A parliamentary committee has stressed the urgent need to evolve strategies for development of next-generation vaccines and recommended that the Union health ministry encourage vaccine development......
The first drug to treat low sexual desire in premenopausal women, dubbed "female Viagra", has been approved in the United States, but with a warning about potentially dangerous side effects such as......
For the Mizo people, tribal and family identity are important. But so are jobs, farmers' access to markets, roads, and health facilities for a young population where drugs are a big affliction.......
Reliance Industries Ltd's R&D arm has proposed the use of Niclosamide -- the drug used to treat tapeworm infestation -- for treating Covid-19 patients. IMAGE: A health worker attends to a Covid-19......
COVID-19 cases with variants of concern rose from 10.31 per cent of total infections in May to 51 per cent till June 20, top government officials told a parliamentary panel on Monday and stressed......
Most of the pharma units are failing in documentation, and validation processes, and many don't have full-fledged quality control laboratories. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only......
Centre mulls strategy to ensure powers given to the agencies are not misused. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Centre is taking a hard look at agencies responsible for......
Drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories has launched its generic version of blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the US market.The launch came after final approval from the US health regulator......
Security breach came days after the firm got approval to conduct trials for Covid-19 vaccine candidate Sputnik V. Days after Hyderabad-based drug major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) received......
The US drug control authority on Wednesday approved the first over-the-counter, self-administered HIV test kit that will enable Americans to detect on their own and in the privacy of their homes......