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  • 6 March 2010

    Himalaya enters chronic respiratory allergy segment with Bresol

    The Himalaya Drug Company has ventured into cough suppressants space with the launch of Bresol, a breathing solution for treating chronic respiratory allergies. Bresol will be an ethically promoted product from the company's Pharma division.

  • Gujarat FDCA appoints 156 staff in one go to avoid backlog in samples testing
    6 March 2010
    Gujarat FDCA appoints 156 staff in one go to avoid backlog in samples testing

    The Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) has completed a mass recruitment process in the first week of March by giving away appointment letters to 156 candidates in one go, probably the biggest recruitment since the inception of the administration, in a move to hasten the monitoring activities of food and drugs marketed in the state.

  • DoP calls meeting on March 2 to discuss MS Pharmacy issue
    3 March 2010
    DoP calls meeting on March 2 to discuss MS Pharmacy issue

    Even as hundreds of MS (Pharmacy) students of all the NIPERs in the country are on a silent strike to put pressure on the authorities to resolve the issues arising out of the PCI's recent decision not to recognize the MS programme in Industrial Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Analysis & Quality Control, the department of pharmaceuticals (DoP) has called a meeting on March 2 to discuss the issue in threadbare.

  • Govt to constitute National Apex Committee for monitoring stem cell research soon
    3 March 2010
    Govt to constitute National Apex Committee for monitoring stem cell research soon

    Almost two years after announcing the Guidelines for Stem Cell Research Regulation, prescribing stringent procedures for souring and use of stem cells by research institutions in the country, the union health ministry is yet to constitute the National Apex Committee (NAC) for effectively reviewing and monitoring the stem cell research in the country.

  • INTERPHEX Asia to be held in Singapore on June 7
    3 March 2010
    INTERPHEX Asia to be held in Singapore on June 7

    INTERPHEX Asia, a platform for showcasing latest technologies and expertise to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry players in Asia will be held at Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre , Singapore on June 7 & 8, 2010.

  • US FDA approves velaglucerase alfa for injection to treat rare genetic disorder Gaucher disease
    3 March 2010
    US FDA approves velaglucerase alfa for injection to treat rare genetic disorder Gaucher disease

    The US Food and Drug Administration has approved velaglucerase alfa for injection (VPRIV) to treat children and adults with a form of the rare genetic disorder Gaucher disease.

    Gaucher disease occurs in people who do not produce enough of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. Without this enzyme, harmful amounts of a certain fatty substance (lipid) can build up in the liver, spleen, bones, bone marrow and nervous system, and can prevent cells and organs from working properly. About one in 50,000 to one in 100,000 people in the general population have Gaucher disease.

  • MakroCare to organise Webinar on Late Phase (PMS & IIT) on March 5
    3 March 2010
    MakroCare to organise Webinar on Late Phase (PMS & IIT) on March 5

    MakroCare, a global clinical services firm which provides clinical research support to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices industries will be organising an interactive “Webinar on Late Phase (PMS and IIT) – Opportunities and Challenges” on March 5, 2010 at Makro Tower, Hyderabad from 3.00 p.m. to 04.30 p.m.

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