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Biocon Secures Approval to Use Drug on Coronavirus Patients

Reuters 12/07/2020

The drug, which is also used to cure the...

FILE PHOTO: An ampule of Remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg

Generic Version of Remdesivir to Be Launched in India at Rs 4,800 per 100 mg Vial

Reuters 06/07/2020

Mylan's version comes after two Indian drugmakers, Cipla Ltd...

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COVID-19: ICMR’s Rush to Produce ‘Indian Vaccine’ Suggests Politics is Driving Science

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/07/2020

The August 15 timeline mentioned in Dr Balram Bhargava's...

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Popular Acidity Drug Ranitidine Being Tested For Cancer Agents After US Red Flag

The Wire Staff 25/09/2019

While the government has not recalled these drugs, two...

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The Indian Pharma Industry Can Do Better Than Conspiracy Theories and Ad Hominem Attacks

Dinesh Thakur 03/07/2019

In India, systems to study and document long term...

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No Local Woe, India’s Poor Public Health Feeds Antibiotic Resistance Worldwide

T.V. Padma 13/02/2019

The spread of resistance is more acute in places...

A little girl receiving an oral polio vaccine in India in 2011. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Probe Ordered After Contaminated Polio Vaccine Given To Children In Uttar Pradesh

The vaccine was administered as part of the government's...