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 …
Cadila Pharmaceuticals, on Thursday, launched a new lung cancer drug, Mycidac-C. The drug is priced at Rs.40,000 for a 10-course injection, much cheaper than the drugs manufactured and sold in the market by multinational companies at present. The drug, which will be available in the market in India early next …
The entire structure of healthcare delivery for effective antibiotics – from research and development, to distribution and rational use – needs to be re-engineered to address the looming global threat of antibiotic resistance, say the authors of a new report, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, ahead of European Antibiotic …
The bench tagged the case with other petitions on clinical trials being heard by a different bench The Supreme Court today issued notice to PATH, an international NGO working in the health sector, on a PIL alleging that it indulged in unethical conduct of clinical trials in collaboration with ICMR …
New Delhi: Severe undernutrition when diagnosed could mean at least two times higher odds of death in TB patients despite treatment, concluded a recent study which found shocking levels of malnutrition among rural TB patients. The study advocates nutritional support for TB patients, along with treatment to bring down mortality …
U.S. regulators and livestock producers have failed to curb the use of antibiotics in cattle, pigs and poultry despite concerns that excessive use in meat production will reduce the drugs' effectiveness in humans, a panel of experts said. "Meaningful change is unlikely in the future," concluded the 14-member panel, assembled …
Clinical trials in the country must be to help the people and must not be allowed for the benefit of multinational companies, the Supreme Court said on Monday, while holding that the norms formulated by the Centre are “deficient” in protecting the people’s rights. While allowing trials for five entities, …
China, India and the Russian Federation have the highest burden of MDR-TB followed by 24 other countries says this 18th edition of the global report on tuberculosis released by WHO at Geneva. This is the eighteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in …
Govt assures the bench that the procedure will be strictly followed. The Supreme Court on Monday relaxed its earlier stand on clinical trials of new drugs and chemical entities on humans but insisted on strict regulations being in place before approval of any tests. Of 162 chemicals under scrutiny, the …
Supreme Court Bench orders it to re-examine 157 GCT, including NCEs, by Apex and Technical Committees. The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Union government to conduct five clinical trials that were approved this year after ensuring proper mechanism and procedure to ensure the safety of patients along with audio-visual …
Despite World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification of two safe and effective oral cholera vaccines (OCV), concerns about the acceptability, potential diversion of resources, cost and feasibility of implementing timely campaigns has discouraged their use. In 2012, the Ministry of Health of Guinea, with the support of Médecins Sans Frontières organized …
Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Bristol Myers Squibb Company & Others Vs. V.C. Bhutada & Others dated 11/10/2013 regarding infringement of Indian patent No. 203937 and damages, rendition of accounts and delivery up. Original Source: http://lobis.nic.in/dhc/SMD/judgement/11-10-2013/SMD11102013IA104032013.pdf
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will ‘test’ the new National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy-2012 for fixing prices of essential medicines in the country and also the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO 2013), notified by the government in May. Observing that the Centre is being guided by market-driven forces, …
Expressing concern over risks involved in clinical trials, the state government has advocated for a warning system to patients, who will be subject of the trials, that should be put in place apart from merely signing on documents. The state government has also suggested that there should be an online …
The Centre on Monday sought two weeks to apprise the Supreme Court on the safety mechanism put in place before commencement of the clinical trials with regard to new drugs/chemical entities. Besides, the apex court also asked the ministry of health and family welfare to place before it the existing …
The Centre also assured the apex court that it will not allow clinical trials for 162 drugs permitted by it earlier No clinical trials should be allowed for new drugs till a mechanism is put in place to monitor them and to protect the lives of people on which drugs …
The Rajasthan Government has argued for greater involvement of State Governments in the drug trial process along with online monitoring of trial subjects and provision of immediate medical care in cases of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs). The State made these and other recommendations during a meeting of Chief Secretaries/Health Secretaries …
Pune: Forty-nine patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have died of the infection within 19 months of diagnosis and being put on anti-tuberculosis drugs in Pune district, the latest state health department report said. Delayed diagnosis and treatment, non or irregular adherence to treatment protocol, co-existence of other underlying medical …
The decision comes in the wake death of tribal girls during post-marketing surveillance of anti-cervix cancer vaccine The government proposes to regulate all biomedical and health research activities by bringing them under a law to ensure ethical research in all institutions with proper care, and a compensation policy for human …
New Delhi: Giving crowd sourcing a whole new meaning, scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have initiated a countrywide venture to build a chemical library with diverse compounds that will successfully drive drug discovery programmes, particularly for neglected diseases like tuberculosis and malaria. CSIR had launched …
Umbrella body mooted to oversee accreditation of institutions and for setting up ethics committees An official expert committee has recommended major changes in the guidelines for approval of new drugs, clinical trials and banning of medicines. It suggested setting up of a council to oversee the accreditation of institutions, clinical …
