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What America has got wrong about gender medicine

Too many doctors have suspended their professional judgment

5 min read20 May 2025
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Can Hepatitis C drugs reduce PTSD symptoms?

New research has found that medications given to Hepatitis C patients were able to reduce some symptoms of PTSD as well

3 min read23 Aug 2022
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Covid-19 vaccine roll-out expected in less than 3 months in UK: Report

Scientists working on the Oxford vaccine hope regulators approve it before the beginning of 2021

1 min read3 Oct 2020
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EU agency starts 'rolling review' to speed OK for Covid-19 vaccine

The EU regulator said instead of waiting for all of the required vaccine data to be submitted before beginning its assessment, the EMA has begun analyzing the preliminary information from scientists on the Oxford vaccine

2 min read1 Oct 2020
Industry

Medicine factories are yet to get back to 50% of capacity

Most medicine factories are running at 50% of capacity or less because of the lack of manpower and also because local authorities are not giving permission for the units to function Industry officials believe the situation could deteriorate for the industry if the nationwide lockdown continues

1 min read29 Apr 2020
Companies

Pharma distribution chains trip over hurdles to logistics

Chemists worry that disruption may worsen as local authorities hamper shipments Shipments from factories affected as staff is either not turning up or being stopped by police

2 min read26 Mar 2020
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Economic Survey: Free medicines not really free for most patients

More than 60% of the patients are still forced to pay for some of the medicines they receive

3 min read2 Feb 2020
Companies

49 medicine samples fail regulator’s quality tests

A sample of Torrent Pharma’s anti-hypertension drug Lorvas also failed the test During the inspections in Dec, the CDSCO also found a counterfeit sample of Abbott India’s Udiliv 300

1 min read15 Jan 2020
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NPPA raises ceiling price of 21 essential medicines by 50%

These essential life saving medicines include BCG vaccine, anti-malaria drug Chloroquine, anti-leprosy drug Dapsone The increase in prices of these key drugs was on account of a sharp rise in the cost of active pharmaceutical ingredients from China

2 min read13 Dec 2019
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Govt working on policy to allow OTC drugs sale on retail outlets

Govt’s advisory board for pharmaceutical policy to consider allowing sale of certain OTC medicines at retail outlets Last month, a panel had recommended that the government should define OTC drugs in the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules

1 min read29 Oct 2019