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• Panel rejects clinical trial plea by some drug makers

  The govt as well as the central drug regulatory agency have been cautious on approving any clinical trial after SC instructions Proposals from leading pharmaceutical companies such as Novo Nordisk, Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Wockhardt, Novartis, Roche and Reliance Life Sciences for conducting clinical trials were recently rejected by a regulatory committee, formed following the Supreme Court’s directions to supervise tests of new medicines on human beings.

  • 01/04/2014

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Drugs
    • Drug Industry
    • Medical Research
    • Supreme Court
    • Health Effects
    • Health

• US talks aim to reverse malaria failure

  The world's leading malaria specialists gather in Washington on Thursday against the backdrop of an uncomfortable truth: their continued failure to tackle one of the most lethal diseases. Despite the

  • 14/12/2006

  • Financial Times (London)
  • • Health

• Scientists, experts, policy makers ask to curb fake pesticides

  As Madhya Pradesh takes lead in the country in terms of agriculture growth rate at an impressive 14%, the state would do well to address the problem of fake pesticides, scientists, policy makers and agriculture

  • 19/08/2013

  • Times Of India (Indore)
  • • Madhya Pradesh
    • Agriculture
    • Pesticides
    • FAO
    • Hazardous Products
    • Indore (D)
    • Farmers
    • Soyabean
    • Biopesticide
    • Health Effects
    • Pesticides And Toxins

• Indiscriminate exploitation threatens ‘naag chhatri’

  The increasing demand of the herbal industry for ‘naag chhatri’, a perennial medicinal plant found in the temperate zone of the Himalayas, is leading to its indiscriminate and excessive exploitation and

  • 09/11/2012

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Medicinal Plants
    • Himalaya
    • Herbal Medcine
    • Himachal Pradesh
    • Ayurveda
    • Drug Industry
    • Jammu & Kashmir

• Estimated risk of placental infection and low birthweight attributable to Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa in 2010: a modelling study

  <p>Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy leads to adverse outcomes including low birthweight; however, contemporary estimates of the potential burden of malaria in pregnancy in Africa (in the

  • 01/08/2014

  • Lancet Global Health
  • • Malaria
    • Maternal Health
    • Child Health
    • Vector Borne Diseases
    • Africa
• 

  Is institutional racism for real?

  A recent review of editorial boards of ten leading international psychiatry journals has revealed almost nil representation from developing countries

  • 30/05/2003

  • WHO
  • • Malaria
    • Health Care
    • Medical Research
    • Tuberculosis
    • WHO
    • Developing Countries

• Piramal Life may develop TB drug with leads from Antarctica

  P B Jayakumar / Mumbai September 17, 2008, 1:02 IST Piramal Life Sciences, the demerged research arm of pharmaceutical major Nicholas Piramal India (NPIL), may become the first company to successfully develop a tuberculosis drug whose leads are isolated from the living organisms found in ice brought from the Antarctica region. "The scientists with Piramal Life Sciences (PLSL) has identified additional leads that will help to develop drugs to treat tuberculosis and other infections," revealed Swati Piramal, director, Nicholas Piramal.

  • 17/09/2008

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Tuberculosis

• 25 pc people suffer respiratory diseases

  Around 25 percent people in Sylhet district have been suffering from acute Respiratory Tract Infection (RTI) due to air pollution caused by the black smoke-emitting unfit vehicles. According to sources,

  • 01/02/2013

  • New Nation (Bangladesh)
  • • Bangladesh
    • South Asia
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Health
    • Air Pollution
    • Vehicular Pollution
    • Carbon Monoxide
    • Environment

• Wake up and smell the air

  Our health is not on anybody’s agenda. Or, we just don’t seem to make the connections between the growing burden of disease and the deteriorating condition of our environment. We don’t really believe the

  • 15/03/2013

  • • Air Pollution
    • Health Effects
    • Diesel
    • Sunita Narain
    • Lung Cancer
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Heart Diseases
    • Biomass
    • Chulhas (Cookstoves)
    • Cars
    • Air Pollution Control
    • Urban Transport
    • Public Transport
    • Personal Transport
    • India

• Depression can make bones weak, says study

  Depression can lead to brittle bones, Israeli scientists found in a new study released on Monday that also suggested anti-depressant drugs could be used to treat osteoporosis. The scientists, at

  • 01/11/2006

  • • Health

• Safety and effectiveness of Meropenem in infants with suspected or complicated intra-abdominal infections

  <p>Intra-abdominal infections are common in young infants and lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Meropenem is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial with excellent activity against pathogens associated

  • 01/12/2012

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • • Drugs
    • Child Health
    • Antibiotics
    • Micro Organisms
    • Medical Research
    • United States Of America (US)

• ADB blasts govt over Melamchi

  A top official of Asian Development Bank (ADB), the leading donor agency on Melamchi Drinking Water Project, criticized the Nepal government for failing to take donors into confidence on the 30

  • 27/06/1998

  • • Dams
    • Irrigation
• 

  Letting go a good thing

  After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio environmental vector management project

  • 14/09/1999

  • Down To Earth
  • • Health Effects
    • Vector Control
    • Vector Borne Diseases
    • Filariasis
    • Public Participation
    • Governance
    • Kerala

• Human trials of H1N1 vaccine in India

  8 sites for human trials on 600 to 800 persons Three leading European manufacturers of Influenza-A H1N1 vaccine have agreed to conduct human trials in India to help the country procure vaccine shots for its high-risk populations.

  • 18/09/2009

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health
    • Health Care
    • Drugs
    • Vaccination
    • India
    • Swine Flu
• 

  Global warming can even cause plague

  global warming can lead to more cases of plague, warns a recent study. Warmer springs and more moist summers may create conditions for Yersina pestis

  • 29/09/2006

  • Down To Earth
  • • Health Effects
    • Climate Change
    • Global Warming
    • Plague
    • Rodents
    • Research
    • Asia
    • Norway
    • Diseases

• - GR to produce lead-free petrol

  The Guwahati Refinery (GR), the first public sector refining unit in the country, is all set to manufacture lead-free petrol after completion of the Isosiv project, according to its general manager,

  • 27/04/1998

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• Premature mortality in India due to PM2.5 and ozone exposure

  This bottom-up modeling study, supported by new population census 2011 data, simulates ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on local to regional scales. It quantifies, present-day premature

  • 24/06/2016

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • • PM 2.5
    • Air Pollution
    • Ozone
    • Health Effects
    • India
    • Statistics
    • Delhi
    • Mumbai
    • Kolkata
    • Bangalore (T)
    • Urban Air Quality
    • Remote Sensing
    • Vehicular Pollution
    • South Asia
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Aerosols

• India takes lead for H1N1 vaccine

  NEW DELHI: India has started to isolate the deadly H1N1 virus from the nasal samples of the country

  • 18/05/2009

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Health
    • Health Care
    • Medical Research
    • Drugs
    • Vaccination
    • Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR)
    • India
    • Pune (D)

• The Commonwealth Malaria Report 2022

  <p>The annual Commonwealth Malaria Report has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted malaria services, leading to an increase in malaria incidence and mortality rates. Data from the report also

  • 19/05/2022

  • Commonwealth
  • • Malaria
    • Africa
    • India
    • Bangladesh
    • Malaysia
    • Pakistan
    • South Africa
    • Vanuatu
    • Belize

• IVORY COAST

  Ivory Coast has one of the best telephone networks in Africa, yet, the Internet revolution seems to have swept past it. In fact only 12 of Africa's 54 countries are linked to the Internet,

  • 30/12/1995

  • Down To Earth
  • • Information
    • World Bank
    • Cote D' Ivoire