NAFDAC To Deploy Quick Fake Drug Detectors In Ports

Hanson Okoh 4 years ago Region: Nigeria

    Nigeria's food and drug regulatory agency, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has begun moves to tighten the noose on fake drug dealers in Nigeria. One of such moves disc... more

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NAFDAC DG Seeks Death Penalty For Fake Drug Dealers

Hanson Okoh 4 years ago Region: Nigeria

Only the death penalty can stem the tide of fake drugs in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) argued on Thursday, an agitation that may irk anti-capital punishment activists, ... more

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Marketing of Off-Label Drug Use Called into Question

Finding Dulcinea 4 years ago Region: United States

Posted by Denis Cummings to findingDulcinea The FDA has been criticized for its plan to allow drug companies to provide doctors with information about a drug’s unintended benefits. In a soon-to-be-released report, ... more

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Do Vytorin’s Risks Outweigh Its Benefits?

Finding Dulcinea 4 years ago Region: United States

Posted by Cara McDonough to findingDulcinea A new study reveals more flaws with cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin. Besides failing to improve certain cardiovascular conditions, the drug may raise the risk of cancer. The ... more

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China exposed six drug dealer

Stephen H. Indeck 4 years ago Region: China

  China had executed three drug dealers and sentenced five more to death in a mass sentencing aimed at turning the spotlight on drug abuse and to reflect China's determination to battle drug-related crimes. China sp... more

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Weight-loss drugs may hurm growing brain

Brahmashima 5 years ago Region: India

Adrug from a new class of wight-loss treatments disrupted wiring needed for brain development in young mice, American recearchers said, raising concerns about using such medications in childnren. Mark Bear and colleagues a... more

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Production of Cancer Drug:: First Round Won by CIPLA Pharma

Madhu R 5 years ago Region: India

The Delhi High Court did not accede to the plea of Swiss Pharma Major 'Hoffman La Roche' seeking to restrain its rival 'CIPLA Pharma' from manufacturing and selling anti-Cancer Drug 'Tarceva' contending that it was a viola... more

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China suspends toxic toy exports

C.P. Antony 5 years ago Region: China

The Chinese government has halted all exports of a toy found to have been coated with a toxic chemical, China's official Xinhua news agency says. The move comes after the authorities in the United States, Australia an... more

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Cannabis destined for international market intercepted

MUYANGA ZIBA 5 years ago Region: Malawi

Twenty one bags destined for international market and weighing 90 kilogrammes each were this week intercepted by Police  in  Central Region of Malawi, it has been learned. A syndicate of drug dealers buy cannibi... more

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TB wake-up call for Africa

Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha 6 years ago Region: Zimbabwe

The recent emergence of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in South Africa is not only the result of poor treatment adherence by TB patients. It stems from years of neglect endured by TB programmes throughout... more

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