Mar 09,2024 A man who was given a few months to live has experienced a remarkable recovery from his aggressive brain cancer, leaving doctors astonished, reports The Sun. Ben Trotman, a 41-year-old from West Sussex, received the devastating diagnosis of...
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Mar 10,2024 By Harry Sumnall, Liverpool John Moores University and Ian HamiltonHonorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences University of York New York: There has been a significant rise in deaths linked to the commonly prescribed anxiety drug, pregabalin. While in...
Mar 09,2024 Denmark: Novo Nordisk is very comfortable it will be able to launch the pill version of its experimental weight loss drug amycretin this decade, the drugmaker’s head of development told Reuters on Friday, a day after it announced...
Mar 11,2024 Bhopal: A division bench of MP high court recalled its order passed on November 28, 2023, on a contempt petition in which it had held the additional chief secretary, health & gas relief, Mohd Suleman and two officials...
Mar 11,2024 New Delhi: Scientists have discovered a new class of antiviral drugs with the potential to prevent or treat COVID-19 infections in a future outbreak. In a study published in the journal Nature, the researchers show that SARS-CoV-2 –...
Mar 11,2024 New Delhi: Scientists have developed a new blood test that can accurately detect sleep-deprived drivers by using biomarkers that may help avoid road accidents in the future. The experts at Monash University in Australia, and the University of...
Mar 12,2024 China is testing an AI assistant at seven hospitals in Beijing and other cities in coming months, one of many initiatives the government is backing to try and harness the technology. A Hong Kong-based agency under the Chinese...
Mar 12,2024 The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) on Monday announced its Revamped Pharmaceuticals Technology Upgradation Assistance (RPTUAS) scheme to help upgrade the technological capabilities of the pharmaceutical industry and ensure its alignment with global standards. The scheme will cover pharmaceutical...
Mar 11,2024 AstraZeneca Pharma India, the local unit of British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Monday said it has entered into exclusive pact with Mankind Pharma to distribute former’s anti-asthma inhaled corticosteroid drug Symbicort in India. AstraZeneca will retain the intellectual property...
Mar 12,2024 NEW DELHI: As Covid-19 cases rise in the country, the network of laboratories set up to monitor genomic variations of the coronavirus in India will hold a meeting on Friday. “By Friday we will come to know about...