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Centre issues guidelines on pharmaceutical innovation for academic institu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The vision of the Department of Pharmaceuticals is to promote the Indian pharma sector as the global leader in quality medicines and to ensure the availability, accessibility and affordability of drugs and medical devices in the country.
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TN Health Secy believes scientists to establish global footprint post Pfiz
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 6 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan on Thursday lauded the inauguration of a global drug development centre by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer on the Indian Institute of Technology Madras Research Park campus, and said that this would play
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US FDA limits use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine over blood clo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday said that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that has been administered to more than 18 million Americans can potentially cause "life-threatening blood clots", and thereby warranted "limiting the authorized us
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Tokyo Olympian Kamalpreet Kaur provisionally suspended after testing posit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Star Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, who represented the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last year, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after she tested positive for a banned drug.
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Ahead of Rahul Gandhi's Telangana visit, banners challenging him for drug
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 5 (ANI): Ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to Telangana, banners were seen around Hyderabad asking if he was ready to accept the 'white challenge' by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president KT Rama Rao.
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Experts recommend additional cholesterol-lowering medications for adults a
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 5 (ANI): According to an international team of experts, additional cholesterol-lowering drugs should be offered to patients with "bad" cholesterol (LDL) levels (70 mg/dl or more) and those at high risk of heart disease.
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Researchers find combining certain medicines with ibuprofen can cause perm
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Waterloo (Ontario) [Canada], May 5 (ANI): According to new research, people taking diuretics and renin-angiotensin (RSA) inhibitors for high blood pressure should also be careful to take ibuprofen as the combination can cause acute kidney injury, which can be permanent in some cases.
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Pfizer sets up Asia's first global drug development centre in Chennai
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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 4 (ANI): In a significant move to bring critical research and development capabilities under one roof, pharmaceutical company Pfizer has set up a global drug development centre at the IIT Madras Research Park in Tamil Nadu's Chennai.
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Bharat Biotech seeks DCGI's permission to conduct Covaxin booster trials i
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New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Hyderabad-based pharma company Bharat Biotech has sought permission from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct trials of Covaxin as COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in the 2-18 age group, sources said.
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Foreign national held with Heroin worth Rs 11.53 crore
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 4 (ANI): The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) has arrested a Tanzanian national from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Tuesday and seized 1389.100 gramme of Heroin worth Rs 11.53 crore from his possession.
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Afghanistan's drug industry continues to thrive despite ban on poppy culti
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): Afghanistan's fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain view, a US media report said on Monday, weeks after the Taliban announced a ban on poppy cultivation.
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BSF recovers bottles filled with heroin in Punjab's Abohar sector
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Abohar (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday recovered two plastic bottles filled with heroin from Punjab's Abohar sector.
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