In quest of potency

In Court

No side-effects?

New drugs for cattle could save the vulture

Vulture restaurant: diclofenac-free meat on platter

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Natural healing

Drug curdling problem solved

In the making

The body factory

Sayantan Bera photographs the no-nonsense obsession with muscles

Centre yet to decide trade margin of expensive drugs despite providing assurance in 2016

Parliamentary panel expresses displeasure over Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers not fulfilling promise to cap trade profits of …

Malaria-free India: A vision may be more achievable now

The US’ FDA has approved a drug that can flush out a recurring parasite that causes 34 per cent malaria cases in India

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Antibiotic use trends in Mozambique’s veterinary sector and efforts to contain it

The country imports most of its veterinary antibiotics from the Netherlands, India, Argentina, South Africa, France and China  

Remdisivir shows no benefits on COVID-19 patients in first clinical trial

Lancet paper contradicts Gilead results on drug which claimed improvement in patients  

Scientists identify protein that aids in cancer relapse

Cancer stem cells that lack expression of NKG2D-L on their surface survive chemotherapy as well as escape the body's immune defence 

Essential drugs for MDR-TB out of stock in UP, Jharkhand

India leads the world in the burden of TB, according to the World Health Organization 

New book presents untold stories of societal impact of science & technology in independent India

Indian National Science Academy, an apex body of Indian scientists, has come out with a book that shares unknown developments which made …

People of Maharashtra exposed to sub-standard drugs: CAG report

About 1,006 cases of sub-standard drugs were reported between 2012 and 2017, but FDA failed to recall most of these drugs

India’s antibiotics consumption shot up by 103% since 2000: study

India had the largest increase in antibiotic consumption in low and middle income countries and also surpassed America’s antibiotic …

WHO categorises essential medicines to tackle antibiotic resistance

In the biggest revision of Essential Medicines List, WHO categorised antibiotics into three section—Access, Watch and Reserve

Hepatitis C: India has failed to tackle the deadly disease

Chronic HCV infection accounts for 12-32 per cent of liver cancer and 10-20 per cent of cirrhosis cases in India. Most people with chronic …

New AI technology enhances database for cancer drug discovery

The updated database is expected to enable scientists to design new cancer treatments more effectively

Government stand against EU ban on Indian drugs much needed, says industry

Standing against the arbitrary ban on 700 drugs, India has decided to defer the proposed talks on the free trade agreement between India and the EU

Helping addicts get through their withdrawal symptoms

The manner in which marijuana and heroin affect the brain can provide useful clues to developing more effective painkillers.

Hope of deliverance

Elective caesarean delivery, combined with an antiretroviral drug, can slash chances of infected mothers transmitting AIDS to their babies

A healthy turn

Ubiquitous web crawler Google will no longer flash ads of unlicensed pharmacies, which have used the Internet to sell millions of doses of …