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AstraZeneca  announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the marketing authorisation of lesinurad 200mg tablets. Lesinurad, in combination with a xanthine oxidase inhibitor (XOI), is recommended for the adjunctive treatment of hyperuricaemia in adult gout patients (with or without tophi) who have not achieved target serum uric acid levels (sUA) with an adequate dose of a XOI alone.

Cipla Ltd, a Rs. 10,880 crore plus fifth largest pharma company in India, has launched generic drug ledipasvir-sofosbuvir in India under the brand name Hepcvir-L. Hepcvir- L, the first once-a-day, fixed-dose oral combination therapy that has been approved for chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 patients.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new indication for the LifeVest wearable cardioverter defibrillator. The LifeVest is approved for certain children who are at risk for sudden cardiac arrest, but are not candidates for an implantable defibrillator due to certain medical conditions or lack of parental consent. The LifeVest defibrillator is manufactured by the ZOLL Manufacturing Corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In a bid to provide a healthy life to diabetic patients, a new sweetener made of herbs was launched here on Monday.

A man died of caffeine intoxication in the first such reported case in Japan, the media reported on Monday.

Postmenopausal women with periodontal or gum disease are more likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not have the chronic inflammatory disease.

Japan's health ministry conducts a probe into a pharmaceutical firm over its suspected mishandling of a potentially lethal toxin which can be used for biological warfare.

Highlights:

• There will be a separate ministry of Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices which will be created within one year which will ease the working for the Industry with a single point contact.
  
• Katoch Committee Report on the API and Bulk Drugs Policy will be accepted within 100 days
  
• Inverted duty issues will be taken up by him personally with the Hon’ble Finance Minister based on the recommendations of PHD Chamber.
  

This conference was held in association with Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemical & Fertilizers Government of India. The main objective of the Conference was to promote innovation and boost Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices manufacturing Industry through technology transfer and focus on high value production to provide world class Affordable, Acceptable and Accessible health care products. The Conference created a neutral platform wherein strategies & policy issues were discussed for the growth of the Healthcare industry.

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Vibrant Beauty Show is organized by Praveg Communications Pvt.Ltd. in Ahmedabad from 18-20 December 2015. Vibrant Beauty Show is the biggest trade exhibition and Symposium in the state of Gujarat.

Confirming links between gut bacteria and cardiovascular disease, researchers have demonstrated that targeting microbes in the gut may prevent heart disease brought on by nutrients contained in a diet rich in red meat, eggs and high-fat dairy products.