Cocaine pollution in rivers may be affecting salmon behaviour more than scientists expectedResearch reveals cocaine and its metabolite, benzoylecgonine, significantly alter salmon behavior, causing increased travel distances and p...
08 May, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Why Tamil Nadu loves its actors and how Vijay played his cards rightActor Vijay's new political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has achieved a stunning victory in Tamil Nadu. The party has become the larges...
05 May, 2026, 10.31 PM IST
Low conviction rate of cases related to fake drugs a concernThe parliamentary standing committee on chemicals and fertilisers has highlighted a concerning 5.9% conviction rate for spurious or adulter...
28 Dec, 2024, 12.41 AM IST
Fears about presence of drugs in Tamil Nadu proved right, alleges Governor RaviGovernor R N Ravi confirms prevalence of drugs in Tamil Nadu due to international drug cartel's trafficking. AIADMK seeks investigation int...
10 Mar, 2024, 08.56 PM IST
Torrent, Zydus in co-marketing pact for liver disease drug SaroglitazarTorrent Pharmaceuticals and Zydus Lifesciences formed a licensing and supply pact to co-market Saroglitazar Mg, the sole approved treatment...
10 Nov, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
HIV infections on the rise in the state: Assam State AIDS Control SocietyASACS added although sexual transmission has always been a main route of HIV transmission in the state, it has been observed that sharing o...
19 Jul, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
Zydus Cadila gets DCGI nod for world's first drug to treat liver diseaseThe Ahmedabad-based company said the approved product is the first ever drug anywhere in the world for treatment of Non-Cirrhotic Non-Alcoh...
05 Mar, 2020, 06.50 PM IST
GST makes ‘orphan drugs’ prices soarThese high-value ‘orphan’ drugs used in bone marrow transplant, classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, Crohn’s disease and melanoma.
24 Nov, 2017, 11.24 AM IST
Maharashtra tops list of deaths due to drug abuse: GovernmentThe drug abuse and addiction suicides reported in 2012 were 4,008, which climbed up to 4,591 in 2013 and then fell by almost 21% in 2014.
22 Jul, 2016, 09.56 AM IST
Dabur to make Ayurvedic drugs for diabetes, malariaThe company is preparing to bring these Ayurvedic medicines, which will be available in various formats, to the market within the next six ...
24 Feb, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
Generic drug industry to touch $27.9 bn by 2020: StudyGenerics would account for 85 per cent share in the domestic pharma market by 2020, fuelled by cheap labour, patent cliff of blockbuster dr...
09 Sep, 2015, 06.29 PM IST
Drug menace: 21.4 per cent of Indians consume alcohol, says RTI replyThe RTI reply also mentions the list of 19 states and Union Territories that are in "major grasp" of alcohol and drugs.
27 Aug, 2015, 11.27 AM IST
India ranks 14th out of 22 countries on TB prevalenceIndia had 2.6 million cases of Tuberculosis as per the latest count and ranks 14th among 22 high TB burden countries globally.
31 Jul, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
CCI studying drug sector practices amid over availability of cheaper drugsThe National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has started fixing the ceiling prices for more than 300 drugs.
15 Jul, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
North Indians more prone to bleeding with anticoagulant drugsNorth Indians are more genetically prone to bleeding with anticoagulant drugs than their southern counterparts, a new study has claimed.
21 Apr, 2013, 02.28 PM IST
- Drugs by Indian cos reduces cost of HIV first line treatment
Generic anti-retroviral drugs manufactured by Indian cos have brought down the cost of first line treatment for HIV patients from $800 to $...
25 Aug, 2010, 09.24 PM IST
- Govt plans grants to pvt cos to cure neglected diseases
The government may soon give non-repayable grant-in-aid to pharmaceutical companies for inventing new drugs for neglected tropical diseases...
07 Mar, 2008, 02.52 AM IST