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 …
US scientists say they have taken the first step towards making "safer" GMOs that cannot spread in the wild using synthetic biology. They have re-written the genetic code of bacteria to use only synthetic chemicals to grow. The GM bacteria would die if they escaped into nature. The research, published …
3 types of drugs to be tested Amid concerns around the quality of medicines being manufactured in India for domestic use and export, the government has embarked on the largest ever survey of spurious and substandard drug formulations to assess the exact scale of the problem. Health Ministry through the …
Influenza vaccines have been used for >60 years and have proven safe and effective. However, use of seasonal influenza vaccine in South-East Asia is sparse, with the majority of doses available for cost in the private sector. In 2012, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) …
The Narcotics Control Bureau has unearthed five rings allegedly diverting pseudoephedrine from pharmaceutical manufacturing units in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for making party drugs. In one such case, the son of a retired high-ranking Customs officer has been arrested. Pseudoephedrine is a precursor chemical used in manufacture of cough and …
Aspirin is one of world’s most popped pills, the answer to maladies ranging from simple aches and pains or even a mild fever. However, this drug may soon be prescribed for a far more severe condition if initial observational studies are validated. Cancer Research UK is funding a 12-year global …
Court favours Novartis, but allows Cipla to sell the remaining stock The high court had issued an injunction order in favour of global drug-giant Novartis, asking Cipla to stop selling the cheaper version of respiratory drug Onbrez. However, Cipla can sell the remaining stock, the court has ruled. Cipla, in …
LONDON, England (AP) — The World Health Organization says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa. After an expert meeting this week, WHO said there is now enough information to conclude that the two most advanced Ebola vaccines — …
The decades-long drought in antibiotic discovery could be over after a breakthrough by US scientists. Their novel method for growing bacteria has yielded 25 new antibiotics, with one deemed "very promising". The last new class of antibiotics to make it to clinic was discovered nearly three decades ago. The study, …
A new study suggests pharmaceuticals and chemicals from personal care products end up in swimming pools, possibly interacting with chlorine to produce disinfection byproducts with unknown properties and health effects. Chlorination is used primarily to prevent pathogenic microorganisms from growing. Previous research has shown that many constituents of urine including …
Bedaquiline is in use in US and EU against multi-drug-resistant strains With cases of Multi-Drug Resistant-Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug resistant TB (XDR TB) threatening the country, Bedaquiline the first anti-TB drug manufactured after Rifampicin (almost 50 years ago) has been approved for use in India. Bedaquiline is so far …
Globally, every country is the victim of substandard or spurious drugs, which result in life threatening issues, financial loss of consumer and manufacturer and loss in trust on health system. The aim of this enumerative review was to probe the extent on poor quality drugs with their consequences on public …
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved diabetes drug Liraglutide (Saxenda, Novo Nordisk) for the treatment of obesity. Liraglutide, was first approved in 2010 as a treatment for type 2 diabetes and is marketed for that indication as Victoza. Liraglutide will be marketed as Saxenda for the weight …
The World Malaria Report 2014 summarizes information received from malaria-endemic countries and other sources, and updates the analyses presented in the 2013 report. It assesses global and regional malaria trends, highlights progress towards global targets, and describes opportunities and challenges in controlling and eliminating the disease.
ELUSIVE EVIDENCE On November 16, the gates of Nemichand Hospital are unlocked. Police cars stream in with retired district judge Anita Jha, the one-person judicial committee, to investigate the case. "The panel will investigate whether standard protocol was followed, the circumstances leading up to it, if medicines were of standard …
A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court Wednesday alleging that most of Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) or generic drug stores are lying defunct across states and there is urgent need to make easily available the medicines by their generic names at reasonable price. A division bench of Chief …
The discussion took place under the much-awaited India-US Trade Policy Forum The US asked India on Tuesday to take steps to aid affordable health care by looking beyond intellectual property rights (IPR) and compulsory licensing and addressing other concerns such as rate reduction, distribution of medicines and insurance coverage. The …
Despite the global burden of morbidity and mortality associated with preterm birth, little evidence is available for use of antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytic drugs in preterm births in low-income and middle-income countries. We analysed data from the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health (WHOMCS) to assess coverage for …
Forget laymen, even doctors don't get adequate information about the drugs they prescribe for their patients. Drug companies advertise prescription drugs in medical journals to boost sales, but a majority of them don't give doctors vital information such as adverse effects the medicines can have with other drugs, according to …
