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 …
Chennai: Nearly $60 billion worth of patents for drugs is set to expire in the next four years across the world and Indian pharmaceutical companies are now in a position to take a major share of this pie, industry members said. Already, India is the No. 1 exporter of generic …
CEO Says Pharma Major Plans To Invest Rs 430 Cr To Develop Vaccines Here GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) would cut retail prices in India to cater to the lower-income segment besides pumping in Rs 430 crore to develop vaccines from its local facilities, according to Andrew Witty, global CEO of the world
The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease. Finding that hide-out is a first step, but years of research lie ahead. Dr Kathleen Collins …
There is an ongoing debate about the rationality of price controls in a regime where drugs can be manufactured through alternative processes as was the case in India before 2005. In a regime of only process patents, competition was expected to bring prices down. However, even when there was an …
THE Supreme Court (SC) on Friday turned down a request by German drugmaker Bayer AG to stop Mumbai-based Cipla from launching the low-cost version of Bayer
A trial of a new oral cholera vaccine in Kolkata is promising but, as Patralekha Chatterjee reports, a vaccine is only one weapon in the battle against the disease.
Urinary excretion of estrogens, including endogenously produced estrogens, estrogens from dietary sources, and estrogens from prescription medications and veterinary pharmaceuticals, can result in surface water contamination and subsequent human exposure via contaminated drinking water. Caldwell et al. predicted average estrogen exposures through drinking water based on estimated levels of per …
The purpose of this document is to provide comprehensible, global, evidence based guidelines to help formulate policies and protocols for the treatment of malaria. Information is presented on the treatment of: uncomplicated malaria, including disease in special groups (young children, pregnant women, people who are HIV-positive, travellers from non-malaria endemic …
Medication error is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalised patients. Due to high potency, variety and frequency of drugs administered to patients undergoing anaesthesia, the potential for errors exists, with disastrous consequences. The major cause of drug error is misidentification of drug ampoules or vials. (Letters to …
A study of South Africans infected with both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) has found that starting antiretroviral (ARV) therapy during TB therapy can improve survival rates. Researchers found that death rates more than doubled when ARV treatment was delayed until the completion of TB treatment. They say that their findings, …
For the melanoma patients who signed on to try a drug known as PLX4032, the clinical trial was a last resort. Their bodies were riddled with tumours, leaving them barely months to live. But a few weeks after taking their first dose, nearly all of them began to recover. Lee …
The 28th national workshop on clinical pharmacology, organised by the Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, began on Monday. Nearly 65 delegates from across the country and Nepal are participating in the weeklong workshop. In the first lecture of the day, Professor P Pandhi, Head, Department of Pharmacology and organising secretary …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Nearly 639 million people in the country do not have access to essential medicines even though the pharmaceutical industry is one of the best performing sectors in Indian business and medicines manufactured in India are exported to 200 countries. Stating this here on Thursday, Dr. Amit Sengupta, …
India has played a crucial role in making essential medicines available and affordable for patients in the developing world through generic drugs. This has been possible by linking India’s patent policies and laws to public interest. Similarly, policies that align public funded R&D in India with public health have the …
On january 15, the World Health Organization (who) said it would review itself to see if international health regulations were followed while recommending purchase of H1N1 influenza vaccines to member countries. This follows after a report in the Danish news daily, Information, alleged that health advisers of who are on …
India is taking steps to reverse anti-counterfeiting measures in some east African nations that could stop the importation of generic drugs made in the country.
