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  72 COVID-19 therapeutics trial underway, 211 in planning stages: FDA

  World | April 25, 2020 9:15 IST

  A top Trump administration health official has said that as many as 19 therapeutics trial are underway and 211 in planning stages in a bid to find the cure for coronavirus.“We are leaving no stone unturned to find the treatment for COVID-19... We don't have any approved therapeutics for COVID-19 but we are actively involved with the academic, commercial and private sector to find it,” FDA Commissioner Stephen M Hahn told reporters at a White House news conference.

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  Hydroxychloroquine dangerous for heart ailments: FDA wans against side effects of malaria drug

  World | April 25, 2020 9:08 IST

  FDA said as of now it has issued an emergency use authorisation to allow hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine products donated to the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) to be distributed and used in limited circumstances, such as for certain hospitalised patients with COVID-19.

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  US FDA approves point-of-care test for coronavirus

  World | March 22, 2020 8:52 IST

  The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday approved a coronavirus diagnostic test that can be conducted entirely at the point-of-care and can deliver results in 45 minutes. 

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  FDA cracks down on sale, manufacture of substandard sanitisers

  Business | March 13, 2020 11:33 IST

  While authorities in Maharashtra are busy curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus, some unscrupulous elements, who are looking to make a fast buck by selling substandard hand wash products and sanitisers, have come under the scanner of the state's health regulator.

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  Sindoor (Vermillion) used by married women in India could contain dangerous levels of lead, research says

  Lifestyle | August 31, 2017 15:56 IST

  In the study, 80% of the sindoor (vermillion) sample contained lead.

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  FDA warns Sun Pharma for serious lapses at key manufacturing facility

  December 19, 2015 22:05 IST

  Mumbai: The US drug regulatory agency, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), has warned Sun Pharma, India's biggest drug-manufacturing company, for lapses it observed at its key facility in Halol during an inspection in September

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  Maha FDA chief pitches for Make in India in food processing

  India | October 20, 2015 12:10 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Harshdeep Kamble has said the present environment is "conducive" to taking up the government's flagship Make in India programme in the food processing sector."The food processing sector has immense potential for future

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  Will comply with court order to undertake fresh tests: Nestle

  India | August 13, 2015 16:13 IST

  NEW DELHI: Nestle India on Thursday said it will comply with the order to undertake fresh tests while welcoming Bombay high court's judgment that quashed ban on Maggi instant noodles in the country. "Nestle India respects

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  Detergent, frozen fat found in Mother Dairy milk: FDA

  India | August 13, 2015 5:39 IST

  Ghaziabad:  Detergent and frozen fat have been found by the Kolkata-based Central Laboratory during re-tests of milk samples collected by district Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) department from Mother Dairy booths here.Ghaziabad FDA yesterday received

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  Goa FDA asks Nestle to recall Maggi stock from 709 outlets

  India | June 09, 2015 15:07 IST

  Panaji: The Food and Drugs Administration in Goa has asked Nestle company to recall all the stock of Maggi noodles from 709 outlets across the state by this evening, which would be destroyed in presence

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  Nestle asked to withdraw Maggi noodles from market

  India | May 21, 2015 13:00 IST

  New Delhi: Nestle India has been asked to withdraw a batch of popular snack Maggi noodles from the market after it was found to contain high level of lead, Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug

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  Ranbaxy gets FDA nod to sell generic Diovan tablets in US

  June 27, 2014 18:22 IST

  New Delhi: Drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories has received the U.S. health regulator's approval to market a generic version of Novartis' Diovan tablets, used for treating high blood pressure and heart failure, in the U.S. with

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  US FDA asks Indian pharma leaders to make quality, their top priority

  May 05, 2014 16:13 IST

  Hyderabad: Top management of drugmaking companies must make quality control their top priority, said a senior US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official at Hyderabad.  The message could not have been more clear: "Say what

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  Maharashtra chemists go on three day strike

  India | December 16, 2013 14:26 IST

  Mumbai: Chemists in Maharashtra went on a three-day shutdown from today against what they called the “draconian” interpretation of the Drug & Cosmetics Act, 1940 by the Maharashtra Food & Drug Administration (FDA).FDA's new rule 

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  Gutka worth Rs 7 lakh seized by FDA

  India | November 25, 2013 6:52 IST

  Thane: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday seized gutka worth Rs seven lakh, while it was being illegally transported into Mumbai. The pick-up van, which was transporting the banned substance into Mumbai from Bangalore,

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  FDA raids fruit market, carbide powder, mangoes seized

  India | May 06, 2012 14:14 IST

  Nashik, May 6: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) conducted raids at the market yard here and seized 400 kg mangoes and three kg carbide powder used for artificial ripening of fruits, sources said.The raid