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 …
This article mainly focuses on the approval process of drug import and export from India. Now a day’s foreign pharmaceutical companies have a better legal foundation for releasing new drugs in India. The Indian medical regulatory system has become more complicated, and new drugs can take a year or more …
A furious debate that is raging in Brazil pits the nation’s largest university against hundreds of cancer patients who want access to a compound that some have branded a miracle cure. (Editorial) Original Source
Maputo — The Mozambican Health Ministry intends to introduce a new vaccine against poliomyelitis, which will be officially launched on Friday in Manhica district, 89 kilometres north of Maputo. This is the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which contains inactivated strains of all three poliovirus types. Since it is not a …
An experimental vaccine to protect against the mosquito-borne illness chikungunya is being tested in a Phase 2 trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Results from an initial trial of the vaccine, which was developed by scientists at the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), were …
Ahead of World AIDS Day 2015, UNAIDS has released a new report showing that countries are getting on the Fast-Track to end AIDS by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. By adapting to a changing global environment and maximizing innovations, countries are seeing greater efficiencies and better results. …
Hyderabad: While antimicrobial resistance is a growing global threat, the knowledge alone is not enough to combat it. In the wake of the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week, which was observed from November 16 to 22, the World Health Organisation stated that there was need for more evidence to create …
Zimbabwe will conduct its first ever HIV vaccine trial as part of efforts to curb the spread of HIV in February next year, officials have said. The HIV trial comes at a time when the global community is doubling efforts to curb the epidemic which had claimed the lives of …
Researchers Say Antibiotics Harm Flora & Fauna; May Be Behind Spike In Diabetes, Cancer Think before you pour leftover antibiotics down the drain. They wash into the Yamuna and harm the plant and animal life dependent on it. And now, doctors suspect, they may also be a reason for the …
In attempt to stop misuse or overuse of antibiotics, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is conducting an “antibiotic resistance survey,” based on which its latest policy on the use of these antibiotics will be framed. The ICMR director-general, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, said that based on the findings of …
Many preschool children develop recurrent, severe episodes of lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI). Although viral infections are often present, bacteria may also contribute to illness pathogenesis. Strategies that effectively attenuate such episodes are needed. The objective of the study was to evaluate if early administration of azithromycin, started prior to …
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in Delhi, accounting for 7 per cent of mortality with the numbers steadily rising. Doctors say 80-90 per cent patients consult the doctor when the disease is in an advanced stage. In India, where life expectancy increased from 61.97 in …
Over 200 cancer drugs, 186 medicines to treat cardiovascular diseases and 148 stents and cardiac implants will now be available at central government hospitals at prices 50-60% lower than the open market. The health ministry has launched a programme called AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment), under which …
Antibiotic resistance is occurring everywhere in the world, compromising the treatment of infectious diseases and undermining many other advances in health and medicine. Antibiotic resistance occurs naturally, but misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals is accelerating the process. Tackling antibiotic resistance is a high priority for WHO. As part …
In a meeting organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) here on Tuesday on antibiotic resistance, scientists and experts agreed that irrational use of antibiotics among humans and animals is going to put them in quandary and human health in particular at stake. Key scientists from the government …
Frequent and irresponsible use of antibiotics by the animal farm industry is leading to difficulties in treating common bacterial infections as well as post-surgery infections, a panel of scientists warned at a meeting organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on antibiotic resistance, on Tuesday. Dr. Chand Wattal, …
Panaji: Doctors at the Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital, Bambolim, will now have to take prior permissions - administrative and financial - from competent authority before conducting clinical trials, even if the trials are with sponsorship from pharmaceutical companies. Dean of Goa Medical College (GMC) and hospital, Dr Pradeep …
Antimicrobial resistance profiles and presence of resistance determinants and integrons were evaluated in Salmonellaenterica strains from Brazilian poultry. The analysis of 203 isolates showed that those from the poultry environment (88 isolates) were significantly more resistant to antimicrobials than isolates from other sources, particularly those isolated from poultry by-product meal …
Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a subclinical enteric condition found in low-income countries that is characterized by intestinal inflammation, reduced intestinal absorption, and gut barrier dysfunction. The researchers aimed to assess if EE impairs the success of oral polio and rotavirus vaccines in infants in Bangladesh. Original Source
The Brazilian government announced Thursday it will set up a workgroup to study the effects of a substance called phosphoethanolamine, after it showed good results in cancer treatment. The phosphoethanolamine pills, developed by chemistry professor Gilberto Orivaldo Chierice from the Sao Paulo University (USP)a nd several other scientist, has not …
The world's first vaccine against malaria should be rolled out in limited 'pilot' demonstrations in Africa, an advisory group to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva said on 23 October. The demonstrations — involving up to 1 million children — are needed because the vaccine is ineffective against malaria …
