CDSCO nod to CoSara Diagnostics for manufacturing COVID-19 test with two target genes Farhat Nasim27 Nov 2020 7:29 PM ISTThe Saragene test kit approved by the CDSCO uses the Company's patented CoPrimer technology and is based on a test originally designed by Co...
Opioid Crisis: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges Farhat Nasim26 Nov 2020 6:20 PM ISTPurdue Pharma acknowledged that it had not maintained an effective program to prevent prescription drugs from being diverted to the black market, even...
AIOCD asks chemists to ensure cold chain system for COVID vaccine storage, distribution Farhat Nasim25 Nov 2020 7:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Chemist body, All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) recently wrote to all its members, asking them to ensure that their...
Russian Covid vaccine Sputnik V claimed to be 95 percent effective MD Bureau24 Nov 2020 5:16 PM ISTAnd based on data obtained 28 days after administering the first dose, seven days after the second dose, the efficacy of the Sputnik V vaccine was...
Dapagliflozin NOT off Patent, says AstraZeneca Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Nov 2020 3:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: The arrival of SGLT-2 inhibitors or Glifozins, has brought a major change in the management of Diabetes in the past decade. Numerous pharma...
USFDA calls for Advisory Committee Meeting on December 10 to discuss Pfizer Covid Vaccine approval Ruchika Sharma22 Nov 2020 10:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC)...
Baby Powder Case: Johnson and Johnson directed to pay over Rs 889 crore for damages in NY Ruchika Sharma21 Nov 2020 3:29 PM ISTJustice Gerald Lebovits of the state supreme court in Manhattan reduced the payout from the USD 325 million that a jury awarded Donna Olson, 67, and...
Antiviral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat Covid patients, warns WHO MD Bureau20 Nov 2020 1:15 PM ISTGeneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned that the antiviral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat Covid-19 patients no...
Govt mulls strategy to procure Pfizer Covid vaccine despite cold storage challenges Farhat Nasim19 Nov 2020 5:28 PM ISTThe arrangement of cold chains for storing the vaccine developed by Pfizer at a low temperature of minus 70 degrees Celsius is a big challenge and it...
COVID antibody test in 10 mins: Cipla launches Covi-G for COVID-19 rapid antibody detection Ruchika Sharma18 Nov 2020 3:02 PM ISTMumbai: Drug major, Cipla Limited, today announced that the company signed a licensing agreement with a Belgium- based firm, Multi G for the...
Pfizer pulls Dr Reddys, Aurobindo Pharma to US court over blockbuster cancer drug Ibrance Ruchika Sharma17 Nov 2020 5:54 PM ISTPfizer in its petition stated that Aurobindo Pharma and Dr Reddys have submitted ANDA to the USFDA seeking approval to engage in commercial...
Sanofi claims its Covid vaccine will not need supercooling, can be kept in fridge Farhat Nasim16 Nov 2020 5:57 PM ISTThe Pfizer vaccine is "a little more advanced" in the development process, said Bogillot, France Chief of Sanofi, but "one laboratory is not going to...
