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How a Rogue Chinese Experiment Might Affect Gene-Based Therapies in India

Sarah Iqbal 09/01/2019

Many Indian scientists edit the human genome in cells...

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Gøtzsche Affair Spotlights Challenges of Producing Good Evidence in Medicine

Kiran Kumbhar 18/11/2018

Peter Gøtzsche is one of the founding members of...

The Indian government seems to be rolling out bedaquiline in a phased manner and somewhat along the lines of the US FDA Expanded Access. Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0

Expanded Access and the Bedaquiline Debate: A Practitioner’s View

Jay Desai 25/06/2018

The Indian government and DCGI already have a programme...

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Most People Don’t Benefit From Vaccination, But We Still Need It To Prevent Infections

Allen Cheng 14/06/2018

Stating that a majority of people won't benefit from...

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Debate: India’s TB Patients Need Bedaquiline Now, Never Mind the Critics

Anand Grover 13/06/2018

The World Health Organisation reiterated its guidelines last year,...

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A Scrapped Clinical Trial Shows How a Drug Might Work While the Trial Fails

David Dobbs 10/05/2018

An early halt to a trial of deep brain...

Some of the Digaria villagers who allege that Malpani hospital in Jaipur duped them into participating in a clinical trial. Credit: Shruti Jain

Glenmark Receives Show-cause Notice on Jaipur Clinical Trial Controversy

The Wire Staff 05/05/2018

Questions still remain over what exactly happened with villagers...