Takeda to soon start trials in India for dengue vaccineTakeda Pharmaceuticals' dengue vaccine assumes significance since the first vaccine ever licensed for dengue, developed by French drugmaker...
29 Feb, 2024, 11.52 PM IST
What is the Dengue Prevention Pill by Johnson & Johnson? Understanding how the drug operatesJohnson & Johnson's recent announcement heralds a promising breakthrough in combatting dengue fever, often known as "breakbone fever" due t...
21 Oct, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreakAt least 1,017 people have died so far in 2023 and nearly 209,000 infected, the data showed, making this the deadliest year since the first...
03 Oct, 2023, 07.11 AM IST
Can you get Covid-19 & dengue at the same time? Experts say it's possible, treatment can be complicatedFor a treating doctor it is like 'walking a tight rope'.
26 Sep, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
Covid-19, dengue double infection treatment complicated; needs balanced approach: ExpertsDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was shifted to LNJP Hospital on Wednesday for COVID-19 treatment and tested positive for dengue ...
25 Sep, 2020, 04.04 PM IST
Chinese, US scientists identify 2 bacterial secreted proteins effective in inactivating coronavirusAs the development of virus-specific vaccines and antiviral drugs usually take a great deal of time, broad-spectrum antiviral drugs could b...
26 May, 2020, 06.35 PM IST
12 swine flu deaths in city this year: Delhi governmentThe official data provided by Delhi health ministry, however, contradicts the count of fatalities reported from various hospitals in the ci...
14 Oct, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
Government developing traditional drugs for vector-borne diseasesAYUSH SL has also been developed by this council for the treatment of filarisis. Early this year, the council had also developed an anti-ma...
25 Nov, 2016, 05.34 PM IST
Sun Pharma, ICGEB tie up to develop dengue vaccineSun Pharma will fund and support further development of the vaccine candidate and existing ICGEB knowhow and patents.
19 Oct, 2016, 05.50 PM IST
India yet to adopt WHO blueprint for epidemic-prone diseasesElaborating further, the minister said last year, 11,26,661 (provisional) malaria cases were reported while 99,913 dengue cases were report...
22 Jul, 2016, 08.27 PM IST
Developing vaccine for Zika to take time: Johnson & Johnson's Paul StoffelsThe Zika virus, which was declared a global threat by the World Health Organisation last week, has been rapidly spreading in South America ...
08 Feb, 2016, 06.01 AM IST
Sanofi gets Philippines' approval to market dengue vaccineSanofi Pasteur said Food and Drug Administration of Philippines has granted marketing approval to its Dengvaxia vaccine to be licensed for ...
23 Dec, 2015, 06.55 PM IST
Government may exempt Sanofi’s dengue vaccine from large-scale clinical trialsIf cleared, the step may eventually pave the way for Dengvaxia's availability via the wide government distribution system and private chann...
22 Dec, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
World's first dengue vaccine gets nod after 20 years of researchThe injection can thwart all four types of the virus, which has appeared in Portugal, France, Florida and Japan recently, according to WHO.
10 Dec, 2015, 02.06 PM IST
Sanofi bets on dengue vaccine, 5 other drugs to bolster India playFrench co plans to bring raft of innovative products, including preventive dengue vaccine; move may improve company’s prospects over its ri...
31 Oct, 2015, 03.56 AM IST
Pune firm set to roll out cure for dengueSerum Institute will develop a drug to treat all 4 strains of dengue, and is in the process of applying for a 'speedy approval' to roll-out...
22 Sep, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
Dengue is caused by four different strains of virusIt gets transmitted by female mosquito of genus Aedes. These domestic mosquitoes, thriving around human habitations, typically bite in dayl...
24 Nov, 2014, 11.39 AM IST