Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for 2 drugs

New Delhi: Zydus Cadila has received final approval from the US health regulator to market Doxycycline Hyclate delayed-release tablets, used to treat bacterial infections. Zydus Cadila has received the final…

Dr Reddy’s launches anti-coagulant drug in US market

New Delhi: Drug major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Monday announced the launch of anti-coagulant drug Aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole capsules in the US market. The product is a therapeutic equivalent to…

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences soars 21 percent on HK debut

By Julia Fioretti HONG KONG: Chinese biotech startup Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co Ltd soared more than 21 percent in its Hong Kong debut on Monday after raising $394 million in…

Breast cancer drug linked to brain malfunction

Toronto: A breast cancer drug reveals side-effects, including mood disturbances and memory issues, that impact the brain function in both humans and animals, say researchers. The drug letrozole is used…

Health Writers Consultation red flagged Fake Health News as a menace

New Delhi: Fake health news is increasingly invading the mind space of patients in India. Hope selling and cure peddling are becoming fatal tools of taking treatment and health seekers…

PGI’s pharmacy store expected by next year

CHANDIGARH: PGI’s first own pharmacy store is expected to come up by next year. The project has already been delayed by a year due to pending engineering and civil wo…

Govt To Revise Guidelines For Tackling NSQ Drugs

New Delhi: The pharmaceutical regulators will soon get more teeth to deal with poor-quality medications that are manufactured and marketed in India. A government proposal to revise the guidelines for…

New TB drugs now safe for kids: WHO

MUMBAI: While India is still to make newer anti-tuberculosis drugs such as bedaquiline and delamanid widely available to patients suffering from drug-resistant TB, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced…

US FDA warns Genetech for marketing dangerous stem cell products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Genetech, Inc. of San Diego, California and its president, Edwin N. Pinos for marketing stem cell products without FDA approval and for…

Mind your Heart while enjoying Feast this Christmas

New Delhi: As Christmas crescendo fills Delhi’s ecosystem, you might be having food fantasies. But Apollo’s Chief Clinical Nutritionist Dr Priyanka Rohatgi offers gut wisdom to make the indulgence heart-friendly…