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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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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 …
PTI
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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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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…
Erin Snodgrass
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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…
PTI
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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 …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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…
Allie Kelly
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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.
Albert Fox Cahn
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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
PTI
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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…
Rebecca Rommen
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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.
Hilary Brueck,Gabby Landsverk,Mia de Graaf,Shelby Livingston,Rachel Hosie,Kate Hull
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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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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 …
PTI
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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…
PTI
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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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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…
PTI
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I conquered a reliance on opioids by using orgasms to control chronic pain
The author shares how she was taking up to 15 opioid pills to manage her pain. She now uses orgasms…