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Topic: Drug

Whole genome sequencing could be key to detecting drug-resistant TB, shows study

India faces challenges because of low investment in public health programs, high endemicity in difficult-to-reach locations, and persisting diagnostic gaps.

45% hospital prescriptions flout norms, heartburn drug pantoprazole most randomly prescribed: ICMR study

Published in Indian Journal of Medical Research, study classifies nearly 10% prescriptions as 'unacceptable', says such lapses can lead to adverse drug reactions & risk patient health.

India gets breakthrough multiple sclerosis drug, but could be unaffordable to many at Rs 10+ lakh a yr

Swiss drugmaker Roche Pharma says Ocrelizumab can help manage multiple sclerosis & impede disability progression. Doctors welcome launch but caution against potential side effects.

Anaesthetic notorious as ‘date-rape’ drug — what is ketamine, linked to Matthew Perry’s death?

A hallucinogenic drug, Ketamine distorts perception of sight & sound. Effects include a rapid heart rate & elevated blood pressure.

New Alzheimer’s drugs may be more beneficial to American whites than Blacks, say experts

The two drugs – Leqembi and Donanemab – are the first to offer real hope of slowing the fatal disease for 6.5 million Americans living with the disease.

The meds they bought were toxic. Now Gambian parents seek justice

At least 70 children died from acute kidney injury in Gambia last year, cases the WHO linked to medicines made by Indian drugmaker Maiden Pharmaceuticals.

Wegovy, other weight loss drugs ‘no silver bullet’ to address global obesity rates: WHO

Francesco Branca, WHO director of nutrition and food safety, says drugs for obesity are important but must be 'part of a comprehensive approach'.

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.

India-made ‘artificial tears’ linked to superbug outbreak in US. FDA restricts imports

Chennai-based Global Pharma's eye drops were linked to drug-resistant bacteria outbreak, which 'infected 55 & led to the death of one person'.

India’s drug regulator initiates probe into death of 18 kids in Uzbekistan linked to cough syrup

Uzbekistan's health ministry has claimed that the children who died had consumed cough syrup ‘Doc-1 Max’ manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.