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New FDA warning letters show Indian drug makers’ quality concerns persist
The latest regulatory crackdown shows US regulator’s stance is hardening toward lapses in quality control even as it seeks cheaper drugs to contain health care costs. Indian pharmaceutical factories collectively produce about 40 per cent of the American generic drug supply and have been faulted in the past by the FDA for everything from lax documentation to open toilet drains and malfunctioning equipment.
Air pollution: It is a question of life and death of crores of people in Delhi-NCR region, says SC
“Can you permit people to die like this due to pollution? Can you permit the country to go back by 100 years,” observed a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.
Pollution in Delhi-NCR: People losing precious years of their lives, says SC
“You are asking people to die. Your states (Punjab and Haryana) are also badly affected. Is this the administration left in Punjab and Haryana? Every year this is happening. We will fasten the liability of states and panchayats also,” the bench said.
Industries with pollution load in control need not seek permissions from ministries: Prakash Javadekar
“If your pollution load does not increase, you need not come to us again for permissions. With responsible care there will be responsible freedom. There has to responsible care and self regulatory mechanism as country won’t progress without it,” Javadekar said, asserting that he is not in favour of government ruling everything.
US judge blocks Trump’s mandatory health insurance rule for immigrants
According to the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan immigration think tank, 57% of US immigrants had private health insurance in 2017, compared with 69% of US-born, and 30% had public health insurance coverage, compared with 36% of native-born.
PMO, cabinet secy to hold meeting on Delhi pollution
Pollution caused a major disruption at Delhi airport on Sunday as 37 flights were diverted to other airports due to heavy smog.
Draft law proposes compensation for faulty medical devices, implants
“…any person who has suffered harm or injury as a result of any violation of any provision of this Act, rules or regulations, such person shall have the right to seek compensation from the manufacturer or other economic operator committing a violation in respect of that device,” the proposed law reads.
Delhi AQI drops to ’emergency’ category as pollution level spikes overnight
“Intake of every 22 micrograms per cubic metre of polluted air is equivalent to smoking a cigarette. So whether the PM2.5 level is 700 or 300 units, the impact is still as bad. People need to take precautions, especially those suffering from asthma, bronchitis or other respiratory illness,” said Dr Arvind Kumar, lung surgeon at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here.
Google to buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion to enter wearable technology space
Rick Osterloh, Google senior vice president for devices and services, said the deal for the wearable tech pioneer is one “bringing together the best hardware, software and AI, to build wearables to help even more people around the world.”
All countries at risks from spread of African Swine fever: OIE
“We are really facing a threat that is global,” OIE Director General Monique Eloit told Reuters in an interview.
“The risk exists for all countries, whether they are geographically close or geographically distant because there is a multitude of potential sources of contamination.”