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FDA warns against Ivermectin use as misinformation flood social media
Ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses for some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea. Ivermectin is not an anti-viral.
August 28, 2021 -
Test Covid shots in more children, FDA tells Pfizer, Moderna
The increase in trial size will also help assess whether a rare inflammation of the heart muscle, seen in young adults shortly after vaccination, is common in younger age groups, the Washington Post reported.
July 27, 2021 -
Mumbai cops, FDA seize Remdesivir hoards
Maharashtra is facing a massive scarcity of Remdesivir and despite the Centre last week ordering price control on the injection, the supplies remain erratic.
April 20, 2021 -
United States authorises Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
The US is the first nation to authorize the two-dose regimen from Moderna, now the second vaccine to be deployed in a Western country after the first, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
December 19, 2020 -
Trump accuses FDA, Pfizer of withholding announcement on vaccine to prevent him from getting ‘vaccine win’
Trump alleged, "If Joe Biden were President, you wouldn't have the Vaccine for another four years."
November 10, 2020 -
Scientists develop new precise therapeutic leukaemia vaccine
According to the study, published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, the vaccine utilises self-healing polylactic acid microcapsules for co-encapsulating a new epitope peptide and PD-1 antibody.
October 17, 2020 -
‘Only our agencies failed to grasp its benefit’: Trump as US ends emergency use of Hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19
The FDA said on Monday that the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were unlikely to be effective in treating the novel Coronavirus.
June 16, 2020 -
IIT Roorkee to conduct research for identifying antivirals to tackle COVID-19
The study will identify small molecule inhibitors to target key viral replication enzymes- RNA dependent RNA polymerase (nsp12), viral proteases (Mpro and PL2pro,) and the Methyltransferase or MTase (nsp14).
May 28, 2020 -
US issues emergency approval for anti-viral drug remdesivir for COVID-19 patients
The US has expressed optimism over the use of antiviral drug remdesivir as a possible treatment for COVID-19 after a trial, although its manufacturer warned that the drug was yet to be proven safe and studies indicated its effectiveness remains unclear.
May 2, 2020 -
US agency warns against use of Hydroxychloroquine which Trump promoted for treating Coronavirus
President Donald Trump, who has touted it as a "game changer," advocated for an additional review.
April 25, 2020 -
Tesla plans to supply FDA-approved ventilators free of cost: Elon Musk
The need for additional ventilators has taken center stage in the ongoing fight against the spread of coronavirus.
April 1, 2020 -
Massive decline in number of drug abusers in Punjab: Minister
The drugs would be destroyed in a phased manner beginning today and would further intensify our crackdown to take our mission to make Punjab Drug Free to its logical end, state health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said.
December 16, 2019 -
Online food suppliers told to get hygiene rating by 31 October
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner KS Pannu on Tuesday said if FBOs failed to ensure the hygiene rating of their establishments by 31 October, appropriate action under the law would be initiated.
September 10, 2019 -
FDA restricts sale of habit forming drugs Tramadol and Tapentadol
“Ensuring that the legitimate requirements of these drugs will not suffer and simultaneously their easy availability for alleged misuse be reduced, Tramadol and Tapentadol in oral solid dosage forms would be available with identified number of licencees, who are situated either inside or outside the hospitals run by government and private management,” he said.
August 1, 2019 -
Dietary supplements could harm your health
The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that these types of supplements were linked to nearly three times as many severe medical outcomes in young people
June 8, 2019 -
Do you eat food to be healthy or to get sick?
There are some things which any amount of washing, boiling or roasting cannot clean out - and those are drugs. There is a cocktail of them in your meat and all of them are going to go into your body
March 17, 2019 -
Punjab FDA warns against mustard oil adulteration
Taking a serious view of sale of adulterated mustard oil in Punjab, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), commissioner KS Pannu on Monday warned strong legal action against those indulging in adulteration. He said that cheap palm oil and crude rice bran oil, as well as crude soybean oil, are being mixed with mustard oil by …
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September 11, 2018