Coordination, collaboration key to solving crisis of antibiotic development

The crisis around antibiotic research is a global problem and would need global solutions, experts at CSE event highlighted

Combing operation

Chitosan, a chemical, can help fight persistent urinary tract infections by exposing dormant pathogens to antibiotics

Decoding trouble

Researchers have decoded the genetic sequence of the bacterium responsible for cholera. This will aid in the development of new vaccines and …

Cry the beloved country

The fight against AIDS in Africa hinges largely on drugs becoming more affordable in poor nations

Clinical trials: illogical compensation formula

Health ministry finally drafts formula to compensate victims of drug trials. Experts wary; say formula is shoddy and ill-conceived

Big pharma’s dirty tricks

Drug giants from GSK, Abbott and Pfizer to Bayer have been fined for serious malpractices. They should be under close watch in India

Guinea pig out, computer in

Computer-based methods can accurately predict drug side-effects

Encephalitis kills 22

Double standards

The US government procures generic drugs for anthrax from a non-patent holder

Untamed bacteria

UK's efforts to control antibiotic-resistant bacteria fails

A bitter dose

Multinational drug firms gang up against a company that wants to produce cheaper generics

Sans safeguards?

The newly amended patents bill is replete with loopholes

Yar Tsa Gumba

A miraculous mushroom, over-exploited, is on the brink of extinction

In Short

Cheaper remedy

Novartis loses patent battle

Pill on net

A jab back

South Asia

How dosage of fever drugs has again highlighted nexus of pharma firms, doctors

No regulation on marketing strategies by drug companies has created a medical autocracy, the Dolo-650 controversy shows

Delhi's walking medicine bank

Omkar Nath Sharma has made it his vocation to collect unused medicines and distribute them to the poor

The battle for knowledge

What are patents? Why have they become politically contentious and a major source of friction between rich nations and the developing world?

Health ministry hiding facts in Indore clinical trial case?

Only one patients’ consent was not available, says health minister in Rajya Sabha

Betel benefit

Compounds in paan leaf can kill several pathogenic bacteria

Drugs pricing policy in limbo

Supreme court delays judgement on case that will help fix prices of essential medicines