UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023 -- and every minute someone diedUN report highlights challenges in the global fight against AIDS, with 40 million living with HIV and 9 million untreated. Progress has slo...
23 Jul, 2024, 10.16 AM IST
Doctors say experimental treatment may have rid man of HIV"These are exciting findings but they're very preliminary," said Dr. Monica Gandhi, an AIDS specialist at the University of California, San...
07 Jul, 2020, 07.18 PM IST
Australian researchers claim to have found two drugs to fight coronavirusUniversity of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research Director David Paterson told news.com.au that the two drugs, which were used in test ...
16 Mar, 2020, 10.18 PM IST
Aurobindo Pharma gets nod from South African health authority for HIV drugThe approval further strengthens the company's HIV product basket in South Africa, which has the potential to improve the lives of millions...
18 Sep, 2018, 02.42 PM IST
46 become HIV infected as UP quack uses common syringeChief medical officer Dr SP Chaudhary said the matter came to light after the health department launched a probe following reports of "high...
06 Feb, 2018, 07.14 PM IST
Over one lakh new HIV cases reported in China in 2014China has reported 104,000 new HIV/AIDS infections in 2014, up 14.8 per cent from the previous year- Central health authority
16 Jan, 2015, 10.27 AM IST
- Doctors: Patents keep HIV drugs too pricy to use
Doctors Without Borders warned today that rising intellectual property rights are blocking the generic production of newer drugs to treat H...
02 Jul, 2013, 10.41 PM IST
- Glenmark files arbitration claim against Napo Pharmaceuticals
Glenmark has filed arbitration claims against Napo Pharmaceuticals for ending a contract to develop and market diarrhea drug.
14 Dec, 2011, 04.07 AM IST
- TB drops globally, wreaks havoc in India
The number of people who fell ill with tuberculosis globally dropped to 8.8 million in 2010, the disease still wreaked havoc in India
13 Oct, 2011, 12.45 PM IST
- Glenmark Pharma: Miles to go before new drug makes a mark
Glenmark’s partners — US-based Napo Pharmaceuticals and Salix Pharmaceuticals — have announced completion of phase-III trials for the drug ...
09 Nov, 2010, 01.58 AM IST
- AIDS breakthrough as vaccine cuts infections for first time
An experimental AIDS vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection in a 'breakthrough' in the quarter-century battle against the...
24 Sep, 2009, 02.58 PM IST
- Ranbaxy falls 6 pc in weak market
Shares of domestic pharma major Ranbaxy Laboratories today touched a 52-week low of Rs 250.50 with analysts saying that it is the effect of...
29 Sep, 2008, 08.40 PM IST
- Health sector welcomes increased allocation, asks for more
Doctors, health entrepreneurs and activists Friday welcomed an increased allocation for the health sector in the budget but said "the desig...
01 Mar, 2008, 04.29 AM IST
- Pfizer gets HIV drug patent in India; share up 7.5%
Pfizer shares rose nearly 7 per cent on news that the global drug major's new HIV/AIDS drug Celzentry has become the first HIV/AIDS treatme...
11 Dec, 2007, 12.28 PM IST
- Rangarajan talks condoms & licensing of HIV drugs
As chairman of a pan-Asian commission studying HIV/AIDS,Chakravarti Rangarajan has been meeting sex workers across the continent.
01 Dec, 2007, 12.02 PM IST
- Beijing reports first death from AIDS
Beijing has reported its first death from AIDS amid a sharp rise in the spread of the deadly disease in the Chinese capital especially amon...
26 Aug, 2006, 10.23 AM IST
- Firms ready with cheaper HIV drugs
The single once-a-daily pill will make the treatment cheaper and easier as against struggling with dozens of pills in a day.
14 Jul, 2006, 11.10 AM IST