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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: clinical trials

No local clinical trial waiver despite change in rules, drugmakers knock on health ministry’s door

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.

What if 10% of global clinical trials included African patients? It could benefit society, economy

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.

Govt notifies rule for rapid launch of breakthrough drugs in India, bypassing local clinical trials

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.

2 Alzheimer’s drugs have shown ‘promising’ results in trials. Why researchers are reacting with caution

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.

New drug for acute leukaemia leads 53% to complete or partial remission in US trials

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.

No animal testing, human volunteers—how new-age ‘in silico’ trials will make drugs cheaper

Drug and medical device development through clinical trials can cost anywhere between $50 million to $1 billion. Computer-based testing can change that.

Lesson learnt from Covid, ICMR works to develop phase I clinical trial sites at govt institutes

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.

Cancer ‘disappears’, every patient in remission — New York drug trial shows astonishing results

Fourteen patients with rectal cancer carrying a specific genetic mutation were rid of the disease using immunotherapy, without need for chemotherapy, radiation or surgery.

India’s 1st Covid nasal spray FabiSpray aimed at high-risk adults, doesn’t let virus reach lungs

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.

Sanofi-GSK get approval for Phase 3 clinical trial of Covid vaccine candidate in India

According to Sanofi, the Phase 3 study will include over 35,000 volunteers aged 18+ across sites in the US, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

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Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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