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  • 31 March 2010

    Resistance Can Develop Fast With Swine Flu

    The H1N1 swine flu virus can develop resistance quickly to antivirals used to treat it, U.S. doctors reported on Friday.

    Government researchers reported on the cases of two people with compromised immune systems who developed drug-resistant strains of virus after less than two weeks on therapy.

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  • 29 March 2010
    US president Obama signs Indian Health Care Improvement Act

    The Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), the cornerstone legal authority for the provision of health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives, was made permanent when President Obama signed the bill on March 23, as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The authorization of appropriations for the IHCIA had expired in 2000, and while various versions of the bill were considered by Congress since then, the act now has no expiration date.

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  • 29 March 2010
    Centre approves establishment of Indo-German Science & Technology Centre in India

    The central government has approved the establishment of Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) in India with matching contribution as per Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) approval of 2 million Euro (approximately Rs 13 crore at current exchange rates) per year for next five years. The Centre would be registered as a “Society” under the relevant Act.

  • 27 March 2010
    Antithrombotic Therapy Does Not Improve Outcomes in Recurrent Miscarriage

     In women with 2 or more unexplained miscarriages, aspirin therapy alone or in combination with the low-molecular-weight heparin derivative nadroparin does not increase the live-birth rate, relative to placebo, despite its widespread use for this purpose.

    That is according to the randomized placebo-controlled Anticoagulants for Living Fetuses (ALIFE) study, published online March 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

  • 27 March 2010
    TN govt to enforce D&C Act, Rules strictly in state: Health secretary

     In the wake of the recent unearthing of major illegal trade practices including recycling of expired drugs by certain pharmaceutical traders in Chennai, the Health Department of Tamil Nadu Government has decided to enforce the Drugs & Cosmetics Act and Rules strictly in the state.

  • 27 March 2010
    Poniard Pharma suspends efforts to obtain regulatory approval for picoplatin in SCLC

     Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, announced a clinical and regulatory update on its lead product candidate, picoplatin. Following a detailed analysis of primary and updated data from the phase 3 SPEAR study of picoplatin in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and an evaluation of the ongoing New Drug Application (NDA) process with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company has decided to suspend its efforts to obtain regulatory approval for picoplatin in SCLC at this time.

  • 25 March 2010
    NIH creates new genetic testing registry to help researchers, consumers & healthcare providers

     The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it is creating a public database that researchers, consumers, health care providers, and others can search for information submitted voluntarily by genetic test providers. The Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) aims to enhance access to information about the availability, validity, and usefulness of genetic tests.

  • 25 March 2010
    Two-day 'CLINICON 2010' to be held in Bangalore from March 26

    A two-day symposium on clinical trial 'CLINICON 2010' will be held at Narayana Health City in Bangalore from March 26 to 27, 2010. The event will help bring together experts in the field of clinical research.

  • 25 March 2010
    Third national IPA Convention to be held in Indore in April, 2011

     The next Indian Pharmaceutical Association Convention (IPA Convention 2011) will be held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh in April next year. This was announced by the outgoing president of IPA Dr B Suresh at the valedictory session of the IPA Convention 2010 held in Chennai last week.

  • 25 March 2010
    PCI clarifies its notification on MS not specific on NIPER's course

     Entailing the ongoing controversy over the recognition of Master of Pharmacy (MS) programme offered by National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has come out with a clarification that the NIPER's MS programme has not been specifically commented anytime by the council and is not an issue under the consideration of the body.

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