Drug Industry

THE ABORTION pill RU486 developed by French drug company Roussel-Uclaf may be available soon in the US market, following meetings between Rous-sel-Uclaf president Edouard Sakiz and US food

Publication Date:

14/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Drug Industry, Contraception, France, United States Of America (US)

India

Targeting the Third World's-Yulnerability

THE DUNKEL draft on the renegotiated GATT is finally becoming a public concern in India and farmers are taking the issue to the streets. Several industrial sectors, too, have expressed concern

Publication Date:

14/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930415

pp:

0

Tags:

Ecology, Economy, Drugs, Drug Industry, GATT, India, Developing Countries, Patents

Health

Row over rifampicin

THE STAKES are high in the rifampicin (a new anti-TB drug) sweepstakes. Lupin Laboratories presently dominates the market, which, according to the ministry of chemicals, did a business of Rs 236

Publication Date:

14/09/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Trade, Drugs, Drug Industry, Tuberculosis, Imports, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Health

Victims of vaccination

Vaccine trials in a Madhya Pradesh government hospital are making children sick. Down To Earth finds out that harmful chemicals in high amounts is the culprit.

Publication Date:

28/02/2011

Author(s): Ankur Paliwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

19

Issue:

19

pp:

22

Tags:

Health, Vaccination, Child Health, Madhya Pradesh, Right To Information (RTI), Toxins, Health Effects, Drug Industry

Health

Toxic Paracetamol kills children

A section of pharmaceutical companies have been using toxic industrial chemicals in medicines, especially in Paracetamol syrup, causing deaths to a number of children and putting life of many others at risk, according to physicians and experts.

Publication Date:

21/07/2009

Source: New Age (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Health, Children, Preventive Medicine, Drug Industry, Hazardous Products, Bangladesh, Toxins

Industry