Health ministry calls for halting sales of e-cigarettes, smoking devices Ruby Khatun Khatun29 Aug 2018 10:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: Health Ministry called for stopping the sale or import of electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco devices that companies like...
Did Sanofi, WHO ignore warning signals on dengue vaccine? Ruby Khatun Khatun15 Dec 2017 9:30 AM ISTCHICAGO/LONDON: When French drugmaker Sanofi published the results of clinical trials of children given its dengue vaccine two years ago, the overall...
Trial results of Zika vaccine Sanofi dropped show promise Ruby Khatun Khatun6 Dec 2017 9:45 AM ISTCHICAGO: A Zika vaccine Sanofi SA dropped in September under political pressure over pricing produced strong responses in more than 90 percent of...
Takeda moves ahead in Zika race with launch of vaccine trial Ruby Khatun Khatun30 Nov 2017 9:30 AM ISTLONDON: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical has moved ahead in the race to develop a vaccine for the mosquito-borne Zika virus, with the start of a clinical...
Under pressure in diabetes, Novo Nordisk steps up focus on obesity drugs Ruby Khatun Khatun24 Nov 2017 9:30 AM ISTDenmark: Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is stepping up its efforts to treat obesity, seeking to tap into a potentially huge market as prices for its...
Ayurveda firm Kapiva to raise 8 million dollars Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Nov 2017 9:37 AM ISTA healthcare startup Kapiva Ayurveda is planning to raise about $8 million within a year-and-half to expand its product portfolio and invest in...
Shocking: 27 medicines sold by 18 major drug companies fail quality control kanchan joshi joshi29 Nov 2016 5:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a major crackdown, 27 commonly sold medicines, which are formulated and labelled under 18 major pharmaceutical brands of India have seem...
