News tagged with active pharmaceutical ingredients


AP IMPACT: Tons of released drugs taint US water (AP)

Tons of released drugs taint US water

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(AP) -- U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water - contamination the federal government ...





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Heparin recall spreads in Europe

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

France, Italy and Denmark are recalling heparin after an Italian firm purchased contaminated ingredients from China, EU drug regulators said.


FDA rejects Singulair-Claritin combination

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a proposed pill that would combine the drugs Claritin and Singular, Schering-Plough said.


Sandia's microencapsulation project gives local entrepreneur warm glow

Chemistry /

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microencapsulation isn't a new technology, but it's always finding new applications. Familiar uses include the scratch-and-sniff perfume ads in magazines, certain time-release pharmaceuticals, and (perhaps mostly for an older ...


Doctors create gum that helps promote tooth health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

With the help of a gum chomping machine and years of careful chemistry, University of Kentucky researchers have developed a chewing gum that can help replace toothpaste and a toothbrush, thus improving the health of soldiers ...


1 in 10 children using cough, cold medications

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that approximately one in ten U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week. These findings appear in the August issue ...


New laser technique promises better process control in the pharmaceutical industry

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK have developed an effective laser based method for the characterisation of the bulk chemical content of ...


1 in 10 children using cough, cold medications

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found that approximately one in ten U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week. These findings will be presented today ...


FDA: Stop using 'True Man' or 'Energy Max'

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 10, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday, advising consumers not to purchase or use "True Man" or "Energy Max" products.


Screening the herbal pharmacy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Curing cancer with natural products – a case for shamans and herb women? Not at all, for many chemotherapies to fight cancer applied in modern medicine are natural products or were developed on the basis of natural substances. ...


Fake internet drugs risk lives and fund terrorism, warns journal editor

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

People who buy fake internet drugs could be risking their lives and supporting terrorism, according to an editorial in the February issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.



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