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Foods for special medical purpose (FSMPs) is a category of foods that has been harmonised with the IMS Act to save the lives of babies suffering from inborn errors of metabolism (IEM), a life-threatening medical condition affecting thousands of infants in the country.

The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a revised guideline on clinical studies for medicines that target Alzheimer’s disease. This document aims to provide guidance for the development of medicines across all stages of Alzheimer's disease.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started an urgent review of the multiple sclerosis medicine Zinbryta (daclizumab) following 7 cases of serious inflammatory brain disorders in Germany, including encephalitis and meningoencephalitis, and one case in Spain.

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority fixes/revises the price of the Scheduled formulation.

The scheduled formulations are: Atorvastatin + Aspirin Capsule (Atchol-ASP 150), Nifedipine + Lidocaine Cream (LOXHEAL), Pioglitazone + Gliclazide + Metformin Tablet (GLZ Total), Ibuprofen + Paracetamol Tablet (Brufen Plus), Misoprostol Tablet, Glimepiride + Metformin Tablet, Melphalan + Povidone Injection (Melphalan Injection IP 50mg), Trastuzumab Injection, Vitamin D3
(Cholecalciferol) (DRISE SURE), Furosemide Injection, Snake Venom Antiserum-Soluble/ Liquid Polyvalent Injection, and Phenobarbitone oral liquid.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals and patients not to use drug products produced by Cantrell Drug Company of Little Rock, Arkansas, including opioid products and other drugs intended for sterile injection, that were produced by the company and distributed nationwide.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers from health fraud. The FDA is warning consumers to be alert, and try and steer clear of fraudulent flu products, which may be found online or in retail stores. The agency protecting consumers of unapproved products claiming to prevent, treat or cure influenza, or flu.

Zosano Pharma Corp a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on providing rapid systemic administration of therapeutics to subjects using its proprietary Adhesive Dermally-Applied Microarray (“ADAM™”) technology, today announced that the previously announced Notice of Allowance of our patent application titled “Method of Rapidly Achieving Therapeutic Concentrations of Triptans for Treatment of Migraines” has resulted in the issuance of a U.S. patent 9,918,932.  The inventors were Dr. Mahmoud Ameri, Dr. Don Kellerman, Dr. Yi Ao, and Dr. Peter Dadonna, all of whom are current or former employees of Zosano.

As per notification dated 23 February 2018, NPPA has fixed retail prices of 14 formulations under Drugs Prices Control Order, 2013.

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After KMC’s crackdown on unsafe packaged water, the state has made it mandatory for all such water units to have certification from two food-security authorities, besides the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) seal of approval.

Medtronic recalls cardiac resynchronization therapy and implantable cardioverter defibrillators due to manufacturing error. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators (CRT-Ds) are devices that provide pacing for slow heart rhythms, and electrical shock or pacing to stop dangerously fast heart rhythms.