President Trump claimed taking Tylenol, simply known as paracetamol, ‘is no good’ & that pregnant women should ‘fight like hell’ to only take it in cases of extreme fever.
USFDA, in a discussion telecast publicly last month, said local oestrogen therapy, such as vaginal cream, is safe & the risks of hormone replacement therapy were overstated.
Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance says the study relies on FDA Adverse Event Reporting System data, which captures link between drugs & adverse events, but does not prove causation.
The report, released at Global Pharmaceutical Quality Summit in Mumbai, draws comparison of incidences of ‘official action indicated' after USFDA inspections a decade apart.
In 2019, evidence showed that an impurity in drug degrades over time to form probable carcinogenic compound. Ranitidine is sold as heartburn medicine under names Rantac, Aciloc & Zinetac.
US's FluMist can now be administered by a healthcare provider or by recipient or caregiver aged 18 or above. India's Nasovac S4 faces hurdles like cost, availability & low acceptance.
New Delhi: On 18 April, Mumbai-headquartered Marksans Pharma, a drugmaker that supplies generic drugs in over 50 countries around the world, received form 483,...
US regulator says devices that claim to monitor blood glucose levels in real time without piercing skin may show inaccurate & misleading results and pose risks for people with diabetes.
The drug, which blocks allergic reactions to more than one type of food, is the first FDA-approved medication to reduce risk of anaphylaxis from accidental exposure to multiple foods.
FDA-approved Casgevy & Lyfgenia made from patients’ blood stem cells which are modified and given back as single-dose infusion. India ‘in preclinical stage’ of trial of similar therapy.
Bangladesh’s ‘protest’ party NCP won only six seats. Why have youth movements, from Sri Lanka to Nepal, struggled to challenge traditional leadership and political parties?
CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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