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86,000 persons registered with OOAT centres for de-addiction in April: Cap
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 13 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that 86,000 drug-dependent persons have registered with Out-Patient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) Centres in the state for de-addiction in April 2020.
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COVID-19: Cipla enters into licensing pact with Gilead to manufacture and
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Pharmaceutical major Cipla said on Wednesday it has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc for manufacturing and distributing investigational medicine Remdesivir which has been issued an emergency use authorisation by t
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New imaging tool helps researchers see extent of Alzheimer's early damage
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 13 (ANI): New imaging technology allows scientists to see the widespread loss of brain synapses in early stages of Alzheimer's disease, a finding that one day may help aid in drug development, according to a new Yale University study.
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BMC hospitals start using new medicine for severe COVID-19 cases
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Multiple hospitals which come under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have started using a new drug to treat patients who have been severely affected due to COVID-19.
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Glenmark begins phase 3 of clinical trials on antiviral Favipiravir for CO
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has initiated phase three of clinical trials in India on antiviral tablet Favipiravir, becoming the first company in the country to do so.
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86,371 new drug addicts registered for treatment in Punjab
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 11 (ANI): A total of 86,371 new patients have been registered for treatment at 198 Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) clinics including private ones in Punjab.
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US approves antigen test to diagnose COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington (US), May 10 (ANI: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of antigen test for the first time to detect and treat COVID-19 infection.
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Delhi Police nab husband-wife duo involved in snatching
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): A team of Delhi Police from the Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG) Road Police Station on Saturday apprehended a husband-wife duo involved in snatching.
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Crime rate drastically reduced during lockdown: Goa police
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India] May 9 (ANI): The number of criminal cases has gone down drastically in Goa during the lockdown, said Shobit Saxena, SP Special Branch.
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Immune system discovery paves way to lengthen organ transplant survival: S
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 9 (ANI): While the chronic rejection of transplanted organs is the leading cause of transplant failure, a new discovery suggests that the innate immune system can specifically remember foreign cells, which could pave the way to drugs that lengthen long-term surviva
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Two drug smugglers arrested from Sirsa: Punjab DGP
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): Punjab Police arrested two drug smugglers, Ranjeet Rana Cheeta and his brother Gagandeep Bhola from Sirsa in Haryana, informed Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta on Saturday.
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60 kg opium seized from an essential services truck at Fatehpur district
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): After continuous tracking and surveillance of an interstate drug trafficking syndicate operating between Jharkhand and Haryana, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Lucknow Zonal Unit, succeeded in the seizure of 60 kilograms of opium from a truck at
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