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 …
PB Jayakumar / Mumbai May 2, 2009, 0:14 IST Tokyo's policy push for generics an added draw. Leading Indian drug makers such as Ranbaxy, Lupin, Zydus Cadila and Dishman, which forayed into Japan in the past three years, have emerged as important players in the generic or copycat drug business …
Pharma companies would be well advised, as part of their corporate social responsibility, to recruit audit bodies to protect their reputation and investment and ensure that clinical trials are safely conducted, says Olinda Timms INDIA has emerged as one of the preferred destinations for the clinical trials of drugs by …
On 27 April, 6 days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first reported an unusual swine flu outbreak in humans, international agencies were still struggling to determine how serious a threat the virus posed. Shortly after CDC rang the alarm bell on 21 April in a …
Govt Decision To Stock 10 M Doses Means Rs 250-Cr Biz For Pharma Cos THE ministry of health & family welfare will stockpile 10 million doses of anti-viral drug oseltamavir in the next seven days as a precautionary measure against a possible outbreak of swine flu, which has been officially …
India plans to increase stockpiles of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu or its generic version by 10-fold, from one million to 10 million currently, Bloomberg reported, citing Vineet Choudhary, joint secretary, Ministry of Health. India has also received quotations for supply of the drug from Ranbaxy Laboratories, Cipla, Hetero Drugs and …
This study presents adsorption performances for Carbamazepine, Propyphenazone and Sulfamethoxazole using polymer resin, Lewatit VP OC 1163. Adsorption capacities followed: Carbamazepine>Sulfamethoxazole>Propyphenazone. Lewatit VP OC 1163 showed a larger adsorption for pharmaceuticals having low solubility, with Freundlich adsorption parameter, Kf, reaching 46.068 for Carbamazepine.
Anti-infectives are constantly discharged at trace levels in natural waters near urban centers and agricultural areas. They represent a cause for concern because of their potential contribution to the spread of anti-infective resistance in bacteria and other effects on aquatic biota. We compiled data on the occurrence of anti-infectives published …
This working paper by the planning commission seeks to evaluate quantity and quality of service delivery in rural public health facilities under NRHM. Is based on findings from studies in Andhra Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh,Bihar & Rajasthan. This paper seeks to evaluate quantity and quality of service delivery in rural public health …
Federal officials said it would take until January, or late November at the earliest, to make enough vaccine to protect all Americans from a possible epidemic of swine flu. And beyond the US and a few other countries that also make vaccines, some experts said it could take years to …
New Delhi: Even as the deadly H1N1 swine flu virus claimed its first victim outside Mexico (in Texas) on Wednesday and Germany became the latest country to report an infection, India started gearing up to have the capacity to protect 30 lakh people in case of a flu outbreak. The …
NEW DELHI: Since the Capital witnesses a high influx of foreign tourists, doctors in the city have demanded a ready stock of anti-flu medicines in the wake of the swine influenza outbreak in many parts of the world.
A universal drug to work against all strains of flu virus influenza vaccine makers are often flummoxed by the changing nature of the virus. The makers need to keep producing new vaccines because the virus keeps mutating into new strains. World Health Organisation estimates that about 250,000 people die from …
Birds no more: Eight bird species have vanished from the 25 sq km Salim Ali sanctuary in Ernakulam district, Kerala, said a study by Nirmala College in Ernakulam. Changes in their environment, teak plantations for example, may have caused this. The study also recorded the number of bird species increased …
New Delhi: As countries around the world reach out for the panic button over reports of swine influenza (H1N1 virus) striking human populace in Mexico, domestic companies like Roche, Cipla and Hetero Drugs are gearing up to supply the bird flu drug, oseltamivir, to the Indian and overseas markets in …
PAWAN BALI The spread of Swine flu is likely to boost the sales of companies like Cipla, which can provide drugs and vaccines for this deadly disease. Ms Sarabjit Kaur Nagra, pharma analyst with Angel Broking said that Cipla and Ranbaxy are the two Indian companies, which can provide drugs …
LUCKNOW: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play an important role in development of innovation driven sectors like drugs and pharmaceuticals. Despite recent spurt in promoting various aspects of IPRs during the last decade, the scientific community requires even more exposure to the complex issues involved. An IPR awareness generation workshop will …
Scientists are undertaking research to develop a vaccine for immunisation against malaria. The vaccine is expected to reduce the severity of the disease. The scientists at the international Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New Delhi are involved in the research on malaria for the past few years. …
