Medicine
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Swami Ramdev on expansion plan of Patanjali Group till 2025
News | Jul 13, 2021, 01:20 PM ISTRamdev said, "Today we are introducing a new line of medicines, in India today 80-90 percent of the people are deficient in Vitamin D. At the same time, 50-60 percent of people have protein deficiency. Similarly, people are deficient in different vitamins. We have made all these available in Ayurvedic way
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Eli Lilly India gets nod for emergency use of antibody drugs combination for COVID-19
Business | Jun 01, 2021, 02:30 PM ISTEli Lilly and Company India on Tuesday said it has received permission for emergency use of its antibody drugs combination used for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19, in the country.
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Shop sealed for selling Remdesivir at higher price than MRP in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur
India | Apr 12, 2021, 12:59 PM ISTJabalpur administration sealed the medical shop on Sunday night after receiving a complaint against it.
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Coimbatore engineering students develop robot for contactless care of COVID patients
News | Nov 25, 2020, 07:56 AM ISTAmid COVID-19, when the best medicine is social distancing to reduce contamination, a proactive team of six undergraduate Mechatronics engineering students have developed a prototype called A Doctor To Be (ADTB).
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Remdac: At ₹ 2800, Zydus Cadilla launches India's cheapest coronavirus medicine Remdesivir
Good News | Aug 13, 2020, 11:04 AM ISTCadila Health's Zydus Cadila on Thursday launched the cheapest generic version of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug in India, to treat COVID-19. Called as Remdac (Remdesivir), the drug has been launched following reports of shortages at drugs at various hospitals.
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Eligible elderly be paid pension regularly, states to provide them medicines, masks & sanitisers: SC
India | Aug 04, 2020, 08:34 PM ISTThe Supreme Court Tuesday directed that all eligible old age persons should be regularly paid pension and states should provide them necessary medicines, masks, sanitizers, and other essential goods in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Enough medicine stock available: All India Chemists and Druggists Association
Business | May 03, 2020, 03:56 PM ISTThere is sufficient stock of medicines in the country and people should not indulge in panic buying amid the coronavirus outbreak, said All IndiaChemists and Druggists Association president Jagannath Shinde on Sunday.
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Low-dose aspirin mitigates liver cancer risk: Study
Lifestyle | Mar 14, 2020, 12:24 PM ISTAmong adults at high risk of liver cancer, those who took low-dose aspirin were less likely to develop the disease or to die from liver-related causes.
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New method ramps up protein production by thousandfold
Science | Dec 20, 2019, 11:55 AM ISTResearchers have discovered a method to supercharge protein production up to a thousandfold, an advance that may drive down costs of protein-based drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics. Proteins are made of long chains of building block molecules called amino acids, and the process of producing them for medical or commercial applications can be complex, expensive, and time-consuming.Protein-based medicines such as insulin are synthesised by turning engineered bacteria into tiny protein-making factories, the scientists, including Indian-origin researcher Manasvi Verma from Washington University in the US, said.
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Two-year-old girl dies after given wrong medicine by medical store
Crime | Dec 14, 2019, 06:47 AM ISTA two-year-old girl died after she was allegedly given a wrong medicine by a medical store in Shahdara's GTB Enclave area, police said on Friday.
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Drug controller body (DGCI) bans online sale of medicines
India | Dec 04, 2019, 05:57 PM ISTCountry's drugs regulator has asked all states and Union Territories to prohibit sale of drugs by online pharmacies as per the Delhi High Court order, a senior health ministry official said on Wednesday. The court while hearing a PIL by Zaheer Ahmed in December 2018 had ordered the ban on sale of illegal or unlicensed online sale of medicines till the government drafts rules to regulate e-pharmacies.
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Brazil approves sale of marijuana-based medicines
World | Dec 04, 2019, 10:53 AM ISTBrazilian health authorities have approved regulations for the registration and sale of marijuana-based drugs in pharmacies.
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With new visa norms, practising medicine in UK to become simpler for doctors: British Council
India | Nov 02, 2019, 04:53 PM ISTEarlier the candidates had to clear two separate tests for registering with relevant healthcare regulator in the UK and for immigration purposes. The British Council conducts the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam for non-native English language speakers
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Explained: How research by Nobel winners for medicine would impact all
Education | Oct 07, 2019, 08:43 PM ISTDr Gregg Semenza, a top researcher at Johns Hopkins University, William G. Kaelin, Jr and Peter J. Ratcliffe's research gives an insight into how genes respond to varying levels of oxygen.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded jointly to 3
World | Oct 07, 2019, 07:27 PM ISTNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
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GSK Pharma recalls stomach ulcer tablets, suspends sales, distribution
Business | Sep 25, 2019, 10:38 PM ISTGlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Wednesday announced recall of ranitidine hydrochloride tablets produced in India using API sourced from Saraca Laboratories Ltd following detection of genotoxic nitrosamine NDMA by authorities.
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No shortage of medicines in Jammu and Kashmir: Government
India | Aug 26, 2019, 11:23 PM ISTThe supplied medicines include antibiotics, anti-diabetic, proton pump inhibitors, anti-hypertensives, antacids, NSAIDs, anti-cancer drugs, cardiovascular drugs, anti-tuberculars, anti-depressants, psychotropics and other life-saving drugs.
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Medicines in stock for 15-20 days in Jammu & Kashmir: Administration
India | Aug 25, 2019, 01:02 PM ISTThe Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday announced that all 376 notified as well as 62 essential or life saving medicines are available in stock in the Union Territory for 15-20 days.
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'No trade with India' stunt backfires, Pakistan faces shortage of life-saving medicines
World | Aug 19, 2019, 12:28 AM ISTIn the wake of Article 370 abrogation in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan suspended trade with India. As a result, the Islamabad is facing crisis of medicinal drugs and other crucial goods, which were earlier New Delhi used to export it to its neighbouring nation.
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Italy flies 45 tonnes of medicines, essential aid to Venezuela
World | Jul 31, 2019, 08:48 AM ISTThe Italian government flight left for Caracas from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in the southern Italian city of Brindisi, the statement said, adding Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re was present on the occasion.