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Encouraging orphan drugs in India

India needs to formulate an atrractive law to spur development of drugs for rare diseases

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इस दवा में कैंसर पैदा करने वाले तत्व का संदेह, सरकार ने दिया जांच का आदेश

अमेरिका, यूरोप और सिंगापुर के बाद भारत में भी कैंसरकार…

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'Generic industry makes poor-quality drugs for nations with lax regulations'

Katherine Eban, author of Bottle of Lies, is an investigative journalist whose articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and …

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Smart, traceable drug delivery can make cancer therapy more effective

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi have developed multifunctional gold nanostructure that can be used in cancer imaging and …

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There's an unhealthy alliance between doctors and pharma firms

The government has shown little interest to penalise pharma companies that offer sops to doctors to push their drugs

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New ruse in Big Pharma's old game

Drug multinationals are lobbying for a devious patent linkage system to block the entry of competitive generics

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Climate change increases spread of anti-microbial resistant bacteria in Europe: Study

A research conducted in 30 European countries finds that climatic factors significantly contribute to the prediction of the resistance in …

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In poll season, Punjab debates legalising poppy seed and opium farming

Proponents feel the two crops will help farmers, save Punjab’s groundwater and wean its youth from synthetic drugs

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March against asbestos

Though its use is banned in most countries, the asbestos industry continues to thrive at the cost of putting millions of people at risk

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Centre fails to weed out substandard drugs, reign in prices: Parl panel

It recommends that the government adopt cost of production-based pricing system

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Software outsmarts drug research

Now, a programme can bypass patented drug pathways and create synthetically-produced medicines

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Poor quality drugs make treatment of ringworm infection less effective

Doctors from Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital found quality issues in the Itraconazole drug

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