According to the government the recent 50% hike in prices of eight drugs was sanctioned keeping in mind the larger public interest and to ensure continued availability of drugs

Four spurious drugs were also found and action has been initiated against the makers, the DCGI said

Govt. had earlier scrapped customs duty on Trastuzumab, Osimertinib and Durvalumab and also reduced GST rates on them

While orphan drugs are crucial to treating rare, sometimes debilitating conditions, the high cost of their research and development is a major barrier to their development in India

When you are in love, you are preoccupied just with that.''Nothing else registers. It's like being drugged.'

While AI is making significant strides in healthcare, it is also transforming other industries, such as insurance.

Scientist Dr. Carl Hart, author of the forthcoming book "Drug Use for Grown-ups," helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about drugs.. Dr. Hart has spent his career researching the effects of drugs on the body and is here to help us understand some common misunderstandings. Is marijuana really a gateway drug? Is the opioid crisis getting worse? Are drugs more addictive than alcohol?

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"Average life expectancy is now in the 80's in most developed countries, so we are losing out on 15-20 years of life for most people". In episode two of Wired UK's four-part documentary series, we head to New York City to talk to Dr. Nir Barzilai and Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo, directors at the Institute for Ageing Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, about their extensive and detailed work on the biological, physiological and functional processes of ageing. We also discuss the institute's exploration into what genes are resilient to the negative aspects of ageing, as well as what impact the so-called 'miracle drug' Metformin could potentially have. Subscribe to WIRED UK ► https://www.youtube.com/wireduk?sub_confirmation=1 Visit the WIRED website ► https://www.wired.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED Magazine ► https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe Sign up for one or more of our WIRED newsletters: https://www.wired.co.uk/newsletters CONNECT WITH WIRED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wireduk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wireduk Twitter: https://twitter.com/wireduk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-uk ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.

Contract is effective from January 1 and will run for 3 years

Many unapproved FDC formulations contain banned, restricted, or never approved drugs

In some cases, even colistin has failed to kill it.

Compared with no thiazolidinedione use, pioglitazone associated with an overall 63 p.c. increased risk

Entire infrastructure could fit into a small briefcase, and it is expected to provide the much-needed breakthrough in the field of TB diagnostics

This, even as DGFT bans export of hydroxychloroquine

Obesity has “exploded” around the world, and it’s not because people are lazy or weak-willed - Johann Hari, Author

Emphasising the importance of expanding access to high-burden regions, the report calls for strategic initiatives to enable the production and distribution of life-saving antibiotics and antifungals

Mumbai, with a population of 1.3 crore, recorded over 27,000 TB cases last year of which 3,300 were MDR-TB cases.

For the industry under scrutiny over quality concerns, cGMP requires immediate attention

India’s pharma industry is moving from volume to value, investing in quality manufacturing 

 Call for simplification of licencing regimes gets louder even as benefits become tangible 

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has sanctioned the ceiling price hike for 11 formulations by 50 per cent in response to representations from drug makers.