Pfizer Inc said that the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued its final appraisal document (FAD) recommending the use of Sutent (sunitinib malate) as a first-line treatment for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma mRCC (advanced kidney cancer).

Karnataka drugs control department has issued 323 show cause notices for violations in the pharmacy trade outlets. The Department has cancelled 85 sales licenses and suspended another 151 sales licenses.

Even after two years of the announcement, the Ayush department's ambitious Rs 100-crore 'cluster scheme' project to give boost to the sagging Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (ASU) sector in the country, is yet to take off as the scheme is still entangled in official apathy.