Colour code for generic medicines a no-brainer

There are a number of systemic gaps without addressing which the government’s latest plan for the pharma sector won’t work

328 combination medicines banned

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare prohibited the manufacture and sale of these medicines after the Drugs Technical Advisory Board …

A Patient's Dilemma

Doctors continue to push for branded medications, after the government's launch of an affordable medicine campaign, at the expense of their …

The right pill

Africa will be setting up its first agency to check the spread of spurious drugs

Is India moving towards legalising marijuana?

More than 18 countries across the world have legalised the use of marijuana for medical use; India may soon join the club

Look back at the decade: Generic drugs

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts

Veterinary drug may be repurposed for human cancers: study

Used to treat infections caused by parasitic worms in animals like horses, Fenbendazole has a good potential for development as an effective anti-…

Centre bans sale of 14 over-the-counter steroid creams

The ban applies to skin creams that contain steroids or other prescription drugs and not for ordinary face-cleansing and moisturisers

Common drugs can affect our minds and morals—but should we be worried about it?

A study shows that propranolol, sometimes prescribed for hypertension, affects normal people’s memories, making them less likely to …

Generic drugs needed to eliminate Hepatitis C, say experts

Currently, medicines available to treat patients are exorbitantly priced

10 per cent drugs in government supply chain below standard

National drug survey published by the health ministry also found that 0.059 per cent of government-sourced samples were spurious

Johnson & Johnson to begin human trials on a promising HIV vaccine

Even if it’s not a 100 per cent cure, it is working up to a very promising degree

A strike for affordable medicines

Recently, the Delhi High Court allowed makers of generic medicines in India to export patented drugs to importing countries for regulatory approval

Drugged to death

US waterways highly contaminated by a cocktail of drugs

Targeting the tiger

Doses of trouble

India continues to use banned liver damaging drug

Pills by jugaad: Excerpts from Bottle of Lies

A new investigative book, Bottle of Lies, says that Indian cancer drugs are contaminated; cholesterol medication has shards of glass; and, blood …

Scientists develop new wound-healing cream from wood

This insight can help develop next generation ointments for skin burns

Ulcers replace

Sobering drug

Generic campaign

The problem with not legalising drugs

To do or not to do: is keeping narcotics illicit helping the underworld?

Playing with life

An ayurvedic researcher's forays against the dreaded AIDS virus unmasks a tale of greed and un-Hippocratian behaviour

CDRI, Cipla collaborate to develop drugs

Cipla’s association with CSIR and CDRI has been ongoing since 1942

New government must work to improve health infrastructure

India’s GDP for health is less than 1.5 per cent and is one of the lowest in the world