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TopicDrug trial

Topic: Drug trial

Experimental drug promising to bring down bad cholesterol by up to 69% completes early stage trial

Set to enter larger trial across 5 countries, it works by permanently turning off gene that causes high bad cholesterol levels. Commonly used drugs work by inhibiting cholesterol-causing enzyme.

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.

US drug regulator halts Sun Pharma trials on dermatological drug

Sun Pharma, India's largest drugmaker by revenue, acquired deuruxolitinib when it bought US-based Concert Pharmaceuticals for $576 million earlier this year.

HCQ farce has tragic consequences as precious time studying treatments has been lost

The danger now is that if a severe flare-up in Covid infections were to strike, we would still lack clear evidence of any existing, cheap treatment.

Roche partners with Gilead to conduct two-drug combination trial for Covid treatment

The study will pair Roche’s immune suppressor Actemra along with Gilead’s antiviral remdesivir, the only drug to have shown promise in treating the coronavirus.

2 arthritis drugs show varying benefits, dash hopes of helping broad group of Covid patients

Unlike anti-virals, arthritis drugs won’t attack the virus directly, but instead are thought to have an effect on the immune system’s response to the pathogen.

UK to start human trials of coronavirus vaccine tomorrow

The vaccine trials will be of a drug developed at Oxford University and UK govt will give 20 million pounds to support the research.

‘I knocked on hell’s door’ – the horror story of one coronavirus survivor in Wuhan

Ye's account is a testimonial to the fact that diagnosis has emerged as one of the major stumbling blocks in getting the virus under control in Hubei.

The search to cure Alzheimer’s leads to a crash and raises more questions

There’s no approved product that can slow or stop the ailment, and about 200 drugs have failed.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.