Most non compete agreements violate the National Labour Relations Act.

In a memo dated May 30, 2023, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo informed all regional directors, officers-in-charge, and resident officers that non-compete agreements impede the ability of employees to exercise …

Record-Breaking Return: Women Workforce Participation Reaches Historic High, Defying Pandemic Challenges

More women are on the company's payroll than recorded in recent history. Millions of women lost their jobs or left the workforce during the early pandemic. The pandemic had a …

EEOC Released Updates on COVID-19 Guidelines

On May 15th, 2023, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a number of significant revisions to its COVID-19 standards."The end of Public Health Emergency is an important …

Form I-9 requirements flexibility to give employers more time to comply

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated on May first week that when the COVID-19 flexibilities expire on July 31, 2023, companies …

Technology giant IBM plans to stop hiring for roles that AI can do.

International Bussiness Machines Corp. (IBM) expects to halt hiring for roles that could be replaced by artificial intelligence in the near future. During an interview with Bloomberg IBM CEO Arvind …

The White House announces new actions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

On September 9, 2021, The White House announced a COVID-19 plan that includes a comprehensive national strategy to address rising COVID-19 cases from the delta variant.Biden imposed strict …

ICE Announces Further Extension of Form I-9 Compliance flexibilities to December 31, 2021

IRCA requires employers in the United States to complete Form I-9 for all new hires in order to ascertain their identity to work in the country. Both employers and employees …

Biden Administration is expected to Approve Covid-19 Boosters at Six Months

The Biden administration announced that U.S. Citizens who have been fully vaccinated with a two-dose COVID-19 regimen should receive a booster, referring to the threat of the highly contagious Delta …

Pfizer becomes the first COVID-19 vaccine to be fully endorsed by the FDA.

On August 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer Inc. COVID-19 vaccine for people over 16 years of age. The vaccine has been licensed for …

Long Covid can be considered a disability under law

Many people with COVID-19 get better within weeks, some people continue to experience symptoms that can last months after first being infected, or may have new or recurring symptoms at …

DOL Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Claims Handling under LHWCA

DOL Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Claims Handling under LHWCASeveral questions have arisen on how to make claims and handle worker compensation claims arising from COVID under the LHWCA. …

EEO-1 Portal To Open April 26, Deadline For Filing Will Be July 19, 2021

EEO-1 Portal To Open April 26, Deadline For Filing Will Be July 19, 2021The Us Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finally announced the opening date for the collection of …

California Adopts New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 95 legislation reestablishing statewide supplemental paid sick leave for reasons related to COVID-19 and expanding the covered reasons that qualify an employee for the …

US unemployment Claims reach the lowest level since COVID-19 pandemic began

The Department of Labor released its report on new jobless claims on Thursday that new claims for jobless benefits fell to their lowest weekly level in the last year, a …

US Senate confirms Walsh As A US Labor Secretary

US Senate confirms Walsh As A US Labor SecretaryMarty Walsh, the two-term mayor of Boston, was confirmed as the Labor secretary by the Senate in a 68-29 vote …

American Rescue Plan Act Provides Additional Sick and Family Leave Credits for Employers

American Rescue Plan Act Provides Additional Sick and Family Leave Credits for Employers:On Thursday, March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into …

DOL Proposed Rule Changes under the Fair Labor Standards Act

DOL Proposed Rule Changes under the Fair Labor Standards Act:On March 11, 2021, the U.S.Department of Labor announced a proposal to withdraw the independent contractor and Joint Employer …

New guidelines for vaccinated people Issued By CDC:

CDC Released New guidelines for vaccinated people:On March 8, 2021, CDC(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) released new guidelines for vaccinated people, guidance must balance the risk to …

President Joe Biden said Tuesday US will have enough vaccine for every adult by the end of May

The United States would have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for every adult American by the end of May, earlier he said we would have enough vaccine for every adultAmerican …

Joe Biden Revokes Trump’s Immigrant Visa Ban

President Joe Biden has terminated the U.S. entry ban on new immigrants implemented by the Trump administration under Presidential Proclamation 10014. This ban, whichhad been set to expire on …

Third Stimulus Check Update

Congress is working this week to finalize the third stimulus check eligibility guidelines. By the end of this week, President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus bill should offer a clearer …

U.S. labor dept seen saying it will not enforce Trump-era investment rules

The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to announce that it will not enforce Trump administration rules.The rules, finalized in the last days of former President Donald Trump’s administration, affect …

H-1B Cap Update:H-1B Cap Season Opens March 9, Cap Selection Wage Regulation Delayed until December 31, 2021

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2022.All H-1B cap cases must be entered into the electronic registration system …

President Biden’s New Executive Actions Deliver Economic Relief for American Families and Businesses Amid the COVID-19 Crises:

On his first day in office, President Biden issued an executive order, that will launch an all-of-government effort to provide equitable emergency economic relief to working families, communities, and small …

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

The Biden Administration issued a memorandum on January 20, 2021, to THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES imposing a Regulatory Freeze Pending ReviewNo regulations or rules are to be …

Only 16 percent new hires possess skills to meet job roles

Organizations are struggling to hire quality talent as only 16 percent of new hires have the requisite skills for both their current role and the future, as per a new …

Fauci warns of disturbing data as Coronavirus cases plunge in 11 states

Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House coronavirus advisor, in a conference with President Donald Trump, disputed the President's remarks that the U.S. is "rounding off the corner" over the disturbing data …

Americans to get Pfizer vaccines by the end of the year, says CEO

Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla said in a Sunday conference that its vaccine, which the pharmaceutical giant has been investing and developing to treat the COVID-19, has been set to release …

Closing indoor bars and wearing masks will shut down coronavirus outbreak, says top HHS official

In a conference held earlier this week, Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir told the reporters, "We are all concerned about the increase in cases we are currently seeing …

Amazon employees show up for work, undergo screening for COVID-19 symptoms

The largest online commercial giant, Amazon, has started the screening process for its employees, who work in the company's warehouse, for coronavirus symptoms. The company said in a notice as …

pwc declared promotions and bonuses for employees

PricewaterhouseCooper (PWC) has declared promotions and monthly bonuses to its employees on October 1, 2020. According to earlier media reports, PWC had previously declared 25% pay cuts from its managerial …

FDA warns of potential drug interaction with remdisivir

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning against hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine clarifying its interaction with the drug remdisivir, reducing the antiviral activity of the Coronavirus. This comes …

WHO officials to review new evidence of the Coronavirus being airborne

The WHO officials are currently reviewing new evidence which suggests that the possibility of air transmission of the COVID-19 viruses. WHO had earlier declared that the virus is transmitted only …

WHO warns against COVID-19 scenarios as the virus continues to accelerate.

The World Health Organization has declared a warning against the Coronavirus spread as the number of cases continues to surge in the U.S. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a …

EMA recommends eight new medicines, refuses one

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended 8 new medications which are yet to be approved while citing a negative opinion over an anti-tumor drug. The committee recommended conditional marketing …

U.S. has 'way too much virus' to control the pandemic outbreak, says CDC

According to Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, "We’re not in the situation of New Zealand or Singapore or Korea …

Apple to reclose 30 stores as the COVID-19 cases surge nationwide

Tech Giant Apple declared earlier this week that it will be reclosing its 30 national stores worldwide as the coronavirus cases surge again. Up till today, Apple has closed a …

WHO warns countries over future lockdowns as Coronavirus cases surge

With the growing Coronavirus cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended countries to foster future plans for country-wide lockdown, along with other mandatory restrictions to curb the surging cases. In …

Orphan drugs, gene therapies at DIA receives updates from FDA officials

The officials of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have discussed the agency's contribution to the development of drug products that treat rare diseases. The agency claims that while …

Ralf Brandstätter to be the new CEO of Volkswagen

The Volkswagen Group is reassigning responsibilities for the management of the brand and the Group. The Volkswagen core brand is to be led by the brand’s previous COO, Ralf Brandstätter …

Coronavirus antibodies could last for about 2 to 3 months after infection, research suggests

According to a recent study conducted at the Wanzhou District of China, researchers compared the response of the antibody from 37 symptomatic patients to that of 37 asymptomatic patients. The …

Unemployment claims a total of 1.5 million for the first time, U.S economy is hammered

The unemployment benefits in the U.S. have reached a sum total of 1.5 million, which is worse than what was expected at 1,3 million. Workers receiving benefits under all programs …

FDA issues reports on drug quality, shares insights from 2019 trends

The Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ) under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new report that gives insights into the agency's quality of drugs and biologics …

Twitter appoints Patrick Pichette as its new CFO

Patrick Pichette, who worked for Googe as Cheif Financial Officer, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Board by Twitter. Patrick Replaces Omid Kordestani, who will stay forth …

Prabhakar Raghavan becomes Google's new Head of Search

Google announced Prabhakar Raghavan as its new Head of Search earlier this week. He will be taking over Ben Gomes, who will be moving to a different role within the …

The World Health Organization (WH0) has sparked controversies after its top official, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "Communicating complex science in real-time about a new virus is not always easy, …

FDA issued list suggests company names removed from test list

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began publically listing the names of the company that has been removed from the antibody test list earlier this month. In its initial …

PepsiCo appoints Wern-Yuen as its CEO for APAC region

PepsiCo has announced Wern Yuen as the new CEO for Asia-Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and China ("APAC"), overseeing all of PepsiCo's operations in the region. He will begin its role …

Consultancy firm Edelman slacks 7% of its staff globally

One of the largest PR Consultancy Firm, Edelman, declared earlier this March that it shall it preserve all its 6000 staffs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, after three months as …

Elon Musk calls it quits with Amazon, says monopolies are wrong

Tesla's CEO Elon Musk has tweeted tagging Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos stating that he thinks it is time to break up. His tweet comes after writer Alex Berenson took to …

8 million self-employed Americans receive unemployment benefits amidst pandemic

As much as 8 million Americans have received unemployment benefits amidst the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This newly added benefit under the  CARES Act covers gig workers, independent contractors, self-employed persons, …

FDA updates its guidance on clinical trial amidst the pandemic

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has successfully updated its clinical trial amidst the COVID-19 crisis that addresses new questions concerning the post-marketing requirements, video conferencing, and imaging centers. …

Paytm asks employees to surrender accumulated leaves

The online payment platform Paytm has asked its employees to surrender their Privilege Leaves (PL) collected leaves till 35 days and all other leaves that they have currently accumulated (Casual …

IBM lays off its employees amid COVID-19 crisis

Tech Giant IBM has laid off its employees amid the COVID-19 crisis. The company has instigated a fresh round of lay-offs in at least five states across the U.S. The …

Twitter announces permanent work from home for its employees

The online social media platform, Twitter, has announced permanent work from home for its employees until they feel the need to come back or when everything goes back to normal. …

FDA updates COVID-19 guidance to address adverse events

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its guidance on the clinical trials amidst the pandemic to address how and when the sponsors and application holders should report …

Paypal measures rise in customers aged over 50, says older generations test for digital payments

The online payment platform, PayPal, has reported a stark rise in the segment of online digital payment from customers aged 50 years and above, which is its highest increase in …

China arranges stocks and oil supplies as Coronavirus spurs fear shortages

After new cases of COVID-19 were discovered in China, consumers have started to stock up oil and other supplies as fear for the pandemic grows globally. The country reported 82% …

FDA releases two guidance to speed up COVID-19 treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two guidance to accelerate the COVID-19 treatment process as well as develop the drugs to prevent the spread.     “Accelerating …

Amazon confirms to end wage increase and double overtime pay in June

Tech Giant Amazon announced earlier this week to extend the hourly wages and double overtime pay for its employees in delivery jobs and warehouses till 30th May. The policy was earlier extended …

New York pays $7.4 billion to unemployment claims to approximately 1.7 million residents, official says

According to Melissa DeRosa, secretary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Department of Labor has paid about a sum total of $7.4 billion to unemployment claims to around 1.7 …

China sees rise in global fund investments as the other countries struggle with COVID-19

As the world struggles to fight the deadly coronavirus, global funds investments in Chinese stocks of more than 800 funds reached nearly $2 trillion in assets under management. This is …

CDER issue policy for handling new identity safety signals

The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new guidance and manuals that explain the internal process of identifying and evaluating …

Big companies must be reluctant to consider govt. taxes, says Lloyd Blankfein

The ex-Goldman and Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blankfein said in a conference earlier this week that the large companies, the ones who operate overseas, must be reluctant to take taxpayer money …

Hydroxychloroquine fails to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients

The US-funded study by the National Institutes of Health, conducted by the researchers of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City, has found that …

EU agencies warn against fraudulent online COVID Product

The regulatory agencies in France, Switzerland, and France have issued warnings against the fraudulent use of products available online, which can be used for diagnosing, preventing infections associated with the …

EMA issues warnings against unapproved cell therapies

Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) has recommended the European Medical Agency (EMA) against the usage of unapproved and unregulated cell therapies that cites potential fatal side effects. According to the …

Clinical trials to receive updated guidance on COVID-19 from EU, FDA

The European Commission and the European Medical Agency (EMA) have updated their guidance on clinical trials over the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance further adds more information about distribution, data verification, …

Banks blame electronic loan portals over its delay in pushing for small business loan programs

Earlier this week, nine industry groups formed an allegiance representing various banks and credit unions of the nation against the delays caused by the government loan portals online via the …

Singapore's DBS bank measures 29% fall in fallback its first quarter

DBS Bank in Singapore reported that its first-quarter profit fell over 29% ( around $829.2 million) in the first quarter in January-March this year. The bank further stated that it …

FDA sanctions availability of psychiatry apps amidst COVID-19 crisis

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has relaxed certain premarket requirements concerning mental illness or psychiatric issues concerning the pandemic outbreak and with a view to support depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, …

Application for Unemployment Insurance surges, defrauding rates spike

As rough as about 22 million people have registered themselves for the unemployment insurance following last week, as recorded after April 11. However, the fraudsters have found a way to …

IRS issues coronavirus stimulus checks to dead people

The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) has been depositing $290 billion in direct cash to the accounts of the dead people. This step comes ahead within the past week as part …

Adyen issues 34% hike in the first revenue as the pandemic spikes online payments

The financial technology form Adyen sees a hike of 34% in the first quarter, which is estimated to be around 135.5 million Euros.  CFO Ingo Uytdehaage said the company has …

Coronavirus email scams on the rise, warns U.S. Secret Service

The U.S. Secret Service, earlier this week, issued a public warning stating the increase in the level of email scams happening across the U.S. The USSS also stated that these …

Countries across the globe to default on the debt as the coronavirus pandemic increases, say economists

With countries spending to limit the economic fallout starting this year, the economists around the globe have said that several countries across the globe might default on their debt in …

New York City to get 100,000 coronavirus test kits in the coming years

New York City's Mayor, Bill de Blasio, announced earlier this week that the City will be purchasing about 100,000 kits per week from a mix of local contractors and a …

The world to experience the worst economic recession since the 1930s, says IMF

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world is hit with the worst economic recession of all times. As the governments worldwide continue to suffer from COVID-19 pandemic, the …

European Markets measures downfall in the opening season as the rapid coronavirus recovery fade

European Markets see a lower opening rate which turned out as a result of the fading hopes over the pandemic coronavirus outbreak. Global markets continue to seesaw on hopes and …

FDA EUA opens doors unapproved COVID-19 treatments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened a wide door of possibilities for the unapproved treatments for the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The treatment, though unapproved, has to be …

Trump threatens fund withholding to WHO, blames it for getting Coronavirus pandemic wrong

U.S. President Donald Trump has made several allegations against the World Health Organization (WHO) for getting every aspect of Coronavirus wrong. He further threatened to withhold the funding from the …

Tesla to cut all employees and daily wage workers income

Elon Musk's company Tesla has announced that it will begin to slash all its employee's salaries in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The development in the situation came as …

The economic fallout due to the Coronavirus pandemic could be the largest in years, says IMF Chief

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva has claimed that the economic fallout due to the coronavirus pandemic is worse than the financial crisis that occurred …

Mark Zuckerberg declares $1000 bonuses to its employees and $100 mn to small business

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a $1000 bonus to its employees to cope up with the shortages of household supplies amid coronavirus pandemic. The decision comes as a special …

Trump sanctions $2 trillion as part of Coronavirus response

According to reports, President Donald Trump is calling $2 trillion as a part of the government emergency response to Coronavirus emergency pandemic. A major can be seen from the Democrats …

MHRA, FDA to boost ventilator supply

Considering the increase in the coronavirus cases (COVID-19) in the U.S., the regulators such as the Medical and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the U.K. and the Food and …

WHO declares airborne precautions for the medical staffs as coronavirus shows signs to survive in the air

After a new study that turned up the chapter of Coronavirus surviving in the air, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that all the medical staff must consider mandatory airborne …

White House and Senate consign a deal on COVID-19 outbreak

The White House and Senate have come to terms over a $2 trillion bill to measure up with the drastic downfall in the country's economy due to Cornavirus disease. Senate Majority …

SpaceX employee and a health care medic test COVID-19 positive, company sends some workers home

Elon Musk's SpaceX has reported at least one positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in its headquarters in Hawthorne, California, which has led the company to send some of its employees …

California Governor issues 'stay at home' orders to all the residents amidst the outbreak

California Governor Galvin Newson declared a statewide stay at home orders concerning coronavirus scare. While declaring the orders, Newson said, "We need to bend the curve in the state of …

FDA to speed up the access to COVID-19 treatments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is doing whatever it can to speed up the access to potential COVID-19 treatments as early as possible, considering a year's time that …

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft's board of members

Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates has stepped down from the company's board of members to work toward charity organizations to work more on Philantrophic front concerning global health, education, and climate …

Walmart shortens working hours to fight coronavirus

The largest retailer in the U.S.— Walmart—has shortened the working hours of its employees further as a measure to stop the spread of deadly coronavirus amongst its workers. The retail …

WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic, EMA meetings to be conducted virtually

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus (COVID-19), the deadly disease that has killed more than 4500 people worldwide. The organization had last declared the spread of H1N1 as pandemic …

Oracle sees rise in its shares, beats what the analysts have expected

Oracle measures an unexpected rise in its share of 5%, as the company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and quarterly earnings guidance that was better than analysts had expected. The company’s …

JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs asks New York employees to work from home

The top U.S. financial firms JPMorgan Chase and Co. and Goldman Sachs have asked its New York metro employees to work from home amidst the deadly coronavirus spread. People traveling …

Democrats and Trump Administration to offer PTO to COVID-19 affected employees

With a large number of people getting affected by the disease, the Trump administration has mandated sick paid leave to the private industry workers who have been affected by the …

FDA releases a set of Gene-Drug Interactions

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday published a table identifying more than 50 gene-drug interactions that the agency says are supported by scientific evidence and announced it …

Former E&Y Executive to join WeWork as its new COO

The former executive of Ernst and Young, Shyam Gidumal, has been named as the new Cheif Operating Officer for the coworking start-up WeWork. This is the first major C-Suite level …

Wells Fargo to pay $3 billion settlement in criminal and civil investigations over its fraudulent sales practices

The banking firm Wells Fargo has confessed its involvement in frivolous malpractices in sales, and it will be paying $3 billion settlement to the Justice Department and the Securities and …

Deloitte stops offering non-auditing services to its clients in India

One of the Big Four, Deloitte, has decided to stop offering its non-auditing services to all its clients in India. This comes weeks after another Big Four accounting firm — …

Outlook Pharmaceuticals receives warning letters from OPDP over a sponsored link on Google

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issues warning letters to Outlook Pharmaceuticals as there was a sponsored Google link that did not include …

Healthcare benefit costs rise by 7.1 percent in APAC region

Medical insurers, last week, predicted that the employer medical benefit costs will continue to rise at the same rate this year in Asia-Pacific Region, as it was last year. This …

Microsoft pays regular hourly wages to its employees even if they spend less time due to coronavirus

The tech giant, Microsoft, has introduced a policy to the non-employees, who work for other companies but provide services to Microsoft, that they will be given regular hourly wages even …

Private firms in the U.S. increase job rates amidst coronavirus scare

Even with the havoc that the deadly coronavirus has dawned on the U.S. market with 20 percent of the market crash, the private firms in the U.S. have hiked the …

FDA to release reports on ASCA pilot in 2019

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently released a report that details its work on establishing its Accreditation Scheme for Conformity Assessment (ASCA) pilot in 2019. The reports …

Goldman Sachs is competing head-to-head with Silicon Valley for techies, says exec

Goldman Sachs, the Wallstreet Giant is competing head-to-head with the tech giants of Silicon Valley in recruiting engineers as developers for the banking and fintech industry. George Lee, who is …

Eileen Naughton, Senior Vice President, Google, steps down

Eileen Naughton, who worked for 14 years with the company, is stepping down from her position as Vice President of People Operations. According to Pichia, CEO, Google has reportedly added …

Adobe's Chief Human Resource Officer quits

Donna Morris, Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) of Adobe, has called it quits to pursue another career opportunity. The current executive vice president, Gloria Chen, who is a 20-year Adobe …

FDA finalizes new drafted guidance for 6 gene therapy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a set of 6 new guidance documents for the gene therapy development and other new draft guidance that interprets close relativity …

Amazon warns its employees against their disapproval over climate change policies

The E-Commerce Giant Amazon has warned its staff to step back from criticizing the company's policies over climate change and the expansion of its cloud computing technologies to oil and …

American Express’ card free revenue increases at par from expectations, rise in shares

According to the American Express' reports on the fourth-quarter results, the company's cardless revenue shoots up to $11.365 Billion than the expected $11.36 by the analysts. The company's shares have …

Google perceived among top companies for Diversity & Inclusion

Google has been perceived by 247,000 business and STEM students as the top company for creating an inclusive workplace, Universum announced. The tech giant was followed by Microsoft, and both …

FDA issues warning letters to GE for cybersecurity threats

The US Food and Drug Administration FDA has issued a warning to the public and an Electronics Company, General Electrics, for detecting a flaw in a health-care device that interferes …

Microsoft to show samples of its app for dual-screen computers

The Tech Giant Microsoft has demonstrated the designing outlook of its application on the dual-screen laptop computers set to launch before the beginning of the holiday seasons this year. The …

Springboard raises its funding to $11 mn with Reach Capital

The US-based e-learning platform Springboard, which is aimed at upskilling workforces from tech, has raised an estimate of $11 mn funds alone with Reach Capital, an investment company, leaving the …

FDA issues warning concerning potential cancer risk for a weight loss drug

The US Food and Drug Administration FDA released a notice to the public on the results that came after conducting a clinical trial for Eisai’s weight management drug Belviq (lorcaserin), …

Amazon warns its users to uninstall PayPal-invested browser extension, security reasons are the cause

The e-commerce giant, Amazon, recently warned its users to uninstall a Browser Extention named Honey, which is invested with around $4 Bn by PayPal, as it possesses a security risk …

Wells Fargo Fourth Quarter drops 50 percent, with low-interest rate to weigh on results

The beginning of the year did not bring any good news for the giant banking firm, Wells Fargo, as it saw a drop of 50 percent in its fourth-quarter. The quarterly …

Walmart India declares layoffs at its executive level

The Gurugram headquartered Walmart India has announced layoffs at its executive level, letting go of a third of its top executives. Following this week, another big firm OYO announced layoffs …

MDCG launches new guidance, cybersecurity increases under EU MDR and IVDR

The Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) has launched new guidance that targets device cybersecurity norms which will help the device manufacturers fulfill various cybersecurity norms that pose a threat to …

Google Assistant to now read long articles, sound less robotic

Google recently introduced one of its latest tech innovation on Google Assitant to read long articles out loud. The tech giant said that the software designed for this purpose is …

Tata Steel to extend hospitality and compensation to LGBTQ employees

The India-based firm, Tata Steel has extended its policy to cover all health benefits for its LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and other allied communities) employees. The law …

Hershey Company appoints new CHRO, President

The Hershey Company has announced new hiring that will take up the positions for the role of president, Chief Growth Officer, and the promoted position of CHRO. In light of …

Device manufacturers can now address risk management with ISO standards

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced its revised standard to address the application of risk management to medical devices. The standard highlights the detailed benefit that one can expect …

J.P. Morgan Chase CEO claims to extend his efforts to tackle racism

Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the accounting firm J.P. Morgan Chase and Co., tackled allegations of racism cases taking place at the company's branches in the Phoenix area …

Vocational Jobs salaries grew by 18%

In a study conducted by a staffing firm last year, the salary for the vocational jobs has grown one high up than to engineering and MBA jobs in 2020. In …

New Federal law abjures overtime salary raise

The new Federal Law initiates modifications in the overtime rule that customizes the pay for the overtime employees. To have white-collar exemptions, the employees must be paid with at least …

UDIs receives technical guidance from EC

The Europian Commission (EC) released eight documents on technical specifications for Unique Device Identifiers (UDIs). Amongst these, four of the documents are related to Basic UDI-DI for manufacturers to use …

Google's co-founders step down from Alphabet's management position, hands management responsibility to Sundar Pichai

Google's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have declared their step down from the management position from Alphabet, Google's parent company. While the news came in as a little surprise …

Researchers have found tips to engage remote works as friends

On research conducted recently, it is found that the remote employees can develop a rich bond with their colleagues even when they are working remotely. According to the research data, …

Adaptive trial design receives FDA's finalized guidance

Adaptive clinical trial design for drugs and biologics has received finalized guidance by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The 33 paged guidance recommends on principles of adaptive trial …

Amazon challenges tech giant Microsoft for $10 Bn cloud awards

Expressing concerns over the unfair politics getting on the way of fair contesting, Amazon declared that it is contesting for a $10 Bn award by Pentagon for cloud computing to …

Draft Integrity receives draft guidelines from WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) drafts new guidance on data integrity elaborating the elements to make the data stay safe and reliable in production and pharmaceuticals control. The guidelines also …

Indian workers are highly engaged in Asia-Pacific, senior execs say

About 96 percent of Indian senior executives at the management level of their companies have reported that Indian workers are found to be highly engaging in their workforce when compared …

Jobiak, an AI-based recruitment optimization technology startup, raises $2.3 Mn

AI-based recruitment technology startup named Jobiak has raised $2.3Mn in a seed funding round instigated by a group of investors and entrepreneurs Jane Hirsh (former CEO/ Chairman of a major …

Business Intelligence in the healthcare industry takes a new hike

According to the market report, business intelligence in the healthcare industry has added significant advancement in analyzing the medical records and stats with the help of advanced technical aspects of …

Smallpox drug development gets finalized guidance by the FDA

The smallpox drug development guidance, which was released last year in July, lacked clarification on certain aspects of drug development to treat smallpox. The US Food and Drug Administration, however, …

Banks must behave the same as tech companies to survive: financial executives

The financial executives say that it is mandatory for financial institutes to think and behave like the tech companies. At an event in Guangzhou, China, David Rafalovsky, chief technology officer …

Demand for freelancers with data analytics and virtual assistance skills rises

Freelancers willing to work in the field of data analytics and virtual assistance now have a high chance to get recruited by recognized firms as demand for these jobs gets …

Massachusetts PET Drug Manufacturer gets FDA Warning

After an inspection unveiled the unclean conditions and failures in environmental monitoring for the positron emission tomography (PET) drug manufacturing site’s aseptic operation, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …

GDUFA II implementation gets revised draft guidance by the FDA

The Generic Drug User Free Program (GDUFA II) received a revised 2017 draft guidance by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The major objective explained in the draft guidance …

The Oncology office gets renamed, restructured by the FDA

The Office of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that was responsible for cancer therapy approval gets renamed as the Office of Oncologic Diseases (OOD), and it's been restructured …

Eudamed to be launched for both devices and IVDs in 2020

The database of medical device information by the European Commission, which is also called Eudamed, will be launched in 2022. The Commission also added that after a thorough and independent …

Indian, Bahamian Drugmakers receives warning from the FDA

Two Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Torrent Pharmaceuticals, and a Bahamian drugmaker Coral Pharmaceutical receives warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drugmakers were sent warning letters …

CDRH offers a close look at the new FY 2020 guidance

The Center for Devices and Regulation Health (CDRH) of the FDA, issued the FY 2020 and the final guidance list featuring few repeats from last year and new drafts on …

Researchers demand more consistency on Patient Experience Data from FDA

The Patient Experience Data (PED) in the review documentation has been raised questions on its consistency by the researches at drugmaker Sanofi. The researchers have demanded the FDA to check …

MDCG releases new guidance on software classification under MDR

The software qualification under the European Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) receives new guidance from the European Commission's Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG).The guidance addresses …

Drug Importation coming soon: Trump

With a remark made on the executive order on Medicare, President Donald Trump addressed that the drugmakers would lower their prices once they begin importation. The speech seemed to have …

OPDP issues an untitled letter to Kowa Pharmaceuticals over YouTube Testimonials

The Kowa Pharmaceuticals receives untitled letters, over a youtube testimonial video posted by a patient, on claims over satin drug Livalo. The letters were issued by the U.S. Food and …

Cybersecurity gets new guidance by the IMDRF

The International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) released a 45 paged guidance on the new best practices and general principles to facilitate the cybersecurity of medical devices. The guidance is …

EMA officials expect RWE translation into the credible evidence

The officials from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) demand a need for "an adequate statistical method to extract, analyze, and interpret" the Real World Evidence (RWE) before they can translate …

The UK to block some parallel exports due to drug shortages

Due to drug shortages, which might occur with a possibility of no-deal Brexit, a list of 24 medicines has been published by the UK’s Medicines that cannot be parallel exported …

FDA drafts guidance on patients' engagement in the device trial

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drafted new guidance on explaining the improvement by the sponsors in the medical devices clinical investigations by including the patient's experiences, perspectives, and …

FDA delays the verification requirements for salable returned drugs

In an announcement made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it declares final guidance explaining that it will delay the verification requirements for salable returned drugs. It further …

New list generated by the FDA containing NDAs transitioning to BLAs in March 2020

A preliminary list of the New Drug Application has been released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which will be converted to the Biologics License Application (BLA) on …

FDA drafts guidance on electronic device submission

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has drafted new guidance on the electronic submissions for medical devices with both bindings and nonbinding provisions intact. The drafted guidance is formed, …

FDA launches tech modernization action plan

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveils its new plan on modernizing the tech plans in order to match up the level of advancements in the trending data-rich applications and …

Biologics receive new tools from the FDA to stimulate the immune response

A new tool developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), can now predict whether an immune response can be mounted on the body to prevent the activity of …

CDRH instigates operationalizing New Safety and Performance Based Pathway

The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health initiates the first step to operationalize New Safety and Performance Based Pathway and has issued performance criteria and testing …

New data integrity commitments made by Novartis

The CEO of Novartis, Vasant Narasimhan, had told an investor conference for making new commitments to the U.S. FDA on reporting regular data integrity issues, considering its fallout from the …

Picato patients’ skincare data is in its review phase by the EMA

Picato is an ingenol mebutate gel to treat an excessively sun exposed skin condition called keratosis. The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the EMA has begun reviewing data on …

FDA sought feedback on Benefit-Risk Considerations

Before its final release, the draft guidance on assessing the benefits of the medical devices on the weight loss has been circulated with a discussion paper in the audience and …

The regulatory submission's units of standards are now adopted by the FDA

The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) now has the latest set of codes, which can be used for electronic submissions for drugs and biologics, and the U.S. Food …

FDA sanctions more time to the drugmakers to join Quality Metrics Feedback Program

The submission period for the Quality Metrics Feedback Program, which was instigated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2018, has been reopened with another 120 days …

FDA issues warning letters to an Indian manufacturer for NDEA and NDMA Impurities

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to an Indian manufacturer, Lantech Pharmaceuticals, for detecting N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) and N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) impurities in the Valsartan Active Pharmaceutical …

CDRH seeks experts' advice for 18 advisory panel 

The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the U.S. FDA decides to seek expert advice and form an advisory panel to evaluate and review data on the norms …

FDA's Prostate Tissue Ablation Devices draft guidance congregates support

The draft guidance on the prostate tissue ablation devices receives support from the industry trade associations to revise and revisit certain sections of the drafted guidance on the clinical testing …

FDA Biosimilar drafted guidance receives edits from the EMA

The European Medical Agency (EMA) offered cardinal line-by-line edits and comments on an FDA's recently released draft guidance on biosimilar drugs for comparative analytical assessments. The comments and edits by …

Indian and Chinese manufacturers receive warnings from CDER

The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research department of the FDA issues warning to the Indian based active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer CTX Life sciences Private Ltd. and China-based drug …

FDA gets perturbed by the Academics and Researchers for the ‘Integrated Reviews’ Plan

With the FDA's new plan to consolidate the original reviews of medical products into an integrated review, the academics and researchers, from the most eminent institutes across the globe, have …

FDA issues warning in regards to the serious liver injuries over 3 Hepatitis C drugs

The FDA issued warning concerning the 3 Hepatitis drugs, namely, AbbVie’s Mavyret (glecaprevir/pibrentasvir), Merck’s Zepatier (elbasvir/grazoprevir) or Gilead’s Vosevi (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir), which was initially thought to improve the condition of the …

Placebos and blinding for cancer trial receive finalized guidance by the FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Authority (FDA) released a finalized guidance on the cancer trials, recommending that only Placebos should be used in case of select circumstance, taking into account, …

The U.S. urges EU/MDR to delay the implementation process for 3 years

In a July 24th statement, the U.S urged Europe's Medical Devices and In-vitro Diagnostics Regulations to delay the new implementation by three years to “allow for US exporters to adapt …

FDA receives notice from GAO to improve the First Cycle Generic Approval Rate

The Government Accountable Office (GAO) has demanded the FDA to improve the rate of first cycle approvals for generic drugs considering an increase in the clarity and consistency of reviewer …

Canada drug pricing regulations receive finalized amendments

The final amendments on the drug pricing regulations were announced by the Government of Canada due to excessive prices of the patented drugs with the new regulatory tool. The demand …

FDA issues finalized guidance of Labeling statements on the Child Resistant Packaging

The FDA recently issued finalized labeling statements, which it released two years ago, in context to the Child Resistant Packaging (CRP) for over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs. Although the 16 …

Outdated Listings will be inactivated: FDA to Drug Manufacturers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on its recent announcement, declared inactivating drug and manufacturing establishment listings that are not current in one month. The decision is made taking into …

The QMS requirements for the national inspectorates receives revised WHO guidance

The national Good Manufacturing Practice inspectorates are now to associate themselves with the international standards under the latest revised guidance on the quality system requirements. The inspectorates are also needed …

Bipartisan Drug pricing package gets advancement by Senate Committee

The drug price for medicare gets deductions in the increased price transparency by the US Senate Committee on Finance. With the vote of 19-9, the bill sees consideration by the …

Metal Expandable Biliary Stent 510(k)s receives FDA finalized guidance

The sponsors of metal expandable biliary stents receive an assisting set of final guidance in preparing 510(k) submission to gather premarket experience. The present guidance ousts the 1998 guidance on …

First Tissue-Agnostic Cancer Treatment receives conditional approval by EMA

The first medicine to treat tumors with a specific mutation receives conditional approval from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP). The medication promises to work on the …

Single-use devices under MDR receives specification offers for reprocessing from European Commission

The single-use medical devices under the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) of the European Commission (EC), receives Common Specifications (CS) for reprocessing. The Common Specification (CS) is drafted following the criteria …

Drug Safety Q&A gets revision by the European Commission

The medicinal products mentioned in the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161, receives a thoroughly revised Question and Answers on implementing its safety features. The drafted questions and answers format revises …

New FDA Guidance on treating Advanced Prostate Cancer

According to the FDA's new drafted guidance on Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) analogues can treat Advanced Prostate Cancer. The drafted guidance will help sponsors in analyzing the safety and security associated …

Magnetic Field Interference with Shunt Systems gets instructions from the CDRH

According to an analysis by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Cerebrospinal Fluid shunt valve, which is magnetic externally programmable, has a setting that can change from a …

Strides Pharma receives warning for uncontrolled shredding from the FDA

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S has warned the Strides Pharma for continuously shredding the documents and violating the Good and Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) in Puducherry, India. …

Akorn receives warning from the FDA for cGMP violations

The U.S. FDA issued a warning letter to Akorn for violating the cGMP at the New Jersey manufacturing facility in Somerset. The letter as discussed by the Akorn on June …

Finalization on revised REMS Modifications Guidance is here

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared finalization on the revised REMS Modification Guidance. The revised guidance discusses the modification and revisions to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS). It …

The lists for essential medicines and diagnostics get an update

The essential medicines and essential in vitro diagnostics (IVD) tests, receive an updated list by the World Health Organization (WHO). The major agenda behind the updated list is for the …

Gene therapies under the Orphan Drug Regulations to receive drafted guidance for

The CBER of the FDA' s department, specified that due to concurrent analogies or similarities in the product of the gene therapy under the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, …

FDA issues two new drafted guidelines on drug labeling

The Drug and Dependence section receives an all-new, 12 paged, drafted guidelines emphasizing on maintaining clarity and precision in the packaging and labeling of the drugs. It must clearly state …

Heart failure treatment to meet endpoints with an FDA drafted guidance

With new drafted guidance on analysis, the FDA had cleared out to thoroughly scrutinize the effects and symptoms to generate the new drug for heart failure. A survey, that was …

EU-US GMP Mutual Recognition Pact has a new member

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Commission (EC) announced on Thursday to take Germany as the member for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). The inspections will be conducted between …

Cyber risk strikes the Medtronic Insulin Pumps, FDA issues warning

The Medtronic receives warning from the FDA to bring modification in the Insulin Pumps. Their Insulin Pumps seemed to have been a source of the potential risk of cyber security. …

Prostate Tissue Ablation Devices receives a drafted clinical recommendation from CDRH

The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the FDA, issued a 10-page drafted clinical recommendations to support and approve clinical test for a high-intensity ultrasound concerning prostate tissue …

FDA issues warning letters to the Indian, Chinese and the U.S. drugmakers

The Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. issued a warning letter last month to address the quality and safety issues regarding generic drugs. An Indian, Chinese, and the U.S. …

FDA Bioavailability Guidance needs changes: Drugmakers

The FDA's draft guidance on the Bioavailability (BA) is yet again in demand for changes by the drug makers and the industry groups. The guidance is 27 paged and will …

Medicinal nutrition to be regulated in the Food: Canadian Government

The Connecticut attorney, General William Sanders, on Monday released a more than 500-page document to fix the complaint with regards to unredacted Generic Drug prices in Connecticut. Teva Pharmaceuticals, Novartis’ …

New Opioids to be compared with the old ones: FDA

A Guideline constituting of 7 pages has been drafted by the FDA on how to compare the new Opioids with the old ones. The guideline is believed to have elaborated …

FDA finalizes the guidelines concerning Advertisements and Promotional Material Submission

The 37-paged guideline, which was drafted back in April 2015, has been finalized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. The guidelines focus on Promotional material submission …

EU MDR downs another Notified Body, due to high investments

QS Zürich AG, a swiss Notified Body, had called it quits to follow its designation with regards to the new EU MDR. The CEO of the former said that being …

International Drug Regulators Group welcomes 2 new members

On its third committee meeting, held earlier this month, the International Pharmaceutical Regulators Program (IPRP) welcomed Iran and Argentina as its newest members. The committee now comprises a total of …

Four Entities to Govern UDI Regulations: European Commission

GS1, the Health Industry Business Communications Council (HIBCC), ICCBA and Informationsstelle für Arzneispezialitäten (IFA GmbH) are the four new entities which will act as the “issuing entities” for the Unique …

FDA issues notice to Taiwan Drugmaker for GMP Violations

Vida International, a Taiwan drug making firm, was issued a warning over GMP violations last month. The FDA blamed the firm for not having a regular check of the quality …

CDRH releases guidance on the Mouse Embryos Assay

The Center for Devices and Radiological Health, which is short for CDRH, is an FDA department, which on Wednesday, released a set of 7-paged affective guidelines on the Mouse Embryos …

Biologics Monographs is now a debated issue for USP and the FDA

On a recent issue of President Donald Trump's FY2020 budget request and a discussion draft circulated by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee last month, the FDA …

Catalyst Pharma Sues FDA on Approving a Rival Drug

Catalyst Pharmaceutical sued the FDA for approving a rival company's drug regulation, namely Ruzurgi, which is utilized to cure Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS). The biological name of the drug is …

WHO designates Regulatory Authorities as WLA

An all-new process is drafted by the WHO that will incorporate regulators to be enlisted as WLA (WHO-Listed Authorities). WHO, in May, discussed the definitions and procedures to implement the …

With the latest transition taking place in the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulations (MDR/IVDR), the European industries are daunted by the realities and are set to go back to their contingency …

The drug approval for almost half of the drugs in 2018, relied on a single trial

According to a new report on the survey conducted on the drug makers and manufacturers, it has come to light that almost half of the drugs that were manufactured in …

Stem Cell Clinic loses a case against FDA over stem cell products

In a recent Federal case against the FDA, the Stem Cell Clinics marked the use of the Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) must be exempted as it regulated misbranding and adulteration …

China drops at a scale of 25% in terms of initial registration for medical devices

China has reportedly been seen a fall in the initial registration of the medical devices. Statistics have recorded a drop of 25% every year and there is now no development …

Compensated Cirrhosis can treat Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH): CDER

NASH, short for Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH), can be cured effectively with some compensated Cirrhosis, as per the new guidance that is drafted by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research …

EU MDR/IVDR releases Q&A for the Notified Bodies

The European Commission, on Thursday, released an 8 eight-paged answer to the 4 set of questions that clarifies the regulatory obligations with regards to Notified Bodies. The document covers "organizational …

Thickeners can act as a cure to Dysphagia

Dysphagia is known as difficulty in swallowing food or any liquid item. The dysfunction is caused due to geriatric syndrome and is considered to be a neurological and structural condition. …

New guidance on enhancing the diversity in the population of Clinical Trials

FDA, on Thursday, drafted all-new guidance that aimed at enhancing the diversity in the clinical trials by the drug makers towards the population that rationally utilize and rely on the …

FDA needs improvements, says the House Appropriators

The FY 2020 report was sent to the FDA from the House, explaining and demanding the FDA, a need to foster and install certain improvements so as to effectively stimulate …

The U.S. Senate committee calls the Foreign Workgroup a threat to the national resource

Chuck Grassley, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee, on Wednesday announced that foreign countries such as China, are reportedly seen as a threat to the country's resources. He said …

Biosimilar and interchangeable Insulin drugs to be regulated in the Pharma industry: FDA

In a meeting conducted last month, the FDA declared the regulation of biosimilar and interchangeable drugs with regards to Insulin. This has muddled the understanding of the working and processing …

Expanded Access Program to help Oncologists and Physicians: FDA

A new development is seen in the Hospital and Healthcare industry, as FDA, on Monday, launched a new program which facilitates a more reliable and faster way to fill the …

Artificial Intelligence to be instigated as SaMD by FDA and IMDRF

IMDRF and the FDA have proposed to launch Artificial Intelligence to provide a helping hand in medical history. IMDRF claims that by implementing Artificial Intelligence, major medical devices can run …

Quality Considerations for Continuous Manufacturing needs re-drafting.

The FDA, in February, released the "27-pages" of active guidelines that focus on the implementation of the continuous manufacturing in the Pharmaceutical industry. But that being said, the Drugmakers and …

Metal Expandable Biliary Stent 510(k)s receives FDA finalized guidance

The sponsors of metal expandable biliary stents receive an assisting set of final guidance in preparing 510(k) submission to gather premarket experience. The present guidance ousts the 1998 guidance on …

Bipartisan Drug pricing package gets advancement by Senate Committee

The sponsors of metal expandable biliary stents receive an assisting set of final guidance in preparing 510(k) submission to gather premarket experience. The present guidance ousts the 1998 guidance on …