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New discovery prevents bacterial virus contamination
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A new discovery by the University of Warwick researchers may help prevent bacteria from becoming contaminated with viruses, reducing disruption and costs in industry and research.
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Samples of eye drops linked to blindness, deaths in US are "free of contam
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The samples of eye-drops manufactured by India's Global Pharma Healthcare,which were linked to three deaths and blindness in some patients in US, are found to be "free of contamination", said Health Ministry sources on Tuesday.
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Drug Regulatory body takes samples of Eye drops from Chennai-based pharma
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
After a Chennai-based pharmaceutical company was flagged by US authorities for lethal contamination in the eye drops, members of Tamil Nadu's Drug Controller and Central Drug Control Authority conducted a late-night inspection of Global Pharma Healthcare Private Limited, sources said.
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Drug regulatory body initiates probe after US FDA flags contamination risk
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
After the US regulator Food and Drug Administration warned consumers "not to purchase or use EzriCare Artificial Tears due to potential contamination", the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) under the Union Health ministry and the Tamil Nadu State Drug Controller have ini
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Uzbekistan arrests four in connection with cough syrup deaths: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Noida-based pharma Marion Biotech has come under a cloud as reports of children dying after consuming cough syrup made here came in from Uzbekistan. The matter is under investigation. Last month, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that all manufacturing activities of the Noida-base
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Manufacturing at Noida-based pharma company halted: Health Minister amid U
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said that all the manufacturing activities of the Noida-based pharma company have been stopped in view of the reports of contamination in cough syrup Dok1 Max.
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"Death of 18 children in Uzbekistan unfortunate": Indian mission expresses
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Embassy of India, Tashkent has been closely following the developments related to the unfortunate death of 18 children in Uzbekistan due to alleged contamination of the cough syrup Dok1 Max manufactured by an Indian company, Marion Biotech, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh," the Indian mission said in
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Gambia death case: Drug regulator finds no contamination in syrup, calls o
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the letter to World Health Organization's director of regulation and prequalification Rogerio Gaspar, Drugs Controller General VG Somani said that the technical committee found that "the products have been found not to have been contaminated with DEG or EG as per the test reports. These r
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Sri Lanka registers decline in crop yield, high food inflation rates follo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In order to switch to organic fertilisers, Sri Lanka yet again relied on a Chinese company, only to get deceived in the end as the organic fertilizer supplied could not pass the two rounds of the National Plant Quarantine Services (NPQS) test due to high contamination.
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Arsenic-contaminated water associated with antibiotic resistance in childr
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a new study, high levels of arsenic contamination in drinking water, compared to areas with less contamination, have a higher prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in both water and child stool samples.
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Researchers trace neural pathways that cause vomiting after consuming cont
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The urge to vomit after eating contaminated food is the body's natural defensive response to get rid of bacterial toxins. However, the process of how our brain initiates this biological reaction upon detecting germs remains elusive.
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What are the "dirty bombs" that Russia claims Ukraine will use?
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A dirty bomb works completely differently and cannot create an atomic blast. Instead, a dirty bomb uses dynamite or other explosives to scatter radioactive dust, smoke, or other material in order to cause radioactive contamination.
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