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India’s Lupin Ltd. has the USFDA nod for making a generic birth control pill, according to a company statement.
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Surge in pre-emptive requests for abortion pills in US amidst legal uncertainty: Study

HQ Team January 3, 2024: The aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobb decision on abortion rights has seen a significant rise in pre-emptive

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Voyager Therapeutics, Inc., will receive an upfront payment of $100 million from Switzerland-based Novartis AG to develop gene therapies for two genetic disorders.
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Novartis to pay $100m upfront to Voyager for gene therapies

HQ Team January 3, 2023: Voyager Therapeutics, Inc., will receive an upfront payment of $100 million from Switzerland-based Novartis AG to develop gene

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More than 50 million people in the US experience an allergic reaction every year. They are the sixth leading cause of long-term illness in that country. In India allergies are a growing concern and about 20-30% of the population suffer from at least one allergic disease.
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Opinion: Curb calls, use earbuds, dump old mobile phones to fight allergens

By Dr K. Leelamoni January 3, 2024: I started fretting a month ago when my friend Radhika stopped answering my cellphone calls. She

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After screening 12 million commercially available compounds using AI, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a drug candidate to terminate a potentially fatal skin bacteria.
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MIT researchers use AI to discover new antibiotic drug compounds

HQ Team January 2, 2024: After screening 12 million commercially available compounds using AI, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered

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At least 521 people, including 16 health workers, have died in Gaza in attacks on hospitals and healthcare facilities over the past 36 days, according to the UN.
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Amidst conflict, Gaza battles dual threat of disease and hunger

HQ Team January 1, 2024: As the conflict in Gaza rages on, a dual crisis emerges, with infectious diseases and hunger posing severe

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Human tears: Is it a natural antidote to male aggression?

HQ team January 1, 2024: A new study done by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel looks into how human female tears

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Smokers may benefit from Sanofi's asthma drug after a phase III trial showed "significant improvements in lung function, quality of life" and uncontrolled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease respiratory symptoms.
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Cytisine, an effective affordable smoking cessation aid, faces accessibility hurdles

HQ Team January 1, 2024: Smoking is injurious to health is an accepted fact by smokers even, and figures say that nine out

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Remember that Covid-19 is still with us, continuously evolving and forming new lineages and we still need to stay ahead of it. Maintaining a cautious vigilance rather than undue panic is the need of the day.
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Opinion: Covid-19 variant needs cautious vigilance, not undue panic

By K. Leelamoni The coronavirus variant JN. 1 has been causing concern among health experts and the public alike. JN.1 is surging in

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Moderna’s melanoma vaccine shows promise in clinical trials

HQ Team December 23, 2023: Moderna unveiled a skin cancer vaccine that demonstrated promising results in recent clinical trials. The vaccine, administered in

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Bristol Myers Squibb will buy US-based biotech company, Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion to expand its neuroscience portfolio, the companies announced.
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Bristol Myers to acquire Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion

HQ Team December 23, 2023: Bristol Myers Squibb will buy US-based biotech company, Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion to expand its neuroscience portfolio,

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