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 The Lancet, findings from Nita Bhandari and colleagues' phase 3 clinical trial1 show the safety and efficacy of the 116E rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in Indian infants. The vaccine has an efficacy similar to that of two licensed oral rotavirus vaccines—RotaTeq (Merck) and Rotarix (GlaxoSmithKline)—when tested in …
Hope Hinges On Drugs Mimicking Effects Of Mutations That Cripple APOC3 Four rare mutations in a single gene may reduce the risk of heart disease by 40%, a new study has found. By scouring the DNA of thousands of patients, researchers at the Broad Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, and their …
About 900 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed by the Cervical Biopsies Department at the PGIMER in the past three years. This was disclosed by Prof Arvind Rajwanshi, Head, Department of Cytology, today. While interacting with the media, he revealed that these cases were diagnosed between 2011 and 2013 …
Beijing set up a commission on Tuesday to assess food and drug safety in the capital city, as scandals continue to erode public confidence. The commission focuses on issues in four categories: food safety, drug safety, medical equipment and cosmetics. The commission, consisting of 51 experts, including academicians from the …
According to the drug regulator's website, merely 25 clinical trials have been approved by the DCGI in the first five months of 2014 In order to keep pace with the government's healthcare agenda, the pharmaceutical sector wants research work to go on, at any cost. In a letter to health …
In a double-blind randomized controlled trial, Xavier Saez-Llorens and colleagues examine the vaccine efficacy of PHiD-CV against community-acquired pneumonia in young children in Panama, Argentina, and Colombia.
Joshua Mendelsohn and colleagues discuss the moral, legal, and public health principles and recent evidence that strongly suggest that refugees and internally displaced people should have equal access to HIV treatment and support as host nationals and give detailed recommendations for refugees and internally displaced people accessing antiretroviral therapy in …
The influence of the BRICS countries – Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa – in the international arena has risen enormously in recent decades. These five countries represent around 25% of the world’s gross national income, more than 40% of the world’s population and about 40% of …
Maintaining research and development (R&D;) productivity at a sustainable level is one of the main challenges currently facing the pharmaceutical industry. In this article, we discuss the results of a comprehensive longitudinal review of AstraZeneca’s small-molecule drug projects from 2005 to 2010. The analysis allowed us to establish a framework …
Over the past two decades Denmark has instituted reforms to antibiotic use for livestock that are showing solid progress in reducing the prevalence of resistant bacteria. Original Source
General category patients to get Peginterferon on government rate contract There’s some respite for Hepatitis-C patients belonging to general category in Haryana, particularly Ratia (Fatehabad), where an unusually high incidence of the infection has been detected. The Health Department today said it would soon start providing the injection Peginterferon for …
Findings show cancer is an important problem in refugee settings and highlight the challenges and costs that health systems face when overwhelmed by massive influxes of refugees A study published in the Lancet Oncology journal reveals a high demand for costly cancer treatment among refugees from the recent conflicts in …
PRESS RELEASE Centre for Science and Environment, as part of the global civil society coalition issues grave warning to World Health Assembly, urges leadership and action GENEVA—The Antibiotic Resistance Coalition, comprising civil society organisations and stakeholders from multiple sectors on six continents, has called on World Health Organization (WHO) Member …
The Antibiotic Resistance Coalition, in this declaration released today, asserts that consumer protection and public health must trump the pursuit of profit, and that effective antibiotics are global public goods. The Coalition also calls for international leadership and action to, in part: • Prohibit the promotion and advertising of antibiotics; …
Cancer patients from Punjab, who are undergoing treatment at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, are in a Catch-22 situation, because price of life saving cancer drugs supplied by the institute in lieu of private grants provided by Punjab Government is higher than that of drugs available …
Companies conducting clinical trials in India will not be able to get away in case any untoward incident happens. According to the Union health ministry, the quantum of compensation in case of 100 per cent disability should be 80 per cent of the compensation which would have been due for …
9-Nation Asia-Pacific Study Interviewed 400 Indian Patients Pune: Patients suffering from asthma in India suffer the most and asthma management in the country is fairly poor compared to many other nations, reveals a recent analysis of an Asia-Pacific study on asthma and its treatment. The Asia Pacific Asthma Insights and …
While an antibiotics policy is on the anvil for the three major municipal hospitals in Mumbai, the majority of private hospitals, nursing homes and standalone consultants here continue to prescribe antibiotics arbitrarily. Studies show the rate of resistance to antibiotics has quadrupled from 5% to 20% in civic hospitals. What …
The world is headed for a post-antibiotic era Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health with cases being reported from every region of the world and having the potential to affect anyone, the World Health Organisation has said. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), as antibiotic resistance is also known as, …
