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Martin Shkreli is barred from the drug industry

January 15, 2022 8:18 am

🔴 Martin Shkreli is serving a seven-year prison sentence for defrauding investors related to his work running two hedge funds and a different pharmaceutical company.

BDR Pharma launches generic cancer drug in India

September 14, 2021 7:30 pm

Cabozantinib is used for the treatment of metastatic medullary thyroid cancer, advanced renal cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma, BDR Pharma said in a statement.

New research: Oral drug fenofibrate may cut SARS-CoV-2 infection by 70%

August 06, 2021 1:16 pm

The team noted that additional unpublished data also indicates that fenofibrate is equally effective against the newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 including the Alpha and Beta variants.

Explained: How an unproven Alzheimer’s drug got approved

July 22, 2021 8:21 am

In announcing its approval in June, the FDA acknowledged there was not sufficient evidence that the drug would help patients. Instead, it said it was greenlighting Aduhelm under a program called “accelerated approval.”

Ludhiana cops recover intoxicant medicines worth Rs 6 cr from Rajasthan

October 30, 2020 2:52 pm

The recovery was made following the interrogation of three Jaipur-based alleged drug peddlers who were earlier arrested by Ludhiana police.

Himachal Pradesh: ‘Toxic’ cough syrup maker gave ‘misleading’ quality report, HC informed

August 20, 2020 11:03 am

The syrup, Coldbest-PC, was linked to the death of several infants in Jammu earlier this year after government analysts detected a poisonous impurity.

Low demand, raw material shortage: pharma sector yet to bounce back

In dwindling imports from China, a big atmanirbhar push for desi pharma firms

July 09, 2020 11:39 am

The central government, meanwhile, has launched new schemes to promote the production of pharmaceutical compounds and the establishment of bulk drug parks in the country.

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Glenmark gets tentative nod from USFDA for generic type-2 diabetes tablets

March 23, 2020 5:51 pm

Farxiga tablets are used as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

BJD leader Bhartruhari Mahtab seeks probe into efficacy of generic drugs

July 20, 2019 2:38 am

BJD member Bhartruhari Mahtab cited a recent book, which, according to him, claimed that Indian domestic drug manufacturers were not producing quality generic drugs.

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Nagpur-based pharma exporter nabbed in Prague by US drug authorities

June 27, 2019 7:20 pm

Many medicine exporters make big money out of export business since in countries like US, medical treatment is costly and hence there are a lot of buyers of cheap medicines coming from countries like India.