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 …
In what is claimed to be the first realistic alternative to the use of gelatin in manufacturing processes, a UK-based company has developed a soluble, liquid-proof film for encapsulating soft capsules, powders and oils. Used extensively in medicine and dietary supplements, soft capsules are made from gelatin, which is a …
If malaria experts are to be believed, Kenyan health authorities could face serious embarrassment in the future for their reluctance to fully commit themselves to a programme designed to make an effective malaria drug. The project, known as Malarone Donation Programme, is supported by Glaxo Wellcome, a multinational pharmaceutical company. …
till the Seventies, Goa was one of the hippie capitals of the world, with the disenchanted "flower-children" of the West living out their version of "nirvana" on a few of North Goa's golden-sand beaches. The decade between 1968-1978 was a time when the exotic locales of Goa attracted tourists in …
Major drug companies have joined the World Bank (WB) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to keep research in anti-malarial drugs from winding up because of the drugs' poor commercial potential. Each year 300 million to 500 million people fall prey to malaria, and a million die, mostly in Africa. …
A recent study reveals that up to one-third of malaria parasites in Kampala are resistant to chloroquine and quinine, Uganda's first-line treatment for malaria. The study conducted by L N Mutanda, head of the Central Public Health Laboratory in Kampala, shows that resistance to other drugs is also rising. The …
Eli Lilly and Company, manufacturer of the anti-depressant Prozac, is challenging Pfizer Inc, uk' s patents related to Viagra to clear the way for its own entry in the market. Derek Anthony, a spokesperson for Lilly, said his company was fighting a patent that Pfizer had on Viagra-like substances, used …
steroids are not as harmful as we commonly perceive. The present misunderstanding has a lot to do with overzealous athletes who use them to enhance their abilities, which tantamounts to cheating. But doctors (rather quacks) are not far behind either. They indiscriminately prescribe steroids
despite intensive research for over 50 years, very little is known about sleep. One thing, however, is clear: it is not a luxury. Everybody needs sleep. But how much sleep one needs is also not clear. No biological signal has been found so far that indicates exactly when you have …
anti-hiv drug: Pharmaceutical company Glaxo has added yet another anti-HIV drug to its existing list. With the approval from 15 countries in Europe, the new drug Ziagen is a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, intended to be used as part of a cocktail of anti-retroviral drugs. Though Glaxo is the market leader …
some patients may find it strange advice to be told to keep off fruit juice while taking medications. But that is precisely what doctors are telling some sick people
vaccine against hepatitis a: Smith-kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals have developed a new vaccine to prevent Hepatitis A. Harvix is a convenient two-dose vaccine for active immunisation against the disease. The vaccine is available in two variants, Harvix 720 Junior (for those between 12 months and 18 years) and 1440 Adult (for …
A widely-available anti-malarial drug has been blamed for some of the military excesses committed by United Nations troops in Somalia. The drug, mefloquine, is recognised by the World Health Organisation as one of the most effective anti-malarial drugs. It is often used as a preventive treatment against the disease. Mefloquine …
CLONING TECHNOLOGY: Geron, the US-based biotechnology company specialising in embryo research has bought the Scottish cloning technology that led to Dolly the sheep. The company aims to clone patients' cells to produce specialised tissues for transplantation. Geron is issuing about US $28 million of new shares to buy Roslin Bio-Med, …
MEMORY FOR CHILDREN: Clinical trials on the efficacy of Memory Plus capsule have shown that it is effective on children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHA). The trials were conducted by the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow (CDRI). Raj Kumar, managing director of Velvette International Pharma Ltd, the manufacturers …
aids experts got another piece of bad news: patients are passing on strains of the virus that resist one or more drugs. Consequently, the minute some people get infected, there will be some drugs that will probably be ineffective. Very soon there may be a need to see if it …
THE proverbial bitter pill may just get a little bit smaller and easier to swallow. A Japanese company has developed a new method for giving pharmaceuticals the form of tablets. And tablets developed through this system will not only disintegrate readily in the mouth, making it possible to have them …
RESEARCHERS at the Stanford University of usa have shown, rather ingeniously, how a puzzling observation in molecular biology might be put to practical use in developing new drugs and finding specific genetic targets of drugs. The observation is one of so-called redundancy: in many organisms, and in respect to many …
the water in our taps may be contaminated with drugs that are as bad as pesticides. And guess how they get into drinking water? Most of the drugs we consume are excreted through urine. "Between 30 to 90 per cent of an administered dose of antibiotics to humans and animals …
nobel laureate Linus Pauling, who died at the age of 93, consistently extolled the benefits of vitamin c . He was said to stir 18 gramme of the vitamin into his daily orange juice. Last April, however, researchers at the University of Leicester, uk , reported that a supplement of …
