Patent rejected for MNC’s cancer drug, generics to follow
NEW DELHI: In what could be good news for patients, Indian Patent Office (IPO) has rejected MNC AbbVie’s patent application for its blockbuster cancer drug Venetoclax citing lack of inventive…
Quality of generic drugs as good as that of costlier branded cousins: Study
NEW DELHI: A citizen-funded quality study of commonly prescribed medicines has found no difference in quality between expensive branded drugs and the far cheaper generics, including govtsupplied medicines, even as…
Superbugs now resistant to key everyday antibiotics: ICMR
NEW DELHI: Some of the most common infections – urinary tract, pneumonia, sepsis and diarrhoeal illnesses – are becoming increasingly harder to treat in India as widely used antibiotics continue…
Maharashtra tragedy: Gas leak at pharma company in Palghar; at least 4 dead
NEW DELHI: At least four workers have died and two others are in serious condition after inhaling nitrogen gas leaked at a pharmaceutical company located in the Tarapur MIDC of…
Pharma department refuses to name 30 doctors in bribery tangle
Thirty doctors who accepted foreign travel and hospitality worth Rs 1.9 crore from pharma company AbbVie in Feb-March 2024 have faced no action from NMC because the department of pharmaceuticals…
Bharat Bio successfully completes Phase III trials of new oral cholera vaccine Hillchol
HYDERABAD: Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Wednesday said its oral cholera vaccine, Hillchol, successfully completed Phase III clinical trials demonstrating efficacy against both Ogawa and Inaba serotypes. The Hyderabad-based vaccine…
Novo Nordisk to phase out country’s largest insulin brand
In a move which could shake up the diabetes market, Novo Nordisk is discontinuing the country’s largest selling insulin, Human Mixtard, among other older insulin brands in India. Human Mixtard…
3 lotion companies fail to prove ‘skin whitening’ claims, fined
NEW DELHI: Advertisements on e-commerce platforms that claim certain body lotion can whiten your skin in just minutes always sounded fictitious. What you doubted has turned out to be true.…
Pharma body to cap prices of cigarette substitutes, seeks data
NEW DELHI: National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has sought data on price to retailers and annual turnover from all companies involved in the manufacturing of nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs). Officials…
Six Of Family Killed In Oxygen Cylinder Blast In Bulandshahr
BULANDSHAHR: Six people died and three were injured following an oxygen cylinder blast which led to a partial house collapse in the Asha puri colony of Sikandrabad area in Bulandshahr…
