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SFDA issues The Second National Drug Quality Announcement of 2010 To intensify drug supervision and ensure drug safety for the public, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) organized nationwide appraisal sampling testing for drug quality of 1 national essential drug and ...
Pfizer is set to acquire drug discovery and clinical development company FoldRx Pharmaceuticals under an agreement signed between the companies. FoldRx is engaged in clinical and pre-clinical programs for investigational compounds such as tafamidis meglumine to treat chronic ...
AVENEER - Construction of the first MMA production plant slated for 2014 location to be decided on in 2011 Catalytic process improves ACH yield by up to 10 percent AVENEER reduces CO2 emissions dramatically Like the traditional ACH sulfo process, AVENEER is based on the starting ...
Makes regulatory decisions on RECORD and TIDE trials The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it will significantly restrict the use of the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) to patients with Type 2 diabetes who cannot control their diabetes on other ...
BASF increases prices for automotive fluids globally Ludwigshafen, Germany September 24, 2010 With immediate effect, or as contracts allow, BASF is increasing the sales prices globally for all coolants, brake fluids and specialty fluids by up to 400 Euro (or the equivalent in ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Beyaz tablets, an estrogen/progestin combined oral contraceptive that also contains a folate (levomefolate calcium 0.451 mg). Levomefolate calcium is a metabolite of folic acid, a water-soluble B-vitamin that helps produce and ...
InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) today announced that it has sold worldwide development and commercialization rights to danoprevir (also known as RG7227 or ITMN-191) to Hoffman-La Roche Inc. and F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. for $175 million in cash. In connection with this transaction, ...
The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) recently officially released the 2009 Annual Report on Drug Registration Approval. The Annual Report consists of six parts: the drug registration management in 2009, the approved drug production and marketing in 2009, the approved ...
BASF receives CPhI Silver Innovation Awards Soluplus : The Solid Solution wins award at CPhI in Paris Soluplus helps pharmaceutical companies formulate hardly soluble drugs As a matrix polymer, it forms solid solutions with poorly soluble active ingredients and enhances their ...
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) today announced that it will delay its New Drug Application (NDA) filing for carfilzomib based on a recent meeting with the Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) review division of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ...
Abbott to withdraw sibutramine from Canadian market Abbott will voluntarily withdraw sibutramine from the Canadian market after discussion with Health Canada. Sibutramine is marketed by Abbott in Canada as Meridia. It is recommended that patients taking Meridia make an appointmen...
Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved Synvisc (hylan G-F 20; 3 x 2 mL), indicated for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. Reimbursement has been obtained and publicized by Japan's Central ...
Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO; TASE) announced that it has filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for omeprazole 20mg/sodium bicarbonate 1100mg, the generic equivalent of Zegerid OTC , and that it provided prior notice of ...
Generex Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: GNBT), (www.generex.com), the leader in drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, today announced that it has entered into a sales agreement with Elias Shaker & Company (www.eliasshaker.com), a leading ...
Pfizer announces approval of Lyrica capsules for peripheral neuropathic pain Pfizer Inc.(NYSE: PFE) announced today that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved Lyrica (pregabalin) capsules for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain. This follows the ...
DuoCort Pharma and Recipharm start innovative collaboration DuoCort Pharma announces it has concluded an agreement with Recipharm under which Recipharm is set to scale-up the manufacturing of DuoCort s tablets to commercial scale as DuoCort Pharma prepares for market entry with ...
Specification on Technical Requirements for Health Food Products issued In accordance with the Food Safety Law and its implementation regulations, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) recently formulated and issued the Specification on Technical Requirements for Health ...
SFDA Deputy Commissioner Wu Zhen attends the 4th Joint ChP-USP International Symposium On October 21-22, 2010, the 4th Joint ChP-USP International Symposium cosponsored by the Chinese Pharmacopeia Commission (ChP), the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) and the Zhejiang ...
Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the majority of surveyed European oncologists who favor Pfizer's Sutent indicate that they would ...
The United States Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) is cracking down on the importation of unapproved new drugs with regards to personal use. Import Alert #66-41, Detention Without Physical Examination of Unapproved New Drugs Promoted In The U.S. ( IA 66-41 ) was most recently ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...