In 'The Johnson & Johnson Files', Kaunain Sheriff M tells the story of how the ASR hip implant scandal was uncovered in India and how the company was brought to justice.
J&J said it will switch to an all cornstarch-based version of the product. It has also reiterated its position that its baby powder is safe to use and 'does not cause cancer'.
J&J is unlikely to export its vaccine outside the US in the near future and the 'entire production' at Biological-E facilities in Hyderabad will be handed over to J&J, sources say.
Every drug maker wants to sell to rich countries, where profit margins are highest. But what of lower middle-income nations, where largest slice of the world’s population lives?
Child rights body issues summons over lack of standard testing methods to screen for presence of formaldehyde and asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo and talcum powder.
FDA approval of J&J’s Spravato nasal spray comes at a time doctors are becoming increasingly concerned about Covid’s effect on mental health of Americans.
Johnson & Johnson will start human trials in the second half of July, about two months earlier than expected. Final-stage tests could begin in September.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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