Indians spent Rs 15,000 crore on immunity boosters in a yearData from the All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD) showed that in the June 2020-May 2021 period, Indians bought Rs 1,220 ...
17 Jun, 2021, 08.38 AM IST
Bajaj Healthcare launches 'Ivejaj' tablets for COVID treatmentBajaj Healthcare said it has successfully developed the active pharmaceutical ingredient and the formulation for Ivermectin through its own...
06 May, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
Anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin fails to get task force nod to treat Covid-19The task force headed by Niti Aayog member Vinod Paul decided against recommending ivermectin due to lack of evidence even as doctors, incl...
23 Oct, 2020, 08.36 AM IST
National task force for Covid-19 to review use of RemdesivirThe experts will also review evidence on anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. “The task force will review the overall Covid situation. Along wit...
22 Oct, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
Ivermectin is India’s new hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19Ivermectin is now in a position where hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was earlier. Doctors have started prescribing it widely even though there is...
16 Oct, 2020, 09.04 AM IST
Over 50 Covid-19 candidates under clinical trials in IndiaOver 50 clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine have started in India as researchers globally look for ways to stop the ravaging pandemic.
26 May, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
Pune-based drug discovery firm to start trial on anti- parasitic drug for Covid-19CEO of Novalead, told ET that the firm will start phase 3 randomised trials to study whether the generic drug nitazoxanide brings down the ...
25 May, 2020, 09.52 AM IST
- Serious malaria cases cured by plant therapy in Africa
Bengaluru, April 27 (IANS) In a stunningly successful trial, scientists report they cured 18 critically-ill patients suffering from drug-re...
27 Apr, 2017, 12.10 PM IST
Effective malaria treatment a step closerThe discovery could potentially make malaria treatment significantly more effective for the 3.2 billion people at risk.
18 Apr, 2016, 04.09 PM IST
Artificially-intelligent robot can boost search for new drugsRobot scientists can automatically develop and test hypotheses to explain observations, run experiments using laboratory robotics.
04 Feb, 2015, 05.19 PM IST
New drug combo therapy may treat malaria in children'Artemisinin-naphthoquine drug-combo should be considered for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in settings where multiple parasite sp...
31 Dec, 2014, 05.13 PM IST
Australian researchers find new drug to tackle malariaAustralian researchers said that a new drug that stops the malaria parasite from using vitamin B1 to multiply is now plausible.
22 Jul, 2013, 10.41 AM IST
- Drug to offer 'single-dose' malaria cure found
Scientists claim to have discovered a drug that could cure all strains of malaria with a single oral dose and also block transmission of th...
29 Aug, 2012, 04.39 PM IST
India develops a synthetic anti-malaria drug as an alternative ArtemisininIndia has developed a powerful new malaria drug - an alternative to the global drug of choice Artemisinin - that promises to be a major boo...
24 Apr, 2012, 09.27 AM IST
- Drug-resistant malaria may spread, India warned
A new research has warned that drug-resistant malaria parasites on the border of Thailand & Myanmar may spread to India.
06 Apr, 2012, 07.10 PM IST
- Ranbaxy starts phase III study of anti-malaria drug
Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's largest drugmaker by sales, on Monday announced that its new anti-malarial combination drug is now undergoing...
04 May, 2009, 03.10 PM IST
- IISc biochemists find effective anti-malarial agent
: In a major breakthrough, biochemists of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore have found that the anti-cancer drug and the inhibitor...
24 Oct, 2006, 04.50 PM IST