Geneva, June 18 : The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the positive results of dexamethasone in treating the novel coronavirus, while warning that the drug should not be used on mild cases or ...
Read moreBy Nikhila Natarajan New York, June 17 : Leading physicians are celebrating a small dose of good news that arrived Tuesday about dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid shown to be able to sa ...
Read moreSeattle, June 14 : An elderly man who battled coronavirus for 62 days at a hospital in the US has been handed over a staggering 181-page bill of $1.1 million (nearly Rs 8 crore). Michael Flor, 7 ...
Read moreNew York, June 9 : US drug-maker Gilead Sciences's investigational anitiviral drug remdesivir reduced lung damage in rhesus macaque monkeys, said a study on Tuesday. However, the remdesivir trea ...
Read moreMumbai, June 8 : Pharma major Lupin on Monday said the US health regulator Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to its drug mexiletine hydrochloride for the tre ...
Read moreNew York, June 8 : Suspicions in the medical research scandal involving a little known health analytics company grew deeper after the termination of the faculty position of one of the Indian-origin co ...
Read moreLondon, June 7 : British-Swedish multinational biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and its rival US drug-maker Gilead Sciences are reportedly in talks about a potential merger, the media reported on ...
Read moreLondon, June 5 : The virtual Global Vaccine Summit hosted by the UK drew pledges of $8.8 billion, far more than its target of $7.4 billion, showing "historic commitments" made by world leaders to prov ...
Read moreNew Delhi, June 4 : The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will return to the solidarity trial for the potential treatment of coronavirus dise ...
Read moreLondon, June 4 : Researchers have claimed that the use of antiepileptic drugs is associated with a higher risk of death among people with Alzheimer's disease. Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are the ...
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