Look back at the decade: Generic drugs
Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts In 2010, an unusual protest erupted over a still negotiated and secret free trade agreement between India and the European Union. Protesters were people living with HIV/AIDS and cancer. They saw a threat…
7 Women’s Health Topics We Need To Talk About In 2020
7 Women’s Health Topics We Need To Talk About In 2020 As the decade changes and we consider the state of women’s health in India and U.S remain same, and issues that generations of women haven’t been talking about, but need to. We requested outspoken doctors and health advocates to…
WHO signs MOU with International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association to promote access
WHO signs MOU with International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association to promote access Full access to medicines is hampered by a variety of factors. Two important barriers are high prices and regulatory issues such as long lag times in bringing medicines to market. To address these issues, Dr Tedros Adhanom…
New highly sensitive test for dengue virus developed using DNA star
Researchers have developed a new method for detecting and destroying the dengue virus that could be adapted for other viruses. Researchers from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications alongside those at the Wadsworth Center and Fen Zhou of New York University have developed a new method for detecting and destroying…
Wound healing events in mucous tissues could guard against AIDS
Wound healing events in mucous tissues during early infection by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, or SIV, guard some primate species against developing AIDS, a recent study has learned. The research looked at why certain species can carry the virus throughout their lives, and still avoid disease progression. SIV is closely related…
Circular DNA found in cancer cells supports their survival and resistance
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have released the findings of a new study that uncovers the role of the circular, 3D shape of extrachromosomal DNA in augmenting mutant oncogenes in cancer cells, resulting in more aggressive tumors with higher resistance to therapy. A paradigm shift in cancer…
Discovery in C. difficile biology opens new window to developing treatments for dangerous infections
A process called sporulation that helps the dangerous bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) to survive inhospitable conditions and spread is regulated by epigenetics, factors that affect gene expression beyond the DNA genetic code, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report. This is the first discovery that…
WHAT IS PHARMA PATENTING: A JUDICIAL APPROACH
WHAT IS PHARMA PATENTING: A JUDICIAL APPROACH FROM {TAJ PHARMA INDIA} BRAND INFRINGEMENT ?Affluent societies are spending vast sums of money understandably on the search for new products and processes to alleviate suffering and to prolong life. In the process, drug manufactures have become a powerful industry. My idea of…