India’s drug pricing policy must balance affordability, medicine availability and pharma industry growthThe Government of India has recently capped trade margins on anti-cancer medicines at 30%. This decision has reignited the ongoing discussi...
30 Oct, 2026, 01.13 AM IST
Anthropic's Claude cut Enveda's drug records' review time by 89%Colorado-based biotechnology company Enveda developed a CMC Document Processor to help reviewers identify errors, inconsistencies and poten...
28 Oct, 2026, 02.58 PM IST
Lula’s Brazil election win: How he thwarted Trump’s Latin America ambitionsLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election against Flávio Bolsonaro, stopping a conservative streak in Latin America. Thi...
27 Oct, 2026, 01.14 PM IST
Indian pharma: Unethical practices, marketing rules under lens; new review body set upThe review comes against the backdrop of the Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP), which was introduced in 2015 as a...
23 Oct, 2026, 08.42 PM IST
AI rapidly improving, could vastly boost US GDP: Anthropic's Clark tells policymakersClark, speaking at IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, said that international cooperation was needed to erect "unusual and seri...
17 Oct, 2026, 05.17 PM IST
Protect patients and patents smartlyThe Kerala High Court has stressed the importance of making cancer medicines like ribociclib more affordable for patients. The Government o...
15 Oct, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
Trump has just fired the starting gun on a new Cold War with ChinaThe US-China AI race is increasingly taking on the character of a Cold War-style strategic contest, with artificial intelligence becoming l...
04 Oct, 2026, 09.02 AM IST
Anthropic's IPO pitch embraces AI's promise and perilTo pull off a successful offering that values it at $2 trillion, Anthropic, whose name means "human-centered," will need plenty of mortal i...
01 Oct, 2026, 08.18 AM IST
In healthcare, the patient is the least informed consumerSignificant price differences in healthcare consumables have drawn attention, prompting calls for better consumer protection. Maharashtra's...
28 Sep, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration. Impeachment is an optionHouse Democrats are planning significant oversight investigations targeting President Trump and his administration after the elections. The...
26 Sep, 2026, 06.16 PM IST
Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug programAt a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab, or place for physical experiments, in the San Francisc...
18 Sep, 2026, 10.53 PM IST
Banned beauty products are still one click away in India and around the worldBanned skin-bleaching products containing mercury are still available for purchase online. These illegal items are found on Amazon, Temu, a...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
Agonisingly slow clinical trial is stopping Indian pharma become global innovator from supplierIndia's regulatory hurdles slow down early-stage drug trials significantly. This complexity causes Indian companies to conduct crucial firs...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
Airlines directed by DGCA to test all pilots following Air India drugs row, report saysThe move follows an unusual incident involving an Air India-operated Airbus SE A320, in which all three hydraulic systems failed. Such a si...
10 Sep, 2026, 03.48 PM IST
Check health vitals: The complexities of medical regulationsThe recent string of unfortunate events brings to light severe shortcomings within India's health sector regulations. The deaths linked to ...
15 Oct, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
One nation, one check: India needs centralised drug regulation to ensure public healthCentralisation of drug regulation in India is critical to ensure consistent drug quality and safety standards nationwide. The current fragm...
29 Oct, 2024, 11.31 PM IST
Quality of pharma must not be strainedNews that 48 common drugs manufactured in India failed to meet quality standards comes as little surprise. The absence of a robust drug reg...
28 Apr, 2023, 11.00 PM IST