Drugs

Order of the Supreme Court regarding ART drugs for people living with HIV/AIDS, 24/02/2025

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 …

Govt plans drug tests to check race effect

The Union health ministry is for the first time undertaking a `pharmacological genetic study' to find out the effects of medicinal drugs on different races in India NEW DELHI The Union health Dec. 1: The Union health ministry is for the first time undertaking a "pharmacological genetic study" to find …

Effluent from bulk drug production is toxic to aquatic vertebrates

Very high levels of a range of pharmaceuticals have been reported recently in the effluent from a wastewater treatment plant near Hyderabad, India. The plant serves approximately 90 manufacturers of bulk drugs that primarily are exported to the world market. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics were found at levels that are highly toxic …

Problem pill

There was never a doubt that the i-pill and other emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) would prove to be immensely popular among women in India when they were introduced two years ago. That's because India records 11 million abortions annually and a shocking 20,000 women die because of abortion-related complications. What …

Two pharma cos ready for trials of H1N1 vaccine

Two pharmaceutical companies have sought permission from the Indian Council of Medical Research to start clinical trials for swine flu vaccine prepared by them using a new method.

Mass drug administration to eliminate filariasis

Dr R K Shenoy Filariasis is a disease transmitted through mosquito bites resulting in longstanding swelling of the limbs, especially legs, and hydrocele. The adult worms are located in the lymph vessels, which are damaged by the parasite. Lymph vessel damage is the cause of future development of disease. Millions …

Cipla launches generic drug to treat H1N1

Indian drug major Cipla has launched generic versions of anti-flu drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir in the local market to treat the H1N1 influenza, which is spreading across the globe and in India. Cipla will brand oseltamivir in the local market as Antiflu and zanamivir as Virenza. Antiflu will cost Rs …

Zydus first Indian co to file for H1N1 drug clinical trials

THE race among Indian pharma companies engaged in swine flu vaccine development may soon throw up a winner just when the pandemic enters a critical stage with the onset of winter. Drug Controller General (India) Dr Surindra Singh told ET that the Rs 3,000-crore pharma major Zydus Group has become …

Initiative targets malaria eradication

The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), the main public

FDA warning puts doctors on alert on diabetes drug

A commonly used drug to treat Type II diabetes, Byetta, has come under the scanner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which says that it causes kidney problems including kidney failure in patients. Byetta is usually recommended in cases where blood sugar levels and obesity both are unmanageable. …

Indian drugs may get safe EU passage

Netherlands Takes Lead After India Threatens To Drag EU To WTO Amiti Sen NEW DELHI PHARMA exports from India are likely to be promised safe passage by the European Union after India took up the issue following seizure of two consignments while in transit through the region. The EU had …

No fair play in pharma industry

MM SHARMA HEAD, COMPETITION LAW PRACTICE VAISH ASSOCIATES THE RECENT ANTI-TRUST RAIDS ON Ranbaxy's France unit by the European Commission (EC) has not come as a surprise, given that most pharmaceutical companies in India manufacture generic drugs. These drugs contain same active ingredients as the original formulations invented by the …

Caught on tape: animal abuse at UK drug test lab

Sting Op Shows Workers Maiming Mice, Swearing At Struggling Rabbits Marie Woolf Thousands of animals being used to test a wrinkle-erasing rival to Botox are facing cruel and agonising experiments at a Home Office-approved laboratory, an undercover investigation has found. Secret footage of the tests on Dysport, a drug used …

Irulas want big role in venom industry

Muthu, 30, pulls out a slithering snake from a mud pot. A group of tourists look on in awe.

Implications of drug price competition and Patent term Restoration Act (DPCPTRA) on Indian pharma industry

The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (DPCPTRA), informally known as the ‘Hatch-Waxman Act’, introduced in 1984, modified the Patent Act of 1952 and Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Section 21 U.S.C. 355(j) to simplify approval process of generic drugs by FDA by filing Abbreviated New Drug …

Stores running out of anti-rabies vaccine

Supply Of Rabipur & Verorab, With Combined Market Share of 84%, Dries Up After Dogfight Between Novartis & Sanofi Aventis Khomba Singh NEW DELHI BEWARE of Dogs! There is a shortage of anti-rabies vaccine in the country, thanks to the dispute between Novartis and Sanofi Aventis that together control over …

Pfizer comes to India for suitable match

US Major Woos Zydus, Emcure, Intas & Mankind PFIZER has approached several Indian drugmakers for possible alliances as part of moves to try and bolster revenues threatened by the expiry of patents on key blockbuster drugs in the next three years, three persons with direct knowledge of the matter said. …

Goa hopes to eliminate filaria by 2010

Drug administrators from the Directorate of Health Services with the support of various NGOs and voluntary organisations will fan out door-to-door across Goa to administer filaria tablets in an effort to meet the target of wiping out the disease completely by 2010 from the face of the State. Addressing a …

Govt likely to cap retail price of swine flu drug

THE government may cap the retail price of anti-viral drug oseltamivir used for the treatment of swine flu if market competition does not force the price down, a senior official in the ministry of chemicals and fertilizers said. The pharma industry, however, defended the pricing

Correa studies used only as guide: Mashelkar

Technical Expert Group On Drug Patent Head Says Conclusion Independent View Of The Panel Khomba Singh NEW DELHI SEEKING to steer clear of the allegation that the technical expert group (TEG) on drug patent had misquoted renowned Argentine patent lawyer Carlos Correa to conclude its findings, the head of the …

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