Summary of 200 drug price hikes sent to Govt
File photo In progress on the issue of non-availability of essential medicines in the country, a summary of price hike of 200 medicines was sent to the government. The Drug…
American pharmaceutical company’s new drug for Alzheimer’s patients
File photo. There is good news for Alzheimer’s patients (forgetfulness and mental weakness) that the new drug Donanemab from the American pharmaceutical company is proving to be effective in the…
Common blood pressure drug appears to slow aging in animals
Common blood pressure medications have been shown to have positive effects on some cats. Photo: File Karachi: A common blood pressure drug was tested on certain types of worms, and…
FDA approves new drug to slow Alzheimer’s disease
A new Alzheimer’s drug has proven to be highly successful in directly preventing the disease. Photo: File Washington: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US drug approval agency, has…
Drug worth 1 million pounds recovered from an Indian-origin citizen, sentenced to 7 years in prison
An Indian-origin citizen was sentenced to 7 years and 4 months in prison after 1 million pounds worth of cocaine was found in the UK. Scatchendale was stopped by police…
First Person: A Thai police trainer’s ‘passion’ for fighting the SE Asia drug trade
The trainee police officers are part of a network of law enforcement specialists in Thailand, but also across the region, who are cooperating across borders to stem trafficking operations by…
Blast in drug factory in Andhra Pradesh
Photo courtesy of Foreign Media An explosion has occurred in a pharmaceutical factory in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to Indian media, 2 people were killed and many…
INTERVIEW: Policing one of the world’s ‘biggest drug trafficking corridors’
The effort is centred on the Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos meet and from where illicit items including drugs are trafficked to lucrative markets across…
The amount of Central Research Fund with the Drug Regulatory Authority has reached 5 billion 22 crores
File photo The amount of Central Research Fund with the Drug Regulatory Authority has reached 5 billion 22 crores. According to DRAP officials, each pharmaceutical company contributes a percentage of…
9 deaths in one and a half year due to ‘zombie drug’ in America
Photo courtesy of Twitter A strange drug that turns people into zombies is on the rise in many American cities. According to foreign media, 9 people have died in Florida…