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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...

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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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...

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The Exhilarating World of Neurogenetics

Jay Desai 23/04/2017

In a short time, we have made such tremendous...

Two years earlier, six drug makers began initiating steps to improve quality standards after being caught on the wrong foot by regulators. Credit: nym/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Another US Warning on Indian Drugs Over Lax Quality

Aneesh Phadnis 26/02/2017

Between 2011 and 2016, as many as 27 drug...

Radiation. Credit: drexler/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Radiation Phobia, Effects and Standards: A Regulator’s Dilemma

K.S. Parthasarathy 06/08/2016

Debate on the linear-no-threshold hypothesis, a pragmatic relationship defining...

Organic or inorganic? It depends on where you draw the line. Credit: stawarz/Flickr

How We’ve Let Ourselves Become Anxious about MSG

Vasudevan Mukunth 07/06/2015

Regulatory shortcomings, tunnel vision and the slowly turning wheels...