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Topic: Pharma

Trump’s HCQ push still keeps US door open for India’s banned Ipca Labs

Anna Edney -
US FDA Tuesday reversed its chloroquine import waiver for Ipca but still allowed it to import hydroxychloroquine into the US.

Harvard-rejected Indian, old physiologist & Black surgeon made US’ ‘most versatile antibiotic’

Gerald Posner -
In Pharma, Gerald Posner writes about how an unlikely trio working for a small US company called Lederle discovered Aureomycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic in 1948.

Modi govt halts plan to stop medicine export as firms in coronavirus-hit China resume work

Himani Chandna -
Govt panel formed to tackle ‘drug security concerns’ has decided to monitor situation after Indian embassy in China says several drugmakers there have resumed operations.

Don’t arrange hotels, sightseeing for doctors — Modi govt’s fresh warning to pharma firms

Himani Chandna -
Latest warning from Department of Pharmaceuticals follows a conference of Indian Psychiatric Society in Kolkata. Companies told to adhere to ethics code.

Govt to begin hunt for a commercially viable new drug molecule made in India

Himani Chandna -
In a first, the Modi government plans to create a separate department for R&D with a focus on discovering new drug molecules.

Superbugs on the rise, India must regulate antibiotics to avert disaster

Sugandha Mahajan -
Since the 1980s, no new antibiotic has entered the market. We must safeguard existing antibiotics until viable alternatives are found.
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Opinion

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

Phiroze J Shroff -
If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Dharali floods a wake-up call for IMD, NDMA to buck up—the Himalayan region is vulnerable

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

Economy

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

Neelam Pandey -
New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Defence

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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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