical firms request to delay opioid trial refused Farhat Nasim11 March 2019 9:15 AM ISTAttorneys for the drug companies say that they need more time to prepare for opioid trial and that they may appeal to the state Supreme Court. Purdue...
Dutch hospital join backlash at expensive medicines by making their own Farhat Nasim11 March 2019 9:00 AM IST"People with rare diseases are dependent on medicines that are so expensive that they can't afford them when they could be offered for a much lower...
Online pharmacy loses medicines worth Rs 11 lakh to theft Farhat Nasim10 March 2019 12:44 PM ISTBangalore: A shocking revelation comes for the one of the country's largest online pharmacy, Medlife International Private Limited as two of its...
Suven Life Sciences enters asset purchase agreement with Rising Pharma Garima10 March 2019 11:00 AM ISTSuven Life Sciences through its joint venture partner, Shore Suven Pharma, Inc has entered into a "stalking horse" asset purchase agreement to buy the...
