What is Cartel de los Soles and is this conflict about drugs or Venezuela's vast oil reserves? Explainer on US Venezuela tensionsWhat is Cartel de los Soles and is this conflict about drugs or Venezuela's vast oil reserves? This explainer outlines Venezuela’s oil rese...
30 Nov, 2025, 04.25 AM IST
Repurposed anti-cholesterol drug statin can stymie cancer, help support treatment, say researchersStatins, drugs for high cholesterol, show promise in slowing colorectal cancer growth. Researchers at Shiv Nadar University and IISER Pune ...
31 Aug, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
India's Ayush 'innovations' featured in WHO's brief on AI in traditional medicineThe WHO has lauded India's integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with traditional medicine systems like Ayush, acknowledging the coun...
12 Jul, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
India's drug regulator cracks down on antibiotic misuse, seeks list of licensed combinationsIndia's drug regulator has directed state counterparts to provide a list of antibiotic combinations licensed for manufacturing and marketin...
18 May, 2024, 12.17 AM IST
Lupin Digital Health launches first-of-its-kind digital heart failure clinicThe digital clinic provides in-clinic consultation with at-home patient monitoring and care. A team of experts, including paramedics, nurse...
08 Aug, 2023, 08.13 PM IST
Early metformin use may cut Covid hospitalisation, death risk by half: StudyThe researchers from the University of Minnesota noted that metformin has been used in the 1950s as an anti-viral called "Fluamine."
20 Aug, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
IIT-Guwahati researchers use modern drug development methods to understand therapeutic action of ayurvedic formulationsProf. Ramakrishnan and Prof. Kartha had earlier found that long term oral intake of Amalaki Rasayana reduces the thickening of heart muscle...
09 Mar, 2021, 11.56 PM IST
Trial volunteers given Rs 12 cr in compensation in the last 3 years: DCGIThe Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday said India had paid Rs 12 crore of compensation to clinical trial participants who ha...
05 Dec, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
NIH and DBT to review vaccine candidates for Covid-19 this weekThe meeting will see research groups and vaccine developers funded through India-US tieups present their progress on Covid-19 vaccines and ...
06 Jul, 2020, 10.14 AM IST
Lupin signs second partnership for its oncology pipeline, this time with German drug maker BIBI and Lupin will together develop and commercialise a new drug called MEK inhibitor that will target specific cancer cells and potentially...
04 Sep, 2019, 05.51 PM IST
Companies, hospitals make a killing out of medical devicesDistributors in the supply chain earn a profit margin ranging from 20%211% on balloon catheters and 64-119% on guiding catheters.
30 Jun, 2017, 11.14 AM IST
New compound may help treat type-2 diabetesThe new technique may enable researchers to quickly find drug candidates that activate cellular receptors in desired ways.
08 Dec, 2015, 12.35 PM IST
Neuron responsible for alcoholism identifiedScientists have identified a population of neurons in the brain that influences whether one drink leads to two, a finding which could ultim...
03 Sep, 2015, 02.09 PM IST
Cannabis-derived compound may lead to weight loss pillResearchers found that a combination of extracts taken from cannabis and vitamin A shows promise as a drug to tackle obesity.
13 Aug, 2015, 06.29 PM IST
Three new diabetes drugs come under the scanner of US drug regulatorThe other existing medicines for type-2 diabetes do not work through kidneys and rather use pancreas as a pathway.
20 May, 2015, 10.30 AM IST
Watson Laboratories send patent challenge notice to Ranbaxy for acne drugRanbaxy Laboratories' US arm has received a notice from Watson Laboratories, challenging the patent of acne treatment drug Absorica.
20 Sep, 2013, 03.07 PM IST
Disrupting cell signals may lead to new cancer treatmentsThe discovery hinges on the fact that some cancers are caused by disruptions to specific signalling pathways found within cells.
30 Apr, 2013, 03.21 PM IST