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 …
A parasitic-worm-killing drug, whose discovery won the Nobel prize, may also cut cases of malaria, say researchers. Early data coming out of trials of ivermectin in Burkina Faso suggest it leads to 16% fewer cases of childhood malaria. Scientists at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's conference, said …
This is the twentieth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care, control and research at global, regional and country levels using data …
A scientifically validated anti-diabetes herbal drug, named `BGR-34', was launched by a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratory in Lucknow on Sunday . A combination of natural extracts from plants, the drug is based on ayurveda and has no side effects.The drug is for management of typeII diabetes …
The outrageous price rise of the 62-year-old drug, Daraprim (Pyrimethamine) has sent the United States medical fraternity into a dizzy. The price of the drug was raised from USD 13.50 to USD 750 per pill in just over a month. This obnoxious price rise of over 5,000% came after the …
Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum parasites are rapidly spreading in Southeast Asia, yet nothing is known about their transmission. This knowledge gap and the possibility that these parasites will spread to Africa endanger global efforts to eliminate malaria. Here we produce gametocytes from parasite clinical isolates that displayed artemisinin resistance in patients …
50 Firms Vow To Follow Ethical Mktg Practices For the first time ever, some of India's biggest pharmaceutical companies, cutting across their respective associations and representing nearly half the Rs 93,000 crore market, have come together to push for ethical marketing practices to clean up the industry's image. The forum, …
Judgement of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Jacob Puliyel Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/10/2015. This petition, by way of Public Interest Litigation, is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to provide complete data of the results of the Multi Centre Clinical Trial …
After a ban on multi-vial drugs of Diclofenac by the Centre, now the State government has withdrawn Ketoprofen, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used extensively for veterinary purposes to save the vulture population in the three western districts. Despite the first batch of the drug being supplied to all the …
Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation & Others Vs Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. dated 07/10/2015 regarding infringement of Merck Sharp's patented anti diabetic drugs sold under the brand name JANUVIA and JANUMET.
China Gets First Science Laureate, Shares Prize With Irish & Japanese Scientists Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering “therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of some of the most devastating parasitic diseases,“ the Nobel committee announced on Monday . Ireland's William Campbell and Japanese Satoshi …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Neon Laboratories Ltd. Vs Medical Technologies Ltd. & Ors dated 05/10/2015 regarding trademark for generic drug PROFOL.
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin derivatives in Southeast Asia threatens global malaria control strategies. Whether delayed parasite clearance, which exposes larger parasite numbers to artemisinins for longer times, selects higher-grade resistance remains unexplored. We investigated whether long-lasting artemisinin pressure selects a novel multidrug-tolerance profile. Although 50% inhibitory concentrations for antimalarial …
MB-003, a plant-derived monoclonal antibody cocktail used effectively in treatment of Ebola virus infection in non-human primates, was unable to protect two of six animals when initiated 1 or 2 days post-infection. We characterized a mechanism of viral escape in one of the animals, after observation of two clusters of …
Ashlee Earl and colleagues use whole genome sequencing and dating analysis of TB isolates from KwaZulu-Natal to identify when the mutations that confer extensive drug resistance evolved. Original Source
Pune-Based Firm In Process To Develop Therapy To Treat All Strains Of Virus Asia's largest vaccine maker, Pune-based Serum Institute, is in the process of developing a biological therapy to treat all four strains of the dengue virus. It will be applying to the ministry of science and technology for …
The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in 2000, aiming to stop the spread of infection and alleviate suffering. Mass drug administration (MDA) is the recommended preventive chemotherapy (PC) strategy of delivering safe, anthelminthic drugs to populations at risk of LF to prevent morbidity due to infection …
The state of knowledge about antibiotic resistance gets a powerful update today with a new report from the think tank known as CDDEP—the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy—and what it has to say, about the rise in resistance around the world, is disturbing. The report, called The State …
Malaria death rates have plunged by 60% since 2000, translating into 6.2 million lives saved, the vast majority of them children, according to a joint WHO-UNICEF report released today. The report – “Achieving the malaria MDG target” – shows that the malaria MDG target to “have halted and begun to …
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), an antiretroviral pill taken daily by people who are HIV negative, can only be imported for personal use or prescribed by small amount of Australian doctors. A study on HIV transmission rates shows PrEP is a very effective HIV-prevention tool, University of New South Wales researcher Dr …
Mobile text messaging and medication monitors (medication monitor boxes) have the potential to improve adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment and reduce the need for directly observed treatment (DOT), but to our knowledge they have not been properly evaluated in TB patients. We assessed the effectiveness of text messaging and medication …
