Drug

Pfizer to offer all its drugs not-for-profit to 45 lower-income countries

Pfizer has announced it is to supply all its current and future patent-protected medicines and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis to 45 lower-income countries and is talking to other big drugmakers

Telangana police to set up special cell to check drug menace

The Chief Minister held a review meeting in this regard with Chief Secretary

US drug overdose deaths over 1 million over past 20 years: Report

Deaths due to drug overdose have topped a million over past 20 years, U.S. broadcaster NPR reported on Thursday, citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Centre forms 8-member panel for new Drugs, Cosmetics, Medical Devices Act

Committee will frame draft Bill and submit it by November 30

Oral drug to treat 'black fungus' ready for tech transfer: IIT Hyderabad

: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, have developed an oral solution to treat Black Fungus (Mucormycosis) and other fungus and are ready to transfer the technology to take it forward, the premier institute said.

Delhi HC directs Google to remove verdict acquitting man in drug case

The Delhi High Court has directed online search engine Google to remove links to a judgement acquitting an Indian origin American citizen of drug charges

Arthritis drug may improve early stages of heart disease, says Study

The study, published in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, linked treatment of RA with improvements in vascular stiffness -- an indicator of CVD

Antiviral drug used to treat cats also works against Covid-19: Scientists

A drug used to cure a deadly viral disease in cats may be effective as a treatment for humans against coronavirus, according to a study that may lead to new therapeutics to treat Covid-19

Dr Reddy's to launch Covid drugs remdesivir and favipiravir in August

Trying to boost acquired Wockhardt portfolio which saw sharp decline in sales during pandemic

Avra Laboratories gets regulatory approval for Covid-19 drug Favipiravir

The company said the drug is cheaper than alternatives and would be supplied to Cipla for the launch of Ciplenza, the generic version of Favipiravir

Drug recalls in the US add to Indian pharmaceutical companies' woes

The reasons behind recall could vary from contamination (cross-batch, air-borne, dosage mix up, container, impurities) to wrong labelling, discolouration of tablets, non-standard quality

Brain scans to predict if kid is at drug abuse risk

The finding was based on a brain scan data set of 144 European adolescents

Global prescription drug spending to touch $1.5 trillion in 2021: Report

The United States will account for up to $675 billion of the $1.5 trillion

Pressure on US generics market drags Cadila Healthcare Q2 net

Cadila Healthcare Q2 standalone Net dips 82%; consolidated net down 29%

Psychotropic drugs worth Rs 60 crore seized by NCB

The raids were carried out last week at the premises of Dolphin Pharama in Vadodara and at KC Pharma in Andheri in Mumbai

Drug formulation market grows 9.5% in July to Rs 9,125 crore

Indian companies grew 10.9% during July, while MNC pharma companies by 5% with Sanofi leading the pack with 20.6%

Childhood abuse ups drug addiction risk in adulthood

Similar were the magnitude shown by people who had experienced sexual abuse in their childhood

BJP, Akali Dal creating 'needless' controversy, politicising drug menace in Punjab: Congress

Rahul Gandhi will lead a protest in Punjab's Jalandhar city on Monday against the drug menace in the state

Govt justifies drug ban to Delhi HC

The court first heard the matter on March 14 & provided interim relief by staying the applicability of the impugned notification

Bulk drug exports to grow 12-14% till 2018-19: Assocham

It said there has been an increase in share of these markets to about 49% in 2013-14 from about 43% in 2008-09