Export of anti-tuberculosis medicines a worryThe health ministry has flagged the need for suspension of the export of anti-tuberculosis medicines, saying the coronavirus outbreak has i...
22 Apr, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
Sanofi inks pact with Unitaid; to reduce TB drug Rifapentine price by 70%In a landmark development, global biopharmaceutical company Sanofi will lower the price of Rifapentine, a critically important drug used to...
31 Oct, 2019, 03.37 PM IST
Mumbai pharma company gets licence for breakthrough TB drugA global non-profit drug developer TB Alliance has tied up with domestic company Macleods Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialise its ...
28 Oct, 2019, 10.14 AM IST
Mylan working with DCGI to launch new TB drug in IndiaMylan will be in a position to launch the product in India soon after receiving approvals from DCGI," Mylans global president and executive...
15 Oct, 2019, 04.08 PM IST
New treatment to be made affordable for patients: TB AlliancePretomanid is the third TB drug to have been approved by the USFDA in the last 40 years.
29 Aug, 2019, 10.46 AM IST
Johnson and Johnson to offer first TB drug in 40 years for $900J&J said India is eligible for the lowest global price and that it is working on a sustainable access strategy.
22 Jul, 2018, 11.10 PM IST
World TB Day: Over 25% TB patients in India are resistant to at least one anti-TB drug"High rates of treatment failure and deaths are associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in the Indian cohort of MDR-TB patients," stated...
24 Mar, 2018, 04.20 PM IST
Consuming Vitamin C along with medication boosts efficacy of TB drugsThe combination of vitamin C with the first-line TB drugs, reduces the burden on organs faster.
04 Jan, 2018, 02.35 PM IST
- India urged to intensify research for multi-drug resistant TB
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) As India continues to have 24 per cent of the world's total Tuberculosis (TB) burden, the Indian Society for Cli...
23 Mar, 2017, 06.20 PM IST
Hospital denies new TB drug to dying patient citing fear of drug resistanceLRS was responding to an affidavit asking whether the govt could provide the bedaquiline directly to the treating doctor instead of the pat...
10 Jan, 2017, 09.33 AM IST
Government launches new medicine to treat drug resistant TBAhead of World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, government today launched Bedaquiline, a new class of anti-tuberculosis medicine discovered to...
21 Mar, 2016, 06.13 PM IST
Jubilant Chemsys, IDRI extend research for TB drug discoveryJubilant Chemsys, today announced an extension of collaborative partnership with Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) for TB drug d...
24 Mar, 2014, 05.51 PM IST
Jubilant, IDRI extend research for TB drug discoveryJubilant Chemsys, under the terms of agreement, so far had been offering philanthropic support and expertise in synthesis of NCEs to suppor...
24 Mar, 2014, 04.58 PM IST
Government mulling ban on sale of TB drugs in open marketSale of TB drugs could be prohibited in open market as part of efforts to ensure calibrated and monitored administration of these medicines.
04 Jul, 2013, 04.31 PM IST
Sunday ET: Why tuberculosis is India's biggest public health problemIndia is home to 2.2 million tuberculosis patients, making it the largest number in a single country.
23 Jun, 2013, 05.17 AM IST
- 1/3rd pvt sector TB drugs outside treatment recommendations: Study
At least one-third of all private sector dosages of first line TB drugs across the 10 high TB burdened countries fall outside treatment rec...
05 May, 2011, 10.40 PM IST
- Two new TB drugs enter advanced stages of clinical trial
Two new drugs against tuberculosis have reached the advanced stages of clinical trial and could be made available for use by 2012-2014.
11 Nov, 2007, 11.04 AM IST