Pharmaceuticals industry
- Diabetes, Health, India, Obesity, Pharmaceuticals industry, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s doctors sound alarm over boom in availability of weight loss jabs
Country is facing epidemic of diabetes and obesity, but experts say widespread and unregulated use of weight l…
- Birds, Death and dying, India, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Pharmaceuticals industry, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites
Inadvertent poisoning of scavengers across Indian subcontinent is forcing some communities to give up ancient …
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Healthcare industry, Pharmaceuticals industry, World news, Xi Jinping
China renews crackdown on corruption in healthcare
At least 177 officials reportedly under investigation amid revival of Xi Jinping’s decade-old anti-corruption …
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Indian doctors rebel over diktat to prescribe cheaper drugs
Indian Medical Association says that testing is substandard in the manufacture of generic medicines with ‘no g…
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Indian study reveals about 3% of drugs ‘substandard’ amid official crackdown
In wake of children’s cough syrup scandal, an expert says regulatory system is ‘grossly understaffed and under…
- Drugs, Global development, Global health, India, Pharmaceuticals industry, South and Central Asia, World news
Children are dying. We need a worldwide medicines treaty to avoid further tragedies | Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy Thikkavarapu
Recent deaths linked to drugs made in India underline the need for a global framework for quality control and …
- Business, Diabetes, Global development, Health, Healthcare industry, India, Pharmaceuticals industry, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I skip meals to make my insulin last’: the cost of diabetes in the global south
The three firms that control the insulin market are to cut costs in the US, but elsewhere users can spend all …
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Indonesia bans sale of syrup medicines after at least 99 child deaths
Country investigating 206 cases of kidney injury that could be linked to ingredients in liquid medicinesIndone…
- Africa, Business, Children's health, Global development, Global health, India, Pharmaceuticals industry, Society, South and Central Asia, The Gambia, World news
India must act on drug adulteration – lives around the world are at stake
Disregard for manufacturing standards could ruin the country’s reputation as the ‘developing world’s pharmacy’…
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Covid live news: vaccine passports set to be introduced in Northern Ireland; high cases across Europe
Ministers vote to introduce mandatory vaccine passports in Northern Ireland; Austria exceeds 14,000 new cases;…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, AstraZeneca, Biology, Brazil, Business, China, Coronavirus, Egypt, Europe, European commission, European Union, Global development, Health, India, Indonesia, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Middle East and North Africa, Morocco, Pharmaceuticals industry, Saudi Arabia, Science, Singapore, Society, South and Central Asia, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Local Covid vaccines fill gap as UN Covax scheme misses target
India, Egypt and Cuba among first states to develop and make their own vaccines as Covax falls behind Developi…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Business, Coronavirus, Drugs, Europe, India, Infectious diseases, Japan, Medical research, Pfizer, Pharmaceuticals industry, Science, Singapore, South and Central Asia, Switzerland, UK news, US news, World news
Coronavirus treatments: the potential ‘game-changers’ in development
After positive clinical trials for antiviral drug Molnupiravir, it joins other medicines that have shown promi…
- Asia Pacific, Business, Coronavirus, Japan, Pharmaceuticals industry, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Japan’s Moderna Covid vaccine rollout hit by recall and contamination scares
Foreign materials including stainless steel identified in batches of Covid-19 vaccine though no safety or effi…
- Asia Pacific, AstraZeneca, Business, China, Coronavirus, Health, Pharmaceuticals industry, Society, Taiwan, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Taiwan accuses China of interfering with Covid vaccine deals
President says agreement with German firm BioNTech has been delayed after Beijing interventionCoronavirus – la…
- Africa, AstraZeneca, Bangladesh, Coronavirus, Health, India, Nepal, Pharmaceuticals industry, South Africa, South and Central Asia, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Covid vaccines: India export delay deals blow to poorer countries
Efforts in Africa and elsewhere hit by decision not to export Serum’s AstraZeneca jab until end of yearCoronav…