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U.S. FDA clears generic from India to treat heart ailment in dogs

April 28, 20245 min

The first generic of veterinary drug pimobendan, used to manage congestive heart failure in dogs due to clinical myxomatous mitral valve disease or dilated cardiomyopathy has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug is manufactured by Cronus Pharma Specialities India Pvt Ltd, the Hyderabad-based manufacturing subsidiary of privately held U.S. veterinary drug research company Cronus Pharma based in East Brunswick, New Jersey. The FDA on Thursday approved Pimomedin chewable tablets for...

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Tortoise Chanakya, Hyderabad zoo’s star, dies at 125

March 19, 20244 min

Chanakya, the 125-year-old Galapagos giant tortoise that was a star attraction at the Nehru Zoological Garden in Hyderabad, Telangana, has died, apparently of age-related complications, the website news18.com reported. Alarm bells began to ring for the zoo officials when Chanakya stopped eating a few days ago, the report said. He was kept under the observation of the zoo’s veterinary team head, Dr M.A. Hakeem, but his condition did not improve. He refused to eat even...