Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
Body chemical for cancer cure a protein molecule that ferries signals across nerve cells may now help alleviate breast and colon cancer. Researchers from Chittaranjan National Cancer Research Institute, Kolkata, and Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, us, have found that dopamine, a neurotransmitter, inhibits growth of tumour cells, alone …
besides treating cold and constipation, the medicinal plant reetha is used as a contraceptive, called consap, for women. A study has now attributed another property to this contraceptive. Consap has been found effective against trichomoniasis, a protozoal disease that affects that genitourinary tract. Researchers at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, …
the Drugs Controller General of India (dcgi) is preparing guidelines for linking the drug regulatory authority and the Indian patent office. The system called
Anil Urs / Bangalore July 30, 2008, 0:12 IST Indian biotechnology firms are steadily moving up the value chain by offering research and development (R&D;) services for global pharma companies to aid drug discovery and manufacture. Companies are offering services in drug discovery and validation based on pathway analysis (that …
London, July 29: Forty-three women who tested positive for the bacterial disease typhoid were locked up in a British asylum for decades between 1907 and 1992 even though they were cured of the disease, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported on Monday. Most of the women died in solitary confinement at …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai July 29, 2008, 5:18 IST Dr Reddy's Laboratories, the country's third-biggest drugmaker, will form a joint venture with one of the world's biggest biotech companies to make biosimilars or generic versions of patented biotech drugs to take on Ranbaxy Laboratories, Reliance Life Sciences, among other …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi July 24, 2008, 0:03 IST Two United States senators have asked the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to provide details of market approvals given to all medicines sold by India's largest drug-maker Ranbaxy in that country. The senators, John Dingell and Bart Stupak, …
Ranbaxy said on Tuesday that UK's English Crown court has quashed the country's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecution of the firm's subsidiary. This has come as a welcome breather for the company, which is facing investigations in US for selling sub-standard drugs. Ranbaxy said that the court also declined an …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai July 23, 2008, 0:20 IST Pharmaceutical companies in the country offering any financial incentive to doctors to prescribe particular drugs may become a thing of the past if the drug manufacturers decide to follow the strict code of conduct being implemented by a US industry …
PATENTLY ABSURD Latha Jishnu / New Delhi July 23, 2008, 0:26 IST Some extraordinary initiatives have been launched in recent times to ensure that the poorest of the world have access to medicines to fight pandemics and life-threatening diseases. One such is UNITAID, an international drug purchase facility that brings …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi July 23, 2008, 0:19 IST Boehringer Ingelheim, the $17-billion German pharma major that set up a subsidiary in India three years back, has decided to adopt a partnership model to tap the domestic market. The company is exploring collaborative research options. It will launch …
Dr Reddy's Laboratories hopes to become a true drug discovery company in the near future, said chairman K Anji Reddy and chief executive officer GV Prasad at the 24th annual general body meeting in Hyderabad, today. The company has two molecules under clinical development and one in the pre-clinical development …
What is acceptable in cholesterol levels in blood has undergone a significant change in recent years. Expert panels and medical bodies round the world have come up with a series of stricter as well as more nuanced guidelines. For instance, the normal levels for LDL (Low Density and Lipoprotein) and …
NEW DELHI: You will soon have access to details of the ingredients, the exact name of the bacterial strain and other essential particulars of your favourite pro-biotic drink that your local dealer stocks. Encouraging an educated and well-informed choice of health food among consumers, the Indian Council of Medical Research …
Former US president Bill Clinton has roped in four Indian and two Chinese pharmaceutical firms to cut the price of anti-malarial drugs by a whopping 30 per cent, which is likely to benefit 500 million people worldwide. The firms have also agreed to lower the price volatility of artemisinin, the …
Two US Congress members have expressed doubts over the quality of inspections conducted by the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Indian drug manufacturing facilities. Congressmen John Dingell and Bart Stupak have said the ongoing FDA-Ranbaxy row over alleged supply of "fraudulently approved and manufactured" medicines by Ranbaxy in …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai July 19, 2008, 0:40 IST Amid reports of a US Congress probe against India's largest drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories, data show that many leading multinational companies such as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Merck are also under the scanner of the US drug regulator, for more …
HIT hard by mounting scrutiny and falling stocks, Ranbaxy CEO and MD Malvinder Singh said a big global pharma company was trying to scuttle the deal with Daiichi Sankyo. "This is part of a larger game of a global innovater company to block low-cost generic drugs,'' he said. According to …
It seems that Ranbaxy's troubles will not end soon. A US congressional committee is launching an investigation into the US Food and Drug Administration's role in handling the allegations that Ranbaxy sold potentially adulterated medicines, said a US media report. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has said that it …
It will be life imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 10 lakh for those found guilty of sale and production of spurious drugs in the country. Not only this, this offence has been made non-bailable and will be heard only at the special designated court which will be set up …
