Genoa [Italy], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): All countries should closely monitor adverse health effects related to the use of any vaccine, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sputnik following the suspension of the AstraZeneca drug in several EU countries.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): The Pune city police on Thursday arrested six African nationals from Tanzania and Uganda, and recovered drugs worth Rs 67 lakhs from their possession.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Thursday said it is working to bring down the cost of the Remdesivir 100 mg injection, used for treating critical COVID-19 patients.
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): The Subject expert committee (SEC) of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday recommended removing the "clinical trial mode" condition related to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
Washington DC [US], March 10 (ANI): 340 different coronavirus tests have so far won emergency use authorisation (EUA), including one that can be used at home without a prescription to detect the virus, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said.
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 10 (ANI): Drugs inspector of Gudivada town raided at an alleged illegal clinic in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday and recovered drugs worth over Rs 50,000 from there.
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed a tool to monitor communications within the brain to offer an explanation for why Alzheimer's drugs have limited effectiveness and why patients get much worse after going off of them.
North Goa (Goa) [India], March 9 (ANI): In separate incidents of illegal possession of drugs, the Goa police booked two persons under the Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said that 78006 persons were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 as per the Crime in India 2017 report.
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): American singer and songwriter, Demi Lovato recently during an upcoming episode of the podcast 'Yeah No, I'm Not Okay', opened up about why she turned to drugs when she was struggling with her mental health.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 9 (ANI): Priyanka Singh, alias Sweety, has been arrested in connection with the drugs case in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha leader Pamela Goswami was arrested in Kolkata earlier in February, the Kolkata Police informed on Tuesday.
Goa [India], March 8 (ANI): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) teams of Maharashtra and Goa conducted multiple raids in which they arrested a few foreign nationals, including local drug peddlers, and seized a huge amount of drugs from their possession in Goa.