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- India should chart own path in treatment of rare diseases: ICMR chief
- From 'pure milk' to Scotch: Bihar’s secret language of liquorBihar's decade-old alcohol ban has not stopped drinking. Instead, it has fueled a secret delivery system. Coded words like 'pure milk' and ...30 Apr, 2026, 05.47 PM 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
- Drug discovery startup Peptris raises $1 million funding from Speciale Invest, othersUsing advanced AI, Peptris sifts through large data sets to identify and develop potential drug candidates quickly and cost-effectively, re...19 Dec, 2023, 07.35 PM IST
- Strides sells arm's manufacturing unit to Syngene International for Rs 702 croreStrides Pharma Science has agreed to sell the biologics Unit-3 manufacturing facility of its associate company Stelis Biopharma to Syngene ...05 Jul, 2023, 01.06 AM IST
- Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19Ivermectin, when used correctly, has prevented millions of potentially fatal and debilitating infectious diseases. It's meant to be prescri...15 Oct, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
- Robots on Covid duty: AI helps identify drugs that can kill the virus in cellsThe study used AI-powered image analysis of human cell lines during infection with SARS-CoV-2.21 Aug, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
- Do not neglect anti-Covid drugsAs the virus continues to mutate, vaccines developed for previous versions might cease to be effective. Antiviral drugs are, therefore, gai...21 Apr, 2021, 12.55 PM IST
- Chemotherapy drug outperforms remdesivir against coronavirus in lab experiments: StudyUsing this hybrid approach, scientists from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology in China, screened 1,906 existing drugs for thei...03 Jan, 2021, 02.40 PM IST
- Tocilizumab also found to be ineffective in coronavirus treatment, finds studyIndia’s clinical management protocol for Covid-19 advises the use of tocilizumab for treatment of patients who are in the severe stage of C...23 Oct, 2020, 08.52 AM IST
- Harsh Vardhan launches website for information on clinical trial of CSIR ushered repurposed drugsThe Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been exploring multiple combination clinical trials of antivirals with host-d...20 Oct, 2020, 03.43 PM IST
- Biosimilar drugs can help us reach $1 billion target soon: Christiane Hamacher, CEO, Biocon BiologicsIt is all about reaching our $1billion revenue target by FY22 and to reach 5 million patients by end of 2022, says Christiane Hamacher.16 Jun, 2020, 11.03 AM IST
- Repurposed drugs offer hope in India’s Covid fightICMR has identified over a dozen other drugs, including remdesivir, mycobacterium W, disulfiram and resveratrol, which could be used for tr...07 May, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
- Looking at 'repurposing' drugs: BioconWe are working to repurpose our novel monoclonal antibody Itolizumab (used in psoriasis) to treat complications caused by Covid-19 infectio...02 May, 2020, 10.42 AM IST
- DCGI to fast-track approval for Covid-19 drug, vaccineThe DCGI has offered seven measures for speeding up the process, from giving fast-track approval for repurposed drug to waiving animal stud...24 Mar, 2020, 05.21 PM IST
- Leprosy drug to treat cancer? Doctors hunt for new uses of old medicinesCDRI in Lucknow, scientists recently found that certain leprosy drugs might help treat myeloma, a type of blood cancer.01 Sep, 2019, 11.27 AM IST
- 'Repurposing' malaria drug to treat castrate-resistant prostate cancerKolkata, March 26 (IANS) Tapping into the trend of repurposing old approved drugs to treat totally different diseases -- a strategy that le...26 Mar, 2017, 12.40 PM IST
- GVK Bio, USFDA in drug repositioning collaborationThe company is looking forward to continue working with the FDA with a view to further enhancing the utility of the product, the company sa...19 Jun, 2013, 04.08 PM IST
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