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How can you find the list of pharmaceutical substances and registration certificates of medicines on the Roszdravnadzor website?

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Registration certificate of a medicine is a document confirming the fact of state registration of a medicine. Pharmaceutical substance (PS) – a medicine in the form of one or more active substances with pharmacological activity, regardless of the nature of origin, which is intended for manufacturing of medicines and determines their efficiency. PS is not subject to registration, but in

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National database of genetic information in the Russian Federation.

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Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Ministry of Education and Science to develop and put into operation the National Genetic Information Database (NGID). According to the resolution, the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” will be responsible for the operation of the system. The resolution comes into force on September 1, 2024. The creation of the NBGI is planned until September

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Artificial intelligence in pharmacovigilance.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) receives approximately 2 million reports of adverse drug reactions each year, each of which requires review. In 2022, to facilitate information processing, the Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology launched the Information Visualization Platform (InfoViP), created on the basis of artificial intelligence. Upon receiving information about adverse drug reactions, the FDA must decide whether

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The world’s first drug to combat severe frostbite has been approved

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug to combat severe frostbite. The drug Aurlumyn (iloprost) showed its effectiveness in clinical trials involving 47 people. Aurlumyn (iloprost) is a vasodilator drug where active ingredient is iloprost – the synthetic analogue of prostacyclin PGI2. Iloprost improves blood flow to tissues, inhibits platelet aggregation and reduces high blood

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Is talc in baby powder dangerous?

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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $700 million to settle claims related to the presence of carcinogenic talc in the company’s baby powders. To date, more than 50,000 lawsuits have been filed against the pharmaceutical company. J&J has sold baby powder for 130 years. It was used not only as baby powder, but also as a hygiene product. In

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Safety updates for drugs containing acetazolamide.

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In January 2024, the Russian Ministry of Health, together with the expert center of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “SCEEMP”, published an information letter with recommendations for updating documentation for consumers of diuretics containing acetazolamide as an active substance. Acetazolamide is an inhibitor of the carbonic anhydrase enzyme with weak diuretic activity. Acetazolamide preparations are used to eliminate edema syndrome,

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