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 …
People taking the drug Ecstasy may have side effects in the form of a rash that looks like acne, said a German dermatologist. Uwe Wollina of the University of Jena in Germany first noticed the symptoms when a woman was admitted to the university hospital with liver failure after consuming …
the authorities in Gujarat have seized 19.2 lakh banned oxytocin injections which are illegally sold to the cattle owners to raise milk production. According to the state health minister, Ashok Bhatt, the seizure was made in a series of raids in Patan, Mehsana and Ahmedabad towns of the state. It …
Pakistan will become the first country in South Asia when Viagra, the anti-impotency drug, will be made available through over-the-counter sales. The pill is expected to hit the shelves all over the country sometime this month. "It may be another feather in the present government's cap that it took Pakistan …
A recent decision by the Himachal Pradesh government may not be good news to the endangered Himalayan yew (Taxus baccata). The government has allowed collection and export of yew, which is in great demand in the pharmaceutical industry for manufacturing drugs to treat cancer. In 1995, the government had announced …
the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, which was passed recently by the Indian Parliament, seems to have left a number of questions unanswered. Many Parliamentarians, social activists and scientists have voiced their concern over the fallout of this Bill. They have accused the government of ignoring the interests of the nation …
Despite Viagara hitting the stores in Hong Kong, the sale of Chinese medicines has not been affected. The Hong Kong health authorities approved the sale of Viagara in February 1999 and the manufacturer Pfizer rushed it to the local pharmaceuticals. Pharmacist Pat Lee said, "On an average, only three or …
be careful when you take an ayurvedic tonic next time. According to Devika Nag, head department of neurology at the King Georgess Medical College, Lucknow, several brands of the popular ayurvedic tonic, Chawanpraysh had, significant levels of lead in it. Nag was speaking at a conference on lead poisoning in …
According to United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) official, David Morton, the continuing famine in North Korea is comparable to the Ethiopian famine in the mid-1980s. He said large-scale assistance would be needed for at least three years to turn the situation around. The food disaster has produced a generation …
A microchip with drug-administering capabilities could soon make the common household television (TV) a delight for the olfactory senses. The chip can store a large number of drugs and releases them by remote control. It was initially designed to be implanted in the human body, where it would administer drugs …
THE cost of complying with an environmental legislation in the European Union may have far reaching impacts. It could force medicines for animals to go off the market, say drug makers. According to the legislation, in order to gain a marketing licence, European manufacturers must conduct an environmental impact assessment …
For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two drugs intended to help behavioural problems in pets. Clomipramine can now be used to treat canines suffering from separation anxiety
A recent decision by the Himachal Pradesh government may not be good news to the endangered Himalayan yew (Taxus baccata). The government has allowed collection and export of yew, which is in great demand in the pharmaceutical industry for manufacturing drugs to treat cancer. In 1995, the government had announced …
a critical change to us medical regulations, which allows doctors to test new drugs on some patients without their consent, has been criticised by ethicists after 24 patients died in the first clinical trial performed under the new rules. Researchers are usually required to acquire a patient's informed consent before …
" giving up smoking is easy. I've given it up many times,' Mark Twain had said once about a smoker's predicament. For a smoker, nicotine is not just about a mild kick. Simply looking at a cigarette, or even smelling one induces a craving. But now, they can fight back, …
Cell Pathways Inc, a tiny US company based in Pennsylvania, recently claimed that it is conducting human trials of a novel drug that can prevent and treat cancer by forcing tumour cells to commit suicide. The company also said that it will soon receive European and US patents for its …
A reliable and sensitive procedure is presented for the analysis of streptomycin (STP) in food of animal origin, like meat, milk and honey. The method is based on a separation by ion-pair liquid chromatography with ?-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate (NQS) postderivatization and fluorescence detection. The clean-up of the extract is done by solid-phase …
amid growing fears that antibiotics used in animal feed could lead to drug-resistant diseases among humans, European Union ( eu ) agriculture ministers voted to ban four drugs. Scientists recommended the ban after a Dutch farmer was found to be infected with the same drug-resistant bacteria as his chicken, indicating …
Chinese officials are calling for a crackdown on the dumping of medicines by drug manufacturers engaged in price wars. "The practice should be banned,' said a spokesperson for the State Economic and Trade Commission. The root of the problem lies in the current price war caused by a nation-wide overproduction …
An experimental surgery may be useful in treating high blood pressure that does not respond to treatment or where patients experience unacceptable side effects from antihypertensive drugs. In the technique, called ventrolateral medullary decompression, a Teflon implant is used to reduce pressure on two cranial nerves near the medulla oblongata, …
African health authorities have been trying to get unauthorised vendors of medicines off the streets, but some observers feel they should also keep a close eye on the operations of pharmacies. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for example, the medicines sold in some pharmacies, both public and private, …
