Govt preparing to establish the Drug Tribunal
Board
To legalize offences covered by the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the government is preparing to establish a Drug Tribunal Board. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers made the decision to address trade margin rationalization.
Pharmaceutical companies begin conversations
with Centre about developing monkeypox vaccine
With the government, several pharma companies are debating the development of a possible monkeypox vaccine. The vaccine against monkeypox is being discussed with other vaccine manufacturing companies, although any decisions are still quite tentative at this point.
Pharma companies in Himachal Pradesh
opposed to trade margin caps
Distributors rather than prescription-based marketing reps cover the Tier II cities, remote areas, interior, and rural areas. Their trade margins will be capped by the proposed action.
CDSCO issues a warning on Baxter's blood
purification equipment hemoperfusion cartridge
Due to the presence of particle matter within the cartridge, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has issued a medical devices alert on Baxter Healthcare’s Absorba Hemoperfusion Cartridge 300 C and Absorba 300 C, devices used in blood purification.
Dr. Reddy's introduces the cancer medication
Bortezomib in the US
The Hyderabad-based pharma company received US Food and Drug Administration certification before launching the cancer treatment product (USFDA). The company sells the Velcade brand’s generic equivalent.
World's first medical grade CardiacSense watch
to monitor heart launched by Xplore Lifestyle
The most cutting-edge cardiac and other vital signs monitoring technology has been developed in partnership with an Israeli business by Xplore Lifestyle, the nation’s leading and future MedTech solutions supplier, and is now available as an easy-to-wear watch.
Regen BioPharma seeking a US patentfor their
second generation survivin mRNA cancer
immunotherapy vaccine
In order to increase the effectiveness of its
unique survivin mRNA cancer immunotherapeutic
vaccine, Regen BioPharma, has filed a provisional
patent application with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office (USPTO).