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.
Fourteen patients with rectal cancer carrying a specific genetic mutation were rid of the disease using immunotherapy, without need for chemotherapy, radiation or surgery.
Designed to kill the coronavirus in the upper airways before it progresses to the lungs, the nitric oxide spray was approved after clinical trials on 306 Covid patients in India.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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