Natco Pharma’s promoting accomplice gets USFDA gesture for anti cancer drug Kumar Jeetendra | June 14, 2021 New Delhi, Jun 14 (PTI) Natco Pharma on Monday said its marketing partner Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc has received approval from the US health regulator for anti-cancer drug Carfilzomib Vials. “Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc. (BPI), has received approval for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Carfilzomib Vials ANDA (generic for Kyprolis), from the US Food and …
Brazil endorses Pfizer COVID-19 antibody for kids more than 12 Kumar Jeetendra | June 11, 2021 Brazil health regulator Anvisa on Friday said it had approved use of the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for children over 12 years of age. Anvisa said it approved the measure after seeing studies, conducted outside Brazil, that showed safety and efficacy for the age group. The vaccine, the first in Brazil to receive definitive approval from …
India near offering reimbursement to foreign vaccine creators like Pfizer: Report Kumar Jeetendra | June 10, 2021 India is close to agreeing to grant foreign COVID-19 vaccine makers such as Pfizer Inc protection against legal liability so that it can use their shots in an immunisation campaign that is facing acute shortages, three government sources told Reuters. “Indemnity will be granted,” said one of the sources. “If one company gets it then …
AstraZeneca COVID-19 immunization connected with little risk of low blood platelets: Study Kumar Jeetendra | June 10, 2021 The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, known in India as Covishield, may be associated with a very small risk of developing a blood condition characterised by low platelet counts, according to a nationwide study in the UK. The increased risk of the condition, known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), is estimated to be 11 per million doses, similar …
Rockwell Industries ties with DRL for freezer to store Sputnik V Kumar Jeetendra | June 9, 2021 Rockwell Industries, a cold chain appliance manufacturer on Wednesday announced its strategic partnership with Dr Reddy’s Labs, to provide its World Health Organisation – Performance, Quality and Safety certified Covid-19 vaccine freezersto enablestorage of Sputnik V vaccine in India. According to a release by Rockwell, the vaccine freezer plays a very critical role in the safety …
Pfizer jab endorsed for kids, yet first others should be vaccinated Kumar Jeetendra | June 5, 2021 Moderna and Pfizer have released data suggesting that their vaccines are well tolerated in adolescents and highly effective in preventing COVID-19. Canada, the US and the EU have already authorised the Pfizer vaccine in children as young as 12. And the UK has just approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine in children aged 12 …
Pfizer jabs delivers less antibodies against Delta variation of Covid: Lancet study Kumar Jeetendra | June 4, 2021 People fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are likely to have more than five times lower levels of neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant first identified in India compared to the original strain, according to research published in The Lancet journal. The study also shows that levels of these antibodies that are able to recognise …
Glenmark Pharma gets last gesture from USFDA for Theophylline ER tablets Kumar Jeetendra | June 4, 2021 Glenmark Pharma on Friday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for Theophylline extended-release (ER) tablets. Theophylline extended-release tablets are used to prevent and treat wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness caused by asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and other lung diseases. In a regulatory filing Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said it has …
Moderna looks for full FDA endorsement for its COVID-19 vaccine Kumar Jeetendra | June 1, 2021 American pharmaceutical company Moderna says it has begun the process to win full U.S. regulatory approval for the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in adults. Moderna announced on Tuesday it has begun a “rolling submission” to the Food and Drug Administration of data from its studies of the two-dose vaccine. Moderna’s vaccine already has been …
Bajaj Healthcare launches drug to treat black fungus infection in COVID-19 patients Kumar Jeetendra | May 28, 2021 Bajaj Healthcare on Friday launched Posaconazole API, used in treating Mucormycosis (black fungus) infection in COVID-19 patients. The company has received approval from FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat (India), to manufacture and market Posaconazole API as approved medication for treating Mucormycosis in India, Bajaj Healthcare said in a regulatory filing. Bajaj Healthcare …
BDR Pharma launches the first generic RUCAPARIB to treat advanced ovarian and prostate cancers in India Kumar Jeetendra | May 27, 2021 Mumbai, 27 May 2021: BDR Pharmaceutical launched BDPARIB (RUCAPARIB) to treat advanced ovarian and prostate cancers today. BDPARIB is the first affordable generic in the India available in the form of a tablet, with the cost of therapy less expensive than any existing drugs in the market. RUCAPARIB is an oral, small-molecule inhibitor of poly …
Glenmark Pharma gets USFDA gesture for Icatibant Injection Kumar Jeetendra | May 25, 2021 Drug major Glenmark Pharma on Monday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for Icatibant Injection, indicated for the treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE). Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a disorder that results in recurrent attacks of severe swelling. The approved product is a generic version of Firazyr Injection …
