India's sixth largest publicly traded drug maker by sales, Wockhardt Ltd, has informed that it will be launching Levetiracetam tablets in the United States.

Recently, Wockhardt Limited has secured nod from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for marketing the tablets containing 250mg, 500mg, 750mg and
1gm.

Levetiracetam is an anticonvulsant drug used for the treatment of epilepsy. It is S- enantiomer of etiracetam, structurally similar to the prototypical nootropic drug piracetam.

According to news report released by a well known Press agency, an enormous space debris was created by the collision of two communication satellites from the US and Russia on 10th February, which might pose a threat to the International Space Station.

Birmingham, Feb. 12 : A Domino's Pizza outlet in the Hall Green area of Birmingham has infuriated locals after becoming the first in the country to take pork off the menu and offer only halal food to suit Muslim sentiments.

The pizzeria has told customers that if they want ham or pork on their pizza they will have to go elsewhere. The regulars are blaming Dominos for discriminating against the mixed race people living in the area.

The real value of Facebook's stock appears to have become a contentious issue - while a $240 million investment by Microsoft for a 1.6 percent stake in the company in 2007, puts Facebook's value at $15 billion, the company claims its own evaluation to be $3.7 billion.

In June last year, Facebook's self appraisal pegged the price of its privately held stock at $8.88 per share; while the Microsoft investment put the related figures at $35.90 per share.

The incongruity with regard to Facebook's actual worth has come to light because of the revelations pertaining to the Palo Alto-based company's $65 million lawsuit settlement with ConnectU.

Washington, Feb 12 : American actor Tom Cruise is set to join actor Denzel Washington in the David Cronenberg-directed adaptation of the Robert Ludlum thriller "The Matarese Circle" for MGM.

Cruise and Washington play the role of two bitter enemy spies who, after spending two decades trying to kill each other, grudgingly team up against the Matarese, a powerful group at the root of a conspiracy.

New York, Feb 12 : Queen of pop Madonna is reportedly not happy that baseball player Alex Rodriguez has gone crawling back to his ex-wife Cynthia.

Madge is said to be furious that A-Rod headed home to Coral Gables, Fla., in the wake of his steroid-use scandal.

"Madge is pissed!" the New York Daily News quoted an insider as saying.

"Alex ran right home to Cynthia, and to Madonna, this is the ultimate dis," the insider said.

According to the source, Madge is mostly livid because A-Rod didn''t come to her for solace.