Dr Reddy’s gets drug regulator's nod for Phase III bridging trials of Sputnik Light covid vaccineAfter launching Sputnik V, Russia introduced a new single-dose vaccine, called Sputnik Light, in May. As in the case of Sputnik, Sputnik Li...
Study on antibody levels produced by vaccines flawed, says Bharat BiotechHyderabad-based Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday that a report on a recent study that compared the level of antibodies produced by Covishie...
Gennova set to kick off trials for India’s first mRNA vaccineCurrently, the two mRNA vaccines that are under use for Covid-19 are by US drug makers Pfizer and Moderna and have shown to have over 90% e...
Healthcare NGO raises concerns over CovaxinA day before India begins the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive, a group of healthcare-focused NGOs has sought clarifications from...
Experts raise concerns over approval to Covid-19 vaccinesA number of medical experts and public health activists have raised concerns over grant of emergency approval to Covid-19 vaccines of Bhara...
COVID-19: Randomised clinical trial on efficacy of Siddha medicine completedNine other clinical trials involving Siddha medicine either as stand-alone or adjunct with allopathic medicine that were taken up throughou...
DCGI pulls up Glenmark for false claims, overpricing of coronavirus drug FabiFluDrug Controller General (India) VG Somani in a letter dated July 17 has asked for a clarification on the matter for taking necessary action.
No nod to Patanjali products for Covid treatment: AYUSH ministry“It is an interim report. So, calling it a cure is simply wrong. The sample size is very small. We have tried this intervention on 100 peop...
Ayush ministry to examine Patanjali's claims on Covid-19 treatmentThe ministry has also reached out to the Uttarakhand government to provide copies of license and approval details granted for the manufactu...
Ahmedabad based Troikaa Pharma receives US patent for pain relief formulaThe Department of Science & Technology (India) had recognised Dynapar QPS for the successful commercialisation of indigenous technology by ...
AYUSH ministry makes scientific evidence must amid 5,000 Covid-related claimsThe ministry notification said research in the fields of ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and naturopathy should be registered with ICMR’s Cli...
Government okays transfer of land to Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture UniversityThe government today approved transfer of 21.93 acres of land to the Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad.
Keep clinical trial services out of service tax ambit: Association of Biotechnology Led EnterprisesAs per the Union budget 2014, these services, which were previously exempt, would now attract service tax of 12.36 per cent.
Agriculture Ministry to transfer land for Agriculture University in Andhra PradeshThe Agriculture Minister promptly responded and met Naidu today to convey that the request has been acceded to and the transfer of land app...
- Govt changes stance on tobacco phaseout, says crop area is hiked to meet demand
Some five weeks after talking about an action-plan to phase out cultivation of tobacco, Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh ...
- CTRI develops varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia
The Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) has evolved new high-yielding varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia (smoked in cigarettes) tobacco.
- Record flavour for K’taka tobacco sale
This season’s Karnataka auction for the FCV (Flue-Cured Virginia) tobacco (smoked in cigarettes) has ended on a very successful note, surpa...