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India’s Top-Selling Diabetes Drugs Backed up by Inadequate Clinical Data: Study

The Wire Staff 08/03/2018

Over 60 million people in India have been diagnosed...

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Battle for Access to Medicines and Vaccines Takes Centre Stage at WHO

Priti Patnaik 02/02/2018

From prohibitive cancer drugs to making resources available to...

Day 1 of the WHO Executive Board meeting. Credit: V. Martin

Altered Dynamics at WHO, Priorities Likely to Be Constrained by Finances

Priti Patnaik 01/02/2018

Irrespective of all the ambitions for the future and...

A man uses an E-cigarette in this illustration picture taken in Paris

Why the E-Cigarette Industry Needs Global Regulations

Tanusree Jain 01/02/2018

The e-cigarette industry emerged as an alternative to traditional tobacco, but...

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WHO Gets to Work: 2018 a Litmus Test for New Team

Priti Patnaik 19/01/2018

Ambitious priorities, strained budgets and a changing political order...

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Explainer: The Government Bill That Wants to Integrate Homeopathy and Modern Medicine

The Wire Staff 02/01/2018

The controversial Bill has been sent to a parliamentary...

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The Data Shows Women Make Better Doctors, So Why Do They Face a Glass Ceiling?

Jay Desai 24/12/2017

The case of Soumya Swaminathan rising to the top...