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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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Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca Inc., and US-based Ionis Pharmaceuticals, announced the FDA has granted its nod for Wainua drug to treat nervous system impairment.
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USFDA clears AstraZeneca-Ionis’ drug for nervous system impairment

HQ Team December 22, 2023: Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca Inc., and US-based Ionis Pharmaceuticals, announced the FDA has granted its nod for Wainua drug to

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The FDA has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit weight-loss injection Ozempic which have no information about the drug’s identity, quality or safety.
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FDA starts crackdown against fake Ozempic weight-loss drug 

HQ Team December 22, 2023: The FDA has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit weight-loss injection Ozempic which have no information about the

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The World Health Organization has added a second malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines to enable greater access to inoculate children as a primary preventive measure.
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WHO places second malaria jab on ‘list of prequalified vaccines’

HQ Team December 21, 2023: The World Health Organization has added a second malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines to enable

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The WHO, has included noma in its official list of neglected tropical diseases to expand health services to the world’s most vulnerable populations.
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Noma added to WHO’s list of 21 neglected tropical diseases 

HQ Team December 21, 2023: The WHO, has included noma in its official list of neglected tropical diseases to expand health services to

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The USFDA has approved Calliditas Therapeutics’ oral drug to treat loss of kidney function in adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) and at risk of disease progression.
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Sweden’s Calliditas gets FDA nod for oral drug to treat kidney loss function

HQ Team December 21, 2023: Sweden’s Calliditas Therapeutics has got the USFDA green light for its oral drug to treat loss of kidney

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The US drug regulator has termed its Class I recall of Philips magnetic resonance systems as the “most serious” type.
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Recall of Philips imaging devices ‘most serious’: USFDA says

HQ Team December 21, 2023: The US drug regulator has termed its Class I recall of Philips magnetic resonance systems as the “most

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