Lack of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in covid-19
<p>Studies in mild-to-moderate cases as well as severe disease leave us still searching for a magic pill. (Editorial)
Drugs
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ISCR: New rules for drugs, clinical trials to protect rights, safety of patients
The new Clinical Trial Rules, the ISCR said, has reduced the time for approving applications to 30 days for drugs discovered in India or whose research and development has been done in India and are proposed
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Govt. notifies new rules for drugs, clinical trials
The Union Health Ministry has notified the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019, with the government stating that the move is aimed at promoting clinical research in the country. The rules will apply
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Medicine, personal care products may pollute rivers, seas
Traces of the medicine and personal care products are winding up in the rivers, lakes, and oceans through sewage, potentially affecting aquatic environments, scientists say. Researchers from Rutgers
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Mosquito-killing drug offers new tool for fighting malaria
A mosquito-killing drug tested in Burkina Faso reduced malaria cases by a fifth among children and could be an important new tool in the global fight against the disease, researchers said. The drug,
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Zimbabwe doctors say patients dying due to drug, equipment shortages
Doctors said on Wednesday that patients in Zimbabwe's biggest state hospital were dying due to a lack of medicines and basic supplies, brought on by a cash crunch that has crippled the economy. In a
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Uganda: Rural HIV Patients Becoming Resistant to ARVs- Report
Many people living with HIV in rural areas are developing drug resistance due to lack of access to their daily antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), lack of food and drug stock-outs and shortages. Some of the
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Rajasthan health dept to hire for free medicine scheme
JAIPUR: To boost free medicine scheme in the state, the health department has approved contractual recruitment of around more than 3,700 employees for the financial year 2019-20. Ever since Ashok Gehlot-led
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Drug resistance among top threats: WHO
NEW DELHI: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the 10 threats to global health in 2019 by World Health Organisation (WHO). The other threats on this list include HIV, Ebola, dengue,
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Health ministry mulled compulsory licencing of rare disease drugs
NEW DELHI: The health ministry was actively mulling compulsory licensing, apart from price capping, of “orphan drugs” (for rare diseases), when the department of pharmaceuticals abruptly issued an order
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President orders plan to alleviate poverty
President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered officials to prepare a plan in the new year to alleviate poverty in the country. Addressing public officials at the Polonnaruwa District Secretariat, the President