U.S. advisory panel clears an asthma drug
An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed Genentech Inc.'s new asthma drug, the first biotechnology product for the disease. The panel by a vote of 11 to 0 agreed that
An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed Genentech Inc.'s new asthma drug, the first biotechnology product for the disease. The panel by a vote of 11 to 0 agreed that
Beef waste being used to adulterate other meats includes cow bones which could carry a BSE risk. As the row grew over the use of hydrolysed beef proteins injected into chicken meat, the food
Wockhardt Ltd is planning to launch four new drugs in the US and file 8-10 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) with the US Food and Drug Administration this year. It is also on the look out for
After years of sabre-rattling and diplomatic entreaties, US patience with the European Union's opposition to genetically modified foods has snapped. Now Washington has thrown down the gauntlet by
The prospect of West Bengal, currently India's largest rice producing state, failing to meet its food requirements in another four years because of the slump in agricultural growth will cause concern
The Tokyo High Court ordered the government to pay some 16.9 million yen in redress to growers of "kaiware" daikon sprouts for branding the vegetable as a likely cause of a fatal outbreak of food
Canadian food-inspection officials Wednesday quarantined two more Alberta farms where an animal found to have mad-cow disease had stayed but reported little progress in determining the source of the
Union food and consumer affairs minister Sharad Yadav has written to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to transfer the scheme for construction of warehouses in rural areas to his ministry. He
Plenty of pundits have had a got at America's decision to join several other major food-producing nations in asking the European Union to end its moratorium on approving agricultural biotechnology
Mark McClellan, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said he wants to apply a fast-track review process, normally reserved for drugs for terminal cancer and AIDS patients, to drugs
The movement of food grain, water and fodder to drought affected areas of Rajasthan has been painfully slow despite the best efforts of the Gehlot government. Even the disaster management committee
When more than 14 million people in southern Africa faced famine last year, an intervention with food aid began mass starvation. But the hunger was not the crisis. It was just a symptom of the
The United Nations food agency urged all countries to check for mad cow disease (BSE) after Canada confirmed a single case. "The identification of a single case of BSE is not a cause for panic," said
To promote agro based and food processing industrial units, the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation has sanctioned Rs 50 crore term loans under the Industrial Development Bank of India
ImClone Systems Inc. has said that it will reapply in the second half of this year for approval of Erbitux, the cancer drug whose initial rejection by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sparked
Germany's food and drink industry association BVE has backtracked on its decision to install a national system to take back and recycle non-refillable drinks cans and bottles by 1 October. The system
The next time you indulge your child with junk food and snacks in between meals, take care. The child may be heading towards obesity. Obesity in children is no longer a problem of other cities and
Most of the areas in North and South Tripura are still reeling under severe water and food crisis. Besides, due to constant threats from militants the doctors have not been able to move into the
The European Commission said it was launching a fresh case against the US at the World Trade Organisation adding to disputes over GM foods, steel and export credits for US exporters. The Commission
Four years after arguing that humans probably got the AIDS virus from butchering chimpanzees for food, the same researchers say they have traced the origin back one step further - to the monkeys that