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PresVu eye drops: Why has a pharma company fallen in controversy for claiming to cure near-sightedness?

PresVu has been suspended by the DCGI due to misleading marketing claims that the eye drops can "cu…

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Say bye-bye to reading glasses! Mumbai drug-maker to soon introduce eye drops to treat presbyopia in India

Entod Pharmaceuticals in India is launch PresVu eye drops to reduce the need for reading glasses am…

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How did over 800 students test HIV positive in Tripura?

Tripura is presently facing a surging HIV epidemic ripping through its student population. Fueled b…

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Govt waives clinical trial requirement for several drugs approved in select countries

This waiver would ensure expeditious availability of the latest medicines for treating diseases …

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Serum Institute's Covovax gets DCGI approval as a heterologous booster dose

"The Subject Expert Committee of the CDSCO on Wednesday deliberated on the issue and had recommende…

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A surgeon general's warning on social media wouldn't be as powerful as good-old-fashioned parenting, experts say

The US surgeon general proposed attaching a government warning to social media platforms. But onlin…

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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.

H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …

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DCGI permits to conduct the third phase trials of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in India

The nod comes after a recent study published in the medical journal The Lancet said that Sputnik…

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Indian drug regulator kicks off probe on cough syrup linked to deaths of Gambian children

Indian drug regulator kicks off probe on cough syrup linked to deaths of Gambian children

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You'll soon be able to get birth control without a prescription. Here's what you need to know.

Opill, the first oral contraceptive available for retail in the US, will be priced at $20 per month.

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Weight wasn't the only thing I lost when I took a weight-loss drug

I knew weight-loss drugs would change my body. I wasn't prepared for what they would do to my brain.

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Hyderabad's Nizam's Institute of Medical Science begins the human clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine

The subject enrolment for Phase-I clinical trial of India's first indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 b…

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The White House Medical Unit operated a pharmacy that gave out controlled substances to ineligible Trump staffers, report says

The report found that the White House Medical Unit had "severe and systemic problems" during the Tr…

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AstraZeneca's Fasenra gets regulator nod for launch in India for asthma treatment

AstraZeneca India on Tuesday said it has received marketing authorisation from the Drugs Controller…

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Three COVID-19 vaccines under active consideration of drug regulator: Health Ministry

At a press briefing, NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said the COVID-19 situation in India …

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Weight loss drugs' messy rise: How Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro really affect patients and what comes next

Patients and doctors share their perspectives on the biggest ever revolution in obesity medicine.

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DCGI nod to Phase-1 human trials of 'antisera' with potential to treat COVID-19

The 'antisera' has been developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in collaboration…

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Itolizumab approved for emergency use on COVID-19 patients

"The approval was given after its clinical trials on COVID-19 patients in India was found sati…

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Centre yet to decide on phase-3 trials of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

"This issue is still under consideration and no final decision on Sputnik V vaccine developed by…

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coronavirus vaccine tests on monkeys risk disease, warns PETA India

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has urged the Centre to stop the National …