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 …
A DRUG-RESISTANT bacteria dubbed superbug has triggered a debate. A gene—New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase (NDM 1)— transforms some bacteria found in the gut, like Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, into superbugs. They are resistant to all antibiotics, except tigecycline and colistin, said a study published in the August 11 issue …
CSE finds high levels of antibiotics in leading brands of honey sold in Delhi, points to double standards in regulations as foreign brands sold in India also have contamination.
Pricing Goes Against Objective Of Reviving Units To Curb Costs Rema Nagarajan TIMES INSIGHT GROUP Two of the three public sector vaccine manufacturing units that were shut down in 2008 have started manufacturing and supplying vaccines for the government
Bacteria regularly evolve antibiotic resistance, but little is known about this process at the population level. Here, a continuous culture of Escherichia coli facing increasing antibiotic levels is followed. Most isolates taken from this population are less antibiotic resistant than the population as a whole. A few highly resistant mutants …
New Delhi: Swine flu vaccines, both nasal and intramuscular injectibles, have failed to take off here in the city even as the number of cases and deaths caused by the viral influenza continue to increase. A random survey of the popular chemist shops in Delhi shows that few of them …
CSE laboratory tests find high levels of antibiotics in well-known brands of honey sold in the market. Antibiotics are found in honey largely because they are used in apiculture for treatment of bacterial diseases. Oxytetracycline is commonly used to treat European foulbrood disease (EFB) and American foulbrood diseases (AFB) caused …
After months of speculation, Brazil and India have launched a WTO dispute against the EU and the Netherlands over the seizure of generic drugs in transit. The complainants requested dispute settlement consultations on 11 May, citing a raft of EU and Dutch regulations that allow customs officials to detain goods …
The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday ruled out any defect in the measles vaccine, administration of which resulted in the death of four children at Mohanlalganj near Lucknow on Saturday. The Government attributed the casualties to systemic failure. “The vaccine was right. There was system failure. There must be something …
Tighter Foreign Investment Control, Compulsory Licensing In The Offing Rupali Mukherjee & Prabhakar Sinha | TNN Mumbai: Government is considering to bring in tighter foreign investment control in the pharmaceutical sector and to implement compulsory licensing system to check high prices of patented drugs. It is also thinking to bring …
Some Drugs May Never Reach Where They Are Tested: StudyNew York: A law intended to speed up development of new drugs for US kids has ended up financing clinical trials in poor countries, where the medicines might never become available. That
Some Drugs May Never Reach Where They Are Tested: StudyNew York: A law intended to speed up development of new drugs for US kids has ended up financing clinical trials in poor countries, where the medicines might never become available. That
Bacteria are amongst the most adaptable organisms on Earth. Long evolutionary timescales, extremely short generation times, exposure to the most diverse and often hostile environments, together with the remarkable power of natural selection have made microorganisms the most resilient of life forms on this planet. In the last few days …
Filed staff in all the 50 districts of the state have been alerted to deal with swine flu effectively. Secretary Health Shri S.R. Mohanty in a letter to divisional commissioners and district collectors has instructed them to constitute a task force in their respective districts and ensure adherence to protocol …
