Drugs

Order of the Supreme Court regarding ART drugs for people living with HIV/AIDS, 24/02/2025

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 …

Soon, cancer drugs at half-price from govt outlets?

New Delhi: In a first-ever initiative to bring down prices of expensive cancer medication, the government plans to retail them through its

Court refers drug patent cases to IPAB: move may set new precedent

THE DELHI High Court on Monday referred six drug patent cases to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), the apex government body to hear such disputes. This could set a precedent for all future appeals regarding `pre-grant

Ecuador decrees new access to health policy

The Andean country has joined a growing number of developing nations in taking advantage of flexibilities in the WTO

Structure of enzyme that helps spread HIV in body discovered, say scientists

In a breakthrough in research for HIV treatment, scientists on Sunday claimed to have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of an enzyme responsible for propagating the virus in a body. The design of enzyme

Microbes are always smarter

The antibiotic industry boomed during the 1950s. The wonder drugs were fed to human beings and animals alike. They slowly permeated the environment—factory effluents seeped into groundwater; manure and sewage contaminated the soil. Microbes adapted to the changing environment by mutating, quickly. They entered the food chain and ended in …

Learning to share

By opening up its database of potential malaria drugs, GlaxoSmithKline has blazed a path that other pharmaceutical companies should follow. (Editorial)

WHO denies drug firms influenced H1N1 decisions

At a hearing here at the Council of Europe, a European Union human rights watchdog, the World Health Organisation (WHO) denied on Tuesday that it was unduly influenced by drug companies to exaggerate the dangers of the H1N1 flu virus. Pharmaceutical firms picked up multi-million dollar vaccination contracts when the …

Drug controller, pharma industry on collision course

The turf war between the pharmaceutical industry and Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) is set to intensify after sources close to DCGI confirmed on Monday that the drug controller will soon be approaching the Supreme Court over the issue of centralising power to grant Certificate of Pharmaceutical Products (CoPP)

How stem cells can save your life

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, Arthur C. Clarke once wrote. So it is with stem cells and their almost miraculous potential to save our lives. Stem cells are so tiny that it would take a million of them clustered together to form a pin head. Yet as …

Dissatisfied with China on Indian exports, govt issues strong demarche

For the first time ever, India has issued a demarche to China on an economic issue. The stern diplomatic protest follows the dissatisfaction over the lack of specific commitments offered by the Chinese government to facilitate export of Indian goods and services to the latter, which are increasingly coming under …

H1N1 vaccine trials start today

Even as questions are raised about the efficacy of the H1N1 vaccine, India has given leading French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur permission to start trials from Wednesday. While the trials will take about three weeks, the single dose vaccine will be available from the second week of February.

Lupin plants get FDA nod

THE US drug regulator, Foods and Drugs Administration (FDA), has cleared Lupin

Flu shot trials come to India

To Be Tested On 100 Volunteers; In April, Local Version At Rs 80 Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Clinical trials of the first H1N1 vaccine to be used on Indians from mid-February will start on Wednesday. Three medical institutes in Delhi, Chandigarh and Pune will test the H1N1 vaccine …

EU may change norms to stop seizures of generics

Amiti Sen & Khomba singh NEW DELHI THE European Union has assured India that it will suitably modify its Customs regulation or its application by this month-end to ensure that generics shipped from India do not get detained at its ports, indicating a possible end to this long-standing irritant to …

Limit use of animals, says Jairam

Concerned over the increasing use of animals for clinical trials, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today advocated alternatives to reduce the practice. He said recent trend shows that the use of primates in experimentation was on an upward climb.

Drug takes toll on vultures

Hardly 10 years ago, the coal belt districts of Bokaro and Dhanbad boasted hundreds of vultures, mostly of three varieties

More drugs may come under price control soon

Amitav Ranjan More drugs could come under price control

Natco to launch cancer drug after ministry stays DCGI order

NATCO Pharma is expected to shortly launch its breast cancer drug Albupax after the health ministry stayed an order of the country

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