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BMC spends ₹4.27 crore on untested anti-infective bed mats for city hospitalsBMC plans to spend over four crore rupees on special bed mats for its hospitals. These mats are claimed to reduce infections. However, infe...- Don’t pop that pill daily: Doctors red-flag proton pump inhibitors used to treat acid reflux, heartburnsThe reason for the popularity of PPIs among doctors and patients is not tough to gauge. With unhealthy lifestyles and dietary habits, acidi...
- Covid cases on the rise, experts call for newer drugs, faster approvalsThe Drug Controller General of India had last week approved Merck and Ridgeback’s antiviral molnupiravir for the treatment of mild-to-moder...
- Global scramble for Covid-19 cure injects new life into old drugsOver 20 anti-viral drugs that were discontinued from manufacturing or had research on them halted because of other priorities have now beco...
- Hepatitis C drug can help improve condition of coronavirus patients: StudyThough there was no change in recovery time, the researchers also found that the interferon therapy if administered after five days of hosp...
- Payment delays by NACO causing HIV drugs scarcityCipla, the sole producer of lopinavir/ritonavir, a combination HIV drug prescribed for paediatric patients, has stopped manufacturing it ov...
- Activists cry foul over new HIV drug monopolyOnly one Indian drug maker, Emcure, will be allowed to sell the medicine in the Indian private market, because of a licensing agreement wit...
- Blockbuster Hepatitis C drug now under price controlDrug-pricing watchdog National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has brought under price control revolutionary drug 'Sofosbuvir' pres...
- India's disproportionately tiny health budget: A national security concern?While public health efforts are on, they lack scale, funds, human resources and training, making progress achingly slow. The statistics spe...
- Can Indian generic makers find gold with a blockbuster Hepatitis C drug?Gilead has voluntarily licensed the drug to nearly a dozen Indian cos for a royalty fee in a model that has been lauded as one that balance...
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