Alembic Pharma gets USFDA nod for anti-influenza drug supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jun 2017 11:29 AM ISTNew Delhi : Drug firm Alembic Pharmaceuticals has received US health regulators nod for Amantadine Hydrochloride capsules used to treat symptoms of...
FDA approves first subcutaneous C1 Esterase Inhibitor to treat rare genetic disease Ruby Khatun Khatun26 Jun 2017 9:16 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Haegarda, the first C1 Esterase Inhibitor (Human) for subcutaneous (under the skin) administration to...
FDA approves more convenient form of Roche blood cancer drug Ruby Khatun Khatun25 Jun 2017 11:16 AM ISTU.S. health regulators on Thursday approved a new formulation of Roche's big-selling cancer drug Rituxan for three common types of blood cancers that...
Substandard: Nepal drugs watchdog asks Patanjali to recall six medicines Ruby Khatun Khatun25 Jun 2017 9:20 AM ISTKathmandu: Nepal's drugs watchdog has asked Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda to recall six Ayurvedic medicines after they were found to be of "substandard...
US ruling threatens massive talc litigation against Johnson & Johnson Ruby Khatun Khatun25 Jun 2017 9:17 AM ISTJohnson & Johnson is seizing upon a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from Monday limiting where injury lawsuits can be filed to fight off claims it...
Novo Nordisk says obesity drug helps up to 13.8 percent weight loss in phase 2 trial supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jun 2017 9:13 AM ISTDanish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said a phase 2 trial for its big hope in tackling obesity, an improved GLP-1 drug called semaglutide, showed a weight...
Novartis breast cancer drug Kisqali wins European panel backing supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jun 2017 9:11 AM ISTZurich : A European Medicines Agency (EMA) panel recommended approving Novartis's Kisqali drug, bolstering the Swiss drugmaker's bid to challenge...
Novartis eye drug works with fewer injections than rival Ruby Khatun Khatun24 Jun 2017 12:03 PM ISTZURICH: A Novartis drug to treat a leading cause of vision loss in people over 65 does not need to be injected as frequently as a rival medicine from...
Natco Pharma CEO Donates Rs 15 Crore to L V Prasad Eye Institute for children eye care Ruby Khatun Khatun24 Jun 2017 11:27 AM ISTHyderabad: Mr Rajeev Nannapaneni, Vice Chairman and CEO, Natco Pharma Limited, donated 1.5 lakh shares valued at Rs 15 crores to Hyderabad Eye...
Vaccines can be blamed for illnesses without proof, holds EU top court Ruby Khatun Khatun24 Jun 2017 11:19 AM ISTLondon: The highest court of the European Union ruled that courts can consider whether a vaccination led to someone developing an illness even when...
EU backs second biosimilar copy of Humira, world's top drug supriya kashyap kashyap24 Jun 2017 9:11 AM ISTEuropean regulators have recommended approval of a second copy of AbbVie's rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira, the world's top-selling medicine, in a...
FDA moves to prevent Pharma from gaming generic drug system Ruby Khatun Khatun24 Jun 2017 9:03 AM ISTWASHINGTON: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved on Wednesday to prevent pharmaceutical companies from "gaming" the system to block or...
