Tiny stem cell companies close in on major heart disease goals Ruby Khatun Khatun20 Dec 2017 9:30 AM ISTNEW YORK: The early hope that stem cell therapy would make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and cure diabetes has given way to a long list of...
NPPA notifies prices of 65 essential formulations Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 5:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: National drug pricing regulator NPPA said it has notified prices of 65 essential formulations, including those used for the treatment of...
Dr Reddy's settles US probe for 5 million dollars Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 11:44 AM ISTDr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd will pay $5 million to resolve the U.S. claims that the Indian company sold prescription drugs in the United States in...
Indian firm gets drug controller nod for phase-I clinical trial of Zika vaccine Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Drugs Controller General (India) has granted permission to an Indian firm to conduct Phase-I clinical trial, in pursuance to its...
Cost standardization in health insurance need of hour: T S Vijayan Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: IRDAI chief T S Vijayan batted for cost standardisation in health insurance, saying the cost should be comparable at least locally or...
Roche, Shire court fight escalates over haemophilia drug Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 10:15 AM ISTZURICH: Roche’s patent dispute with London-listed Shire over the Swiss drugmaker’s new haemophilia drug Hemlibra has escalated, with Shire filing a...
Allergan, Richter's bipolar depression drug succeeds in key trial Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 10:00 AM ISTAllergan Plc and Hungary’s Gedeon Richter Plc said on Monday their drug to treat severe bipolar depression in adults met the main goal of a late-stage...
FDA allows Alnylam to restart hemophilia treatment trials Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 9:45 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc to restart clinical trials on a drug to treat patients with a rare...
FDA launches new tool for sharing information that allows doctors to better manage antibiotic use Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 9:30 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a new approach to get critical updates regarding antibiotics and antifungal drugs to...
Indian online pharmacy huge health risk: Pharma Body Ruby Khatun Khatun18 Dec 2017 4:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian pharmacists fear rise in self-medication and abuse unless online drug sales are checked.In the run-up to the 69th Indian...
Fortis Healthcare rejects over pricing of drugs charge Ruby Khatun Khatun18 Dec 2017 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Fortis Healthcare has rejected charges of overpricing the medicines that it is giving to its patients.In a statement, it said, "Fortis...
Novo Nordisk wins EU panel's backing for key diabetes drug Ruby Khatun Khatun18 Dec 2017 10:30 AM ISTCOPENHAGEN: Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk came closer to winning European approval for diabetes drug Ozempic, it's biggest growth prospect when a...
