Apr 04,2024 New Delhi: Experts are sounding the alarm over the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could be significantly more devastating than the COVID-19 crisis, with the H5N1 strain posing a particularly dire threat. According to recent briefings,...

Apr 06,2024 London: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday allowed the use of cell therapy Abecma from Bristol-Myers Squibb and 2seventybio in less severely affected patients with a type of blood cancer. The decision comes after a panel...

Apr 06,2024 New Delhi: Drug firm Sanofi on Friday said it has obtained approval for IMOVAX-Polio, an alternative injectable vaccine, to replace the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) ShanIP in India. IMOVAX-Polio is an alternative IPV vaccine that has been used...

Apr 06,2024 Hyderabad: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd and Bayer have entered into a partnership to market and distribute a second brand of chronic heart failure drug Vericiguat in India. Under the terms of this agreement, Bayer has granted non-exclusive rights...

Apr 02,2024 New Delhi: Two domestic drugmakers are set to start production of penicillin G and clavulanic acid this year, supported by the government’s production-linked-incentive (PLI) scheme, a development seen boosting India’s efforts to cut dependence on China for crucial...

Apr 03,2024 London: The U.S. FDA approved Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ drug to treat manic and mixed episodes associated with a type of bipolar disorder, the company said on Tuesday, marking the second approval for the treatment. Shares of the Washington, D.C.-based...

Apr 04,2024 New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has refuted the news reports in a section of media indicating that medicine prices will witness a significant hike by up to 12 per cent from April, 2024....

Apr 05,2024 New Delhi: Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is ready to ramp up capacity of injectable poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) to fill up the vacuum caused by France’s Sanofi’s shuttering of manufacturing plants in India. In an interview to...

Apr 04,2024 Chennai : Apollo Hospitals unveiled the fourth edition of its flagship annual report, “Health of Nation”. The report deep dives into the prevalence and growth of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in India, and highlights the importance of preventive health...

Mar 29,2024 New Delhi: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati in collaboration with the University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata have formulated three ingenious treatment solutions for a certain type of knee injury that has historically proven...