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Drugmakers yet to see gains from government's minimum import price policyGovernment's Minimum Import Price (MIP) initiative to boost domestic drug makers faces a slow start. Despite setting price thresholds for k...- In 1860, German chemistry PhD Albert Niemann isolated cocaine from coca leaves; the tongue-numbness he noted led to the first local anesthesia 24 years laterA simple observation of numbness from coca leaves led to a medical revolution. Scientists isolated cocaine, revealing its power to block pa...
- Intel spinout Articul8 eyes $50 million for India heritage AI ventureArticul8, a spin-off from Intel, is raising $30-50 million to establish an India-based AI entity focused on traditional knowledge systems l...
- Avammune’s big bet: Why the future of cancer treatment may come in a pillAs global oncology races toward next-generation therapies, Avammune Therapeutics is betting on affordable, orally administered immunotherap...
- Tripura arrests 3,705 illegal migrants since 2022; 3,463 are BangladeshisA senior Home Department official stated that 965 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in 2022, followed by 1,014 in 2023; 947 in 2024; and ...
- Wockhardt shares jump 8%, extend rally after CDSCO nod for Zaynich antibioticWockhardt shares surged after the company received CDSCO approval for its breakthrough antibiotic Zaynich in India. Strong Phase 3 trial re...
- Wockhardt gets CDSCO nod for Zaynich antibioticWockhardt Ltd has secured approval from the CDSCO for its new antibiotic, Zaynich. This drug is developed in India and will be used to trea...
- Amaravati still under construction, but Quantum Valley project already luring deep tech startups, scientistsAmaravati, a new city in Andhra Pradesh, is becoming a hub for quantum computing. A technology park called Quantum Valley is attracting sci...
- As US reboots psychedelics from counterculture to R&D, Indian pharma must take the leadThe United States is accelerating research into psychedelic drugs for mental illness. This shift prompts India to re-evaluate its own drug ...
- Kuki militants from Myanmar attack Tangkhul villages in Manipur, torch houses; two missingTangkhul students report Kuki militants attacked border villages from Myanmar. Around 100 militants crossed the international boundary. Vil...
- India should chart own path in treatment of rare diseases: ICMR chiefIndia is taking a groundbreaking step forward in the realm of rare disease care with a distinctive approach that champions local ingenuity ...
- Quote of the day from American author Margaret Mead: ‘Children must be taught how to think, not what to think’.Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead's legacy emphasizes teaching children to think critically, not what to think. Her research in Samoa a...
- Explosive device kills 13, injures 38 on bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persistsA bus explosion in southwestern Colombia has claimed 13 lives. The army chief has labelled the incident a terrorist act. This attack is par...
- Comm secy asks pharma sector to cut dependence on imported raw materialsIndia's Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal has called for greater self-reliance in the pharmaceutical sector. He wants the industry to produ...
- JP Nadda announces implementation of 100 Days Initiatives by Dept of Health ResearchUnion Health Minister JP Nadda announced the successful implementation of the Union Health Ministry's 100 Days Program. Key achievements in...
- Medicines for four rare diseases become cheaper due to domestic productionDrugs for four of these diseases -Tyrosinemia Type 1, Gaucher's Disease, Wilson's Disease and Dravet-Lennox Gastaut Syndrome - along with s...
- Govt taking steps to reduce country's dependence on imports of antibiotic raw materialsAs per the information received from the port offices of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), it stood at 12,006.11 met...
- China accounted for around 67 per cent of India's bulk drug imports in FY19As India is a signatory to the WTO and TRIPs agreement, as such the import restrictions have been removed," Gowda said.
- NPPA exempts price controls for three insulins of WockhardtIndia’s drug pricing watchdog, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has exempt drug maker Wockhardt’s three insulin produc...
- Ranbaxy to launch India's first indigenous malaria drug at one-third the cost of current therapiesRanbaxy Laboratories will launch the country’s first indigenously developed new medicine, a malaria drug, at one-third the cost of the curr...
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