400 killed and 1,700 wounded as medical aid crosses through Rafah
First Published:آ Januaryآ 1,آ 2009
RAFAH: As Israeli unmanned reconnaissance drones hovered over what appeared to be Egyptian airspace on Thursday near Rafah, trucks from Egypt crossed over carrying much-needed medical supplies to the embattled Gaza, under fire for a sixth day.
So far more than 400 Gazans have been killed, including 34 children, and some 1,700 have been Read the rest of this entry »
Advanced Medical Solutions has been given the go-ahead to market its silver anti-microbial wound gel in the US after receiving 510(k) approval from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
AMS said the approval meant it could target a niche but growing segment of the advanced woundcare market via its existing routes to market. AMS’s wound gel contains silver, which is widely recognised as a safe and effective anti-microbial agent for the control of Read the rest of this entry »
DELHI, Oct 03, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) –
— In a major setback to Indian
pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy (BSE:500359), the US government
has blocked the imports of 30 generic drugs, including
anti-biotics and cholesterol medicines, produced by it in two
of its plants located in India due to serious manufacturing
deficiencies.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two
warning letters to Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited and an import
alert Read the rest of this entry »
HILLCREST – A father and son and two emergency service workers were injured yesterday morning when a Spring Hill ambulance responding to a call collided with a car on Route 45.
The driver of the four-door Buick, an 18-year-old Hillcrest man who is a volunteer firefighter for the hamlet, was critically injured, officials said. He was extricated from the car and taken by helicopter to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.
The other passenger, Read the rest of this entry »
TUESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) — A new review of existing data confirms that some common inhalers don’t boost the life spans of people with the lung disease known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
In fact, these medicines may even raise the risk of pneumonia in patients with COPD, the fourth biggest killer in the United States.
But patients shouldn’t stop using the inhalers without consulting their doctors first, because the Read the rest of this entry »
Americans have high hopes for changes to the nation’s health insurance system in order to provide more people with coverage and lower costs. But the healthcare reform plan presented by President-elect Barack Obama during his campaign called for only modest changes, not a radical overhaul. That was a wise move, according to a paper published online in the
.
The study, by an international team of medical and political sociologists, explored the Read the rest of this entry »
December 26, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the Coca-Cola Company that its label for Diet Coke Plus is misleading. At issue, the agency says, are the label’s nutritional claims.
In a warning letter to Coke’s CEO Muhtar Kent, the FDA said it has reviewed the label and has concluded the product is in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. It has further found the product is “misbranded,” because it makes Read the rest of this entry »
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Eurand N.V. (EURX:
) said Friday that its raw material supplier has filed its response to questions relating to the Drug Master File raised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for EUR-1008, an innovative pancreatic enzyme replacement product.
Eurand has already submitted the response in August 2008 to the FDA’s questions relating to the manufacture of EUR-1008 in its June 2008 approvable letter. Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2008)
— The country’s economic crisis could have lasting effects on children from families that fall into poverty, according to a new paper by researchers from Iowa State University’s Institute for Social and Behavioral Research.
Their study of 485 Iowa adolescents over a 10-year period (1991-2001) found that early socioeconomic adversity experienced by children contributes to poor mental health by the time they become Read the rest of this entry »
NEW
DELHI: The government plans to impose an imprisonment of atleast 10 years and a
huge fine for manufacturing and selling spurious drugs. The bill to amend the
Drugs and Cosmetics Act 2005 is likely to be tabled in the winter session of
Parliament, sources said.
It
is learnt that the guilty may have to pay Rs 10 lakh or three times the value of
the drugs confiscated, whichever is more. Besides, the punishment may be
extended to life-time
imprisonment. Read the rest of this entry »