Trials show that digitoxin—active ingredient in foxglove—lowered mortality & hospitalisation in patients with reduced heart-pumping function, insufficient emptying of left ventricle.
Proposed amendments to New Drugs and Clinical Trial Rules will scrap test licences, cut application processing time. Move part of govt effort to establish India as hub for pharma R&D.
AstraZeneca’s experimental drug baxdrostat cut systolic BP by nearly 10 mmHg in a late-stage trial, offering hope to patients at a high risk of heart attacks, among others.
Drug regulator through executive order issued last August paved way for direct launch of certain categories of drugs approved in select countries by means of local clinical trials waiver.
Clinical studies to assess the treatment of schizophrenia with paliperidone palmitate in Rwanda were pivotal to catalysing research and development in other mental health areas.
In an executive order, the DGCI has specified a list of countries under rule 101 of New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019. List includes US, UK & EU, among others.
After Lecanemab, a monoclonal antibody medication for Alzheime's, Eli Lilly and Co. too reported promising phase 3 trial results of its drug, Donanenab, for the disease.
Revumenib found to be promising in 2 studies by US researchers published in 'Nature' Wednesday. Leukaemia accounted for nearly 4% of global cancer deaths in 2020.
Drug and medical device development through clinical trials can cost anywhere between $50 million to $1 billion. Computer-based testing can change that.
Scientists say pandemic underlined need for speedy clinical trials, but most phase I units are in private sector. They urge trial sites in govt sector too, so focus is on public health, not profit.
China and India are home to 1.2 billion young people. They’re the pioneers in advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and realising the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’.
The countries signed a memorandum for co-development of UNICORN masts in November 2024. India has been second Asian nation to have such an agreement with Tokyo, after Philippines.
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