What to know about the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola causing an outbreak in CongoA rare Bundibugyo virus outbreak in Congo, with over 200 deaths, lacks specific treatments or vaccines, complicating response efforts. Whil...
29 May, 2026, 06.56 PM IST
Chinese medicines bring relief to India’s cancer patientsIndia’s cancer treatment landscape is seeing a shift as lower-cost immunotherapy drugs developed in China and marketed through Indian partn...
10 May, 2026, 08.50 AM IST
Tooth regeneration therapy enters first human clinical trials in JapanA groundbreaking human trial in Japan is exploring a revolutionary treatment to regrow teeth. Researchers have identified a way to activate...
08 May, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw picks niece Claire as successor at BioconBiocon's founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has made a groundbreaking announcement, pledging her niece Claire Mazumdar as her heir apparent. The t...
06 May, 2026, 01.07 AM IST
Trump unveils deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices as part of most-favored-nation initiativeRegeneron will reduce prices for its drugs on Medicaid. A cholesterol drug, Praluent, will be available for USD 225 on Trump's discounted d...
24 Apr, 2026, 09.41 AM IST
USFDA revokes emergency use status to two Covid antibody therapies"Because data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant, which is circulating at a very high frequ...
25 Jan, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Omicron can evade protection offered by Covid vaccines, antibody therapies: StudyThe researchers from Columbia University in the US and the University of Hong Kong noted that a striking feature of Omicron is the alarming...
24 Dec, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
AstraZeneca antibody drug important as preventative COVID-19 therapy: ExecutiveThe experimental monoclonal antibodies therapy, called AZD7442, reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 or death by half in non-hospitalised pa...
11 Oct, 2021, 08.08 PM IST
AstraZeneca files for US approval of drug to prevent COVID-19The treatment, an antibody therapy called AZD7442, had reduced the risk of people developing any COVID-19 symptoms by 77% in a late-stage t...
05 Oct, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
Biotech startup immunitoAI raises $1 million in seed fundingThe company provides services to pharmaceutical companies that use artificial intelligence to discover and identify antibodies. Antibody th...
09 Sep, 2021, 06.39 PM IST
Antibody cocktail therapy begins at AIIMS, RishikeshAntibody cocktail is a combination of two drugs and its vial costs nearly Rs 60000 in the market.
22 Jun, 2021, 10.50 PM IST
65 yr old man becomes 1st Covid patient to get antibody cocktail at Apollo in DelhiAs part of this single dose infusion-based treatment, patients with mild to moderate symptoms, are offered a cocktail of Casirivimab and Im...
28 May, 2021, 04.53 PM IST
Fortis hospital in Delhi offers monoclonal antibody therapy; awaits takersAs part of this single dose infusion-based treatment, patients with mild to moderate symptoms are offered a cocktail of Casirivimab and Imd...
27 May, 2021, 06.47 PM IST
Eli Lilly says its Covid treatment could be ready for use as soon as SeptemberLilly is also doing preclinical studies of a third antibody treatment for the illness caused by the new coronavirus that could enter human ...
11 Jun, 2020, 11.59 PM IST
What are antibody therapies and who is developing them for COVID-19?More recently, scientists have developed treatments called monoclonal antibodies -- antibodies that can be isolated and manufactured in lar...
09 Jun, 2020, 12.56 PM IST
Bharat Bio leads CSIR project to develop human antibodiesThis programme brings together academia — National Centre for Cell Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, and industry – PredOmix...
09 May, 2020, 09.44 AM IST
Delhi to use plasma technique for covid treatment on trial basisOn April 13, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had sought participation of researchers for conducting clinical trial of convale...
15 Apr, 2020, 06.49 PM IST