Encouraging orphan drugs in India
India needs to formulate an atrractive law to spur development of drugs for rare diseases
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…
'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 …
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 …
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
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
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 …
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
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
Centre fails to weed out substandard drugs, reign in prices: Parl panel
It recommends that the government adopt cost of production-based pricing system
Software outsmarts drug research
Now, a programme can bypass patented drug pathways and create synthetically-produced medicines
Poor quality drugs make treatment of ringworm infection less effective
Doctors from Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital found quality issues in the Itraconazole drug