AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine: The TTS Factor

'It is admitted that the AZ vaccine can, in very rare cases, cause TTS.' IMAGE: A vial labelled 'AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine'. Photograph: Illustration/Dado Ruvic/Reuters   The controversial......

Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid vaccine trial as participant falls ill

Pharma major Johnson & Johnson has said its COVID-19 vaccine study has been temporarily halted due to an unexplained illness in a trial participant. "We have temporarily paused further dosing in......

Global drug majors slow R&D offshoring to India

New drug discovery and contract research have taken a back seat as global drug majors have slowed down their research and development offshoring to India. The domestic players could only manage......

India could be 'efficacy test' for TB drug okayed by US

Experts tracking the treatment of TB are excited about the TB drug, but warn of the unregulated use of drugs in India leading to growing incidence of drug resistance Sirturo, the bedaquiline drug......

US oral contraceptive market draws Indian pharma

Indian pharmaceutical companies, which always wanted a big share in the global copycat drug market, are betting high on the oral contraceptive (OC) market in America.Apart from Glenmark, Sun......

Sun Pharma gets USFDA nod for anti-cancer injection

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Tuesday said it has received US health regulator's approval to market generic version of Doxil injection, used in treating ovarian cancer in the American market.......