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 …
The objective of the study was to assess the impact of direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs in the United States on Canadian prescribing rates for three heavily marketed drugs—etanercept, mometasone, and tegaserod. Original Source
Teena Thacker New Delhi, September 2: The Government has issued strict restrictions on the sale of drug diclofenac, used to treat animals, after evidence emerged that the drug indirectly caused the death of vultures that fed on the carcasses of these animals. Dead Ranthambore tigress
As part of its foray into India, William Harvey Research -- the UK-based contract research organisation (CRO) and part of the renowned William Harvey Research Institute - is in discussions with three leading Indian pharmaceutical companies for joint drug research and collaborations. "We are looking at drug research alliances in …
While yoga is thought to reduce the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, there are no studies on insulin sensitivity in long term practitioners of yoga. The researchers assessed insulin sensitivity and cardiac autonomic function in long term practitioners of yoga.
BY YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI Perturbed over repeated complaints of higher metal contents in ayurvedic and unani products by health regulatory agencies of countries like the UK, US, Canada and Singapore, the Union health ministry is now working on bringing out a national policy on the issue. Health ministry is …
Business Standard / New Delhi August 27, 2008, 1:02 IST A supportive eco-system is developing to ensure safety but since the system is by and large self-regulatory, it will be a while before it is fully secure. N K Ganguly, Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research These trials …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi August 27, 2008, 0:39 IST Firm reaches out-of-court agreement on 5 of 19 patent challenges in the US. Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's largest pharmaceutical drug firm by sales, expects its recent patent litigation settlements to add significantly to its revenues as well as net profit. …
Brihatrayee Ratna Award presented to P.K.Warrier A DESERVING HONOUR: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan (second from right) presenting the Brihatrayee Ratna Award to P.K. Warrier, managing trustee of Arya Vaidya Sala, Kotakkal, at the valedictory function of an Ayurveda convention in Coimbatore on Sunday. Minister of State for Law and …
Doctors will soon get a template for treatment ... You may call it a prescription of sorts for doctors. The Union ministry of health and family welfare has begun drafting a set of standard treatment guidelines (STG) at the national level in an attempt to bring uniformity in medical care …
The development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria has been attributed to the overuse of antimicrobials in human medicine. Another route by which humans are exposed to antibiotics is through the animal foods we eat. In modern agricultural practice, veterinary drugs are being used on a large scale, administered for treating …
Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the Internet to buy medication enabling them to abort a pregnancy at home, according to a bbc report. The report says that women in more than 70 countries where abortion is illegal have used the services of the website www.womenonweb.org. …
Vaccine from Vietnam found effective in a trial in Kolkata A new reformulated oral cholera vaccine (ocv), earlier tested and found effective in Vietnam, was found to be safe in a cholera endemic region in Kolkata.
Sunscreens and other cosmetic utilities have been flooding the personal care industry in recent years. A number of sunscreens contain titanium dioxide, kaolin, talc, zinc oxide, calcium carbonate and magnesium oxide. In India, sunscreens are regulated by the Drug and Cosmetic Act, under the category of cosmetics. But unlike the …
Fifteen years ago, at the height of Italy's 'Clean Hands' anticorruption campaign, police broke into the house of Duilio Poggiolini, head of the national committee for drug registration, and discovered gold bullion under his floorboards. For many Italians, the image of that gleaming bullion still resonates
Central Drug Research Institute is one of the first and few laboratories that were established in India right after its independence. CDRI is among the thirty eight laboratories that are functioning under the aegis of the council of scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India headed by the Prime Minister …
Agartala, July 31: Drugs and injections supplied by the central government to prevent malaria in the northeast are ineffective, Tripura Health and Family Welfare Minister Tapan Chakraborty said here on Thursday. "We are forced to procure anti-malarial drugs and injections from the market as stocks supplied by the central government …
The food safety, GM foods and pre-clinical toxicity testing of drugs are the important activities of FDTRC. The Centre also investigates the food borne disease outbreaks and identifies the causative factors.
