The booking of the Tata Nano is open from April 9 and will continue up to the end of day on April 25, 2009. Tata Motors has entered into agreements with 18 preferred banks / NBFCs to enable prospective customers to get finance and facilitate booking of the car. The sale of application forms has already started from April 1, to a very encouraging response.
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Hay Fever :: Zyrtec for nonprescription use in adults and children
Different formulations of the nonprescription drug Zyrtec (cetirizine HCl) is approved for the temporary relief of symptoms due to hay fever or other respiratory allergies (sneezing; runny nose; itchy, watery eyes; itchy throat or nose) in adults and children 2 years of age and older.
Hunter Syndrome :: Shire’s ELAPRASE approved in Japan for treatment of Hunter Syndrome
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved ELAPRASE, a human enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of Hunter syndrome, for sale and marketing in Japan. Since its U.S. approval in July 2006, ELAPRASE is now approved for marketing and commercial distribution in 34 countries worldwide.
Osteoarthritis :: Health Canada stopped sale of Prexige in Canada
Health Canada is advising consumers that it has stopped the sale of the anti-inflammatory drug Prexige (lumiracoxib) in Canada and will cancel the drug’s market authorization due to the potential for serious liver-related adverse events.
Breastfeeding :: Calabash chalk may pose health risk for pregnant and breastfeeding women
Health Canada is advising Canadians, especially pregnant and breastfeeding women, not to use Calabash chalk because of the potential health risk due to high levels of lead.
Weight Loss :: GSK applies for licence to market OTC weight loss product In Europe
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced its marketing application for non-prescription orlistat 60mg for weight loss has been accepted for review by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA).
Infant :: California warns consumers to stop giving Baby’s Bliss gripe water apple-flavored to children
Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today warned consumers, especially parents of infants, to immediately stop giving Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water – Apple Flavored to children because it may be contaminated with a parasitic microorganism called Cryptosporidium, a parasite that can cause intestinal infections.
Juice :: Man fined for sale of unpasteurized apple juice manufactured under unsanitary conditions
On September_4, 2007 Mr. Dennis Wasylyszyn, an employee of Aberdeen Farm Market in Coldstream, B.C., pled guilty in provincial court to one count of violating s.4(e) of the Food and Drugs Act by selling an article of food which was manufactured or prepared under unsanitary conditions. Mr. Wasylyszyn was fined $2000 for this violation.
Heart :: FDA recommends Bayer”s Trasylol for continued sale in US
The Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting to discuss the risk /benefit profile of Trasylol(R) (aprotinin injection), a Bayer drug used in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Nutrition :: Unauthorized colloidal silver water product may pose health risk
Health Canada is advising Canadians not to use the unauthorized product Colloidal Silver Water 20ppm, because of the potential health risk to consumers.