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Aequs, India's leading aerospace precision engineering and manufacturing company, announced the launch of AQovent™, a medical-grade, low-cost, and mass-produced mechanical resuscitator. AQovent™ is an oxygen-driven emergency resuscitator that can provide constant-flow, pressure-cycled ventilation automatically to patients in respiratory distress.  Aequs is manufacturing these resuscitators in India based on the license procured on the concept design from the University of Illinois, U.S.A.

Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd announced the grant of an exclusive license to Tripoint Therapeutics LLC, USA (Tripoint) to commercialize ElepsiaTM XR 1000 mg and ElepsiaTM XR 1500 mg tablets in the USA.

Strides Pharma Science Limited (Strides) today announced that its step-down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte. Limited, Singapore, has received approval for Butalbital, Acetaminophen, and Caffeine Tablets USP, 50 mg/325 mg/40 mg from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA).

CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organization) has developed draft guidelines for vaccine development in light of the present pandemic situation in the country. Development of vaccine is a complex activity which involves multidisciplinary research and generation of adequate laboratory, nonclinical and clinical data to ensure their safety, efficacy and quality. India is one of the major producers of vaccines in the world which cater the major portion of requirements of many vaccines globally.

The fight against Typhoid fever is all set to get a major fillip with a team of scientists led by Dr. Amit Kumar from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Indore, finding new ways to tackle Salmonella enterica, the pathogenic bacterium that causes the fever.

Caption : A surface view of the organ of hearing (cochlea) from a mouse, using confocal microscopy. The sensory cells are named hair cells because of their apical projections (stereocilia) which move from stimulation by sound. Credit : University of Maryland School of Medicine