Dr Peter Marks, who resigned earlier this year as the FDA's vaccine chief, described the proposal as part of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s ‘anti-vaccine playbook’.
Parents in rural areas insist on medicine for every cough, and doctors are pressured by both expectations and pharmaceutical marketing and end up obliging.
US President has also questioned existing childhood vaccine protocols, calling for delays in administration of vaccines like the hepatitis B shot, which is currently given to newborns.
Researchers associated with The Ohio State University found that number of severe adverse events linked to generic drugs made in India was 54% higher than for those made in the US.
In 2019, evidence showed that an impurity in drug degrades over time to form probable carcinogenic compound. Ranitidine is sold as heartburn medicine under names Rantac, Aciloc & Zinetac.
Combination of enmetazobactam, invented by scientists associated with Chennai-based pharma firm Orchid Pharma in 2008, and antibiotic cefipime is used to treat severe bacterial infection.
Such fraudulent practices cannot be tolerated, CAIT adds. This comes after Food & Drug Administration allegedly found counterfeit cheese at fast food giant's outlet in Ahmednagar.
Cough syrups made in India & Indonesia have been linked to deaths of over 300 children globally. Medicines were found to contain high levels of DEG, EG, leading to death.
Operation targeted packages entering US from India through New York (JFK) & Chicago (ORD) International Mail Facilities (IMFs) last month. Over 500 shipments seized, Indian national held.
On 26 January 1966, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech that was broadcast over All India Radio. This was her first address to the nation after becoming India’s first woman prime minister.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
New defence strategy marks clear break from Biden-era Pentagon policy, softening tone on China & Russia, while pushing allies to shoulder more responsibility with less US backing.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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