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USFDA warns; Vit B3 prevents glaucoma; Zydus Cadila receives nod; U.S. experts soften on DNA editing

Feb 21, 2017

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USFDA warns Bengaluru-based Resonance Labs of manufacturing norms violations

US health regulator USFDA has red-flagged significant deviations from manufacturing norms at the Bengaluru-based API facility of Resonance Laboratories, including failure to have adequate cleaning procedures to prevent contamination of products. Summarizing the deviations from current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), USFDA said it had inspected the drug manufacturing facility on May 2-6, 2016. Failure to correct these deviations may also result in FDA refusing admission of articles manufactured at Resonance Laboratories at the Bengaluru plant into the United States, it added.

Vitamin B3 prevents glaucoma according to researchers in US.

Researchers from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), US, have found that vitamin B3, when added to drinking water, is effective at preventing glaucoma. The research was carried out by a team led by professor and Howard Hughes medical investigator Simon John. Glaucoma is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases and affects an estimated 80 million people worldwide. By administering the vitamin, the majority of age-related molecular changes were eliminated, providing a protection against glaucoma. New interventions can be developed to protect from common age-related disease processes in many people by understanding general age-related mechanism, the research noted.

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