Page 12 - Medicines

Malaria drug Trump used to prevent Covid-19 found ineffective in major test

Hydroxychloroquine did not seem to cause serious harm but was no better than placebo pills, says medical journal.

SpiceJet receives permission for drone trials to deliver medicines

Earlier this month, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted exemptions to 13 groups to operate drones on an experimental basis

Company tests coronavirus vaccine candidate on people in Australia

US-based Novavax will inject 131 volunteers in the first phase of the trial testing the safety of the vaccine and looking for signs of its effectiveness.

Uttar Pradesh govt seeks details of people buying medicines for fever, cold

They have also been instructed to update the information on the state's Health and Family Welfare Department website, every day by 5 pm

Govt assures medical equipment supplies as Covid cases cross 35,000

Seven firms to ramp up manufacturing to meet June ventilator target of 75,000 units; order for oxygen supplies made to local companies

Covid-19 lockdown: Domestic pharma growth takes hit as stock piles up

Inventory days have gone up from 31 days as on March 22 to 41 days as on April 22

Covid-19: Home Secy writes to states to ensure supply of essential goods

The Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla also urged for steps to be taken to prevent hoarding and black marketing

Aurobindo Pharma faces class action suit in US for concealing facts

Aurobindo Pharma allegedly concealed facts about cancer-causing agent NDMA in type-2 diabetes drug metformin

Covid-19: Netanyahu, Putin agree on movement, coordination of med supplies

"They also agreed to enable movement between Russia and Israel so that citizens of the two countries will be able to return home," Netanyahu's office said in a statement

Coronavirus outbreak: Traders seek Army help to distribute medicines

With chemists on the brink of running dry, Centre gets on a war footing

India, China spar over legacy of traditional medicinal system 'Sowa-Rigpa'

Sowa-Rigpa is a traditional Tibetan system of medicine practised in India's Himalayan belt. It is popular in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal's Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh

Ready for suspended animation?

The emergency preservation and resuscitation procedure has already been used on at least one patient to give doctors more time

Medicines costing less than Rs 5 per dose may be taken out of price control

If this goes through, drugmakers will have the liberty to raise the prices of these drugs by up to 10 per cent every year

How govt's new rules on drug retailing will make your life safer and better

Making essential drugs easily available is important in a country like India, which has less than one doctor per 1,000 people

Govt plans to make commonly used drugs available at local retail outlets

This is expected to help people in rural and far-flung areas, where pharmacies are rare

Economic slowdown, unbranded generics growth pull down medicine sales

For April, the volumes in the Indian pharmaceutical markets grew by 2.8 per cent, compared to 5.2 per cent rise in prices

Govt plans to specify a unique colour code for generic medicines

With the generics market expanding, govt wants to visibly differentiate these from branded medicines

Trump's new proposal: Drugmakers may need to list medicine prices in TV ads

TV ads typically contain extensive warnings about a medicine's side effects, but not on price

Over 700 dietary supplements could have potentially harmful drugs: US study

Of the tainted products in the current study, 45.5% were marketed as aids for sexual enhancement, 40.9% for weight loss

Over 340 'irrational' drugs to go off shelves soon; many more under scanner

To hit Rs 20-bn market; 944 more fixed-dosage combination drugs under scanner