Three hurt in fire at Indian pharma plant
A tense situation prevailed for some time on the premises of Aurobindo pharmaceutical unit at Pydibheemavaram in Ranasthalam mandal in the district when three workers of the plant were injured in a fire mishap that occurred inside the plant in the early hours of Monday. On being informed, police, revenue, fire and media reached the […]
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FDA, Adulterated Drugs And Industry Silence
The various scandals involving adulterated drugs and pet food in recent years prompted some members of Congress to ask the US General Accountability Office to review how the FDA oversees product safety to prevent and respond to economic adulteration. Not surprisingly, the GAO found that the increasing complexities of the global supply chain pose significant […]
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FDA Tries To Shut Dietary Supplement Maker
On the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, the FDA waded into the controversy over dietary supplement makers by filing a permanent injunction against a manufacturer, ATF Fitness Products and two related entities, for substituting ingredients and products without noting any changes on final product labeling. The move would stop ATF and its […]
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More Children Skipping Vaccines In Some States
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? That is a question that continues to concern parents nationwide. And a new analysis found that, in eight US states, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners are not receiving all the vaccines required for school attendance. And in more than half of all states, there has also […]
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Supreme Court To Review Overtime For Sales Reps
After years of conflicting rulings and legal confusion, the US Supreme Court has agreed to review a case in which a pair of pharmaceutical sales reps argue that they were wrongfully denied overtime pay . The implications for the pharmaceutical industry are likely to be far-reaching, given that drugmakers have been laying off thousands of […]
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Facebook Apologizes For Merck Web Page Goof
One week after being sued by Merck KGgA for allowing that other Merck to misappropriate a web page, Facebook is apologizing to the German drugmaker and its US namesake for what it is describing as an ‘administrative error,’ according to a spokesman for the wildly popular social media site. “The transfer of the vanity URL […]
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FDA Okays First Middle-of-the-Night Insomnia Drug
Is there anything worse than waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to go back to sleep? Okay, lots of things, but for people who do it and hate it, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has, for the first time ever, approved a drug to treat middle-of-the-night insomnia. […]
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Mylan Is Warned Over Plant In Puerto Rico
As the FDA attempts to toughen its oversight of manufacturing facilities in far away lands, plants in Puerto Rico are also undergoing added scrutiny. The latest example is a San Juan plant operated by Mylan Laboratories, the generic drugmaker, which received a warning letter last month for significant violations of good manufacturing practices. An FDA […]
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EU Recalls Cancer Meds Made By Boehringer Unit
The manufacturing problems engulfing the troubled Boehringer Ingelheim unit have just grown worse. The European Medicines Agency has just issued a ‘precautionary’ recall for the remaining batches of three cancer meds – Busilvex, Velcade and Vidaza – that were manufactured at its Ben Venue Laborartories facility in Ohio. And no new patients are to be […]
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Abbott Wins Ruling On Overtime Pay For Reps
In yet another twist in the back-and-forth legal battle concerning overtime pay for sales reps, a federal court judge has ruled that a former Abbott Laboratories rep is exempt from relevant provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and, therefore, should not be paid overtime. The ruling is the latest to underscore a split between […]
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