India considers allowing import of API for mfg crude heparin
New Delhi: India is considering allowing import of raw material for manufacturing crude heparin, an anticoagulant being used for treatment of Covid-19 patients,...
How to fix Indian pharma’s Chinese import problem
A global phenomenon that the Covid-19 pandemic exposed was the world’s reliance on China for various manufactured goods and raw materials. For...
Guidance released to detect and prevent nitrosamines in drugs: USFDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has published guidance ‘Control of Nitrosamine Impurities in Human Drugs’ for immediate implementation. This...
Anti-dumping duty likely on imported choline chloride
The Union finance ministry is likely to impose anti-dumping duty on choline chloride imported from China, Malaysia and Vietnam to eliminate difficulties...
Musk unveils pig with chip in brain
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig named Gertrude that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months,...
Hand sanitizers sold in water, juice, vodka bottles flood the US
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday warned of alcohol-based sanitizers being packaged and sold in containers that appear like...
Russia seeks collaboration with India to mfr Sputnik V: Sources
The Russian government has reached out to India seeking collaboration for manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ and conducting its phase 3...
USFDA approves blood plasma therapy
Washington: Despite experts raising doubts over the plasma therapy to treat Covid-19, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use...
Type-2 diabetes has four variations: Study
Diabetes isn’t only type I or type 2 as the latter can be further categorised into at least four subtypes in Indians, according...
WHO hopes pandemic ends within 2 years
LONDON: The head of the World Health Organisation says he hopes the world can end the coronavirus pandemic in less than two...
Blood plasma therapy on hold: US
Last week, just as the US Food and Drug Administration was preparing to issue an emergency authorisation for blood plasma as a Covid-19 treatment, a group of...
Pandemic now driven by young adults: WHO
Manila: The WHO said on Tuesday it was concerned that the coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s. “The epidemic...
India discussed darknet misuse for drug crimes in BRICS meet
NEW DELHI: India discussed "misuse" of the darknet and modern technology for drug trafficking during a recent webinar conference of BRICS nations,...
High BMI linked to Covid-19 death risk, especially in men: Study
New York: Researchers have found a striking association between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of death among patients (especially men) diagnosed with Covid-19.
Russia begins production of COVID-19 vaccine
The Russian health ministry has informed that the country has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for COVID-19, reported Interfax...
New low-cost Covid-19 test in just 20 minutes
Melbourne: Scientists have developed a new low-cost nasal swab test which can accurately diagnose the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 in just...
Food is safe from coronavirus: WHO
Geneva -The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged people not to fear catching the novel coronavirus from food, after Chinese testers found traces...
WHO wants to review Russian Covid-19 vaccine safety data
The World Health Organization said any WHO stamp of approval on a Covid-19 vaccine candidate would require a rigorous safety data review, after Russia announced...
Russia become 1st country to approve COVID-19 vaccine
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country has become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a...
Blood test may point to patients at higher risk
George Washington (GW) University researchers have found five biomarkers, medical indicators found in the blood, associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and...
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