India needs to remain attractive for innovation-led investment: Judith Love, NovartisWith an eye on India's blossoming market, Novartis is set to launch pioneering therapies, including radioligand and gene therapies. The com...
12 Jun, 2026, 12.37 AM IST
Avammune’s big bet: Why the future of cancer treatment may come in a pillAs global oncology races toward next-generation therapies, Avammune Therapeutics is betting on affordable, orally administered immunotherap...
03 Jun, 2026, 02.36 PM IST
What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola as cases outpace responseA rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly in Congo and Uganda. The Bundibugyo virus has no approved treatments. Health workers face challe...
31 May, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
Johnson & Johnson prostate cancer drug reduces risk of cancer spread and death in late-stage studyThe study, which followed patients for over five years, found that those who received the regimen were nine times more likely to have lit...
31 May, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
From diapers to drugs: How India's global corporate hubs are putting AI to workHeads of several Global Capability Centres (GCCs) told Reuters they are deploying AI across a host of functions - from marketing and conten...
29 May, 2026, 08.19 AM IST
Hantavirus scientists were close to vaccine but ran out of moneyScientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...
14 May, 2026, 06.53 AM 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
Dr Reddy's gets nod to roll out generic oral semaglutide drug"The formulation was clinically evaluated in a head-to-head comparative study conducted in India, which established the non-inferiority to ...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.31 AM IST
Generic HIV drug rollout to take a hit on trial pushIndia's decision to reject a waiver for local clinical trials of a new HIV drug, lenacapavir, is causing concern. Public health experts war...
28 Nov, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
Govt prescribes faster access to medicines for rare diseasesIndia is streamlining access to rare disease drugs by waiving local clinical trials for some medications. The drug regulator is expediting ...
11 Dec, 2024, 12.10 AM IST
Quick access to key HIV drug hinges on waiver of local clinical trials: ExpertsFaster access to HIV drug lenacapavir in India hinges on the waiver of local clinical trials. Six companies, including three from India, ha...
03 Oct, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
CDSCO waives local trials for drugs approved in major marketsThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has decided to waive local clinical trials for certain drugs approved in select ICH...
18 Aug, 2024, 10.55 PM IST
India eases drug approval process, waives local trials for advanced therapiesIn a major policy shift, the Indian government has waived local clinical trial requirements for drugs and vaccines approved by major intern...
09 Aug, 2024, 03.52 PM IST
SEC denies emergency nod to Natco Covid-19 drugNatco had in December sought a waiver of the clinical trial requirement for the emergency use of baricitinib tablets in Covid-19 treatment,...
26 Jan, 2021, 07.05 AM IST
Covid-19 treatment: Cipla, Hetero Lab get nod to manufacture and sell RemdesivirCipla, Hetero, and Jubilant Lifesciences have signed voluntary licensing agreements with Gilead.
25 May, 2020, 08.22 AM IST
Government notifies new rules for drugs and clinical trialsThe new rules will ensure patient safety, as they would be enlisted for trials with informed consent.
25 Mar, 2019, 11.09 PM IST
Government may exempt critical drugs from local clinical trialsThe decision, officials said, was taken at a recent meeting of the technical committee set up under the health ministry .
02 Sep, 2014, 03.44 AM IST