Indian-American scientist Vinay Prasad has stepped down for the second time as director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within a year. His tenure saw record approvals but also sharp disputes with pharmaceutical companies, including Moderna and UniQure, over trial standards.
New York: The US has approved a new type of eye drop which they say could eliminate the need for reading glasses. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) recently approved the use of an eye drop designed to improve age-related near-vision, reports Express.co.uk. Called Vuity, the drop is applied to each eye once a day and […]
Baltimore: The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn’t give an exact cause of death, saying only that his condition had […]
Hyderabad: The Biden administration has announced revised international air travel rules for those flying to the United States, with the rules to come into effect from November 8. According to a communiqué from the White House, details of which are available on www.cdc.gov/ and https://travel.state.gov/content/travel.html as well, starting November 8, all foreign national air travellers […]
