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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...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.45 AM IST
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...
23 Jul, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
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...
07 Mar, 2017, 12.41 AM IST
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...
27 Dec, 2016, 01.10 AM IST
Blockbuster Hepatitis C drug now under price controlDrug-pricing watchdog National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has brought under price control revolutionary drug 'Sofosbuvir' pres...
01 Apr, 2016, 09.52 AM IST
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...
31 Oct, 2015, 03.00 AM IST
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...
12 Sep, 2015, 05.53 AM IST