Drugs Health Pharma

India caps trade margins on 42 anti-cancer medicines

India has put a cap on the trade margin of 42 selected non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines, including ribociclib, which is used to treat breast.

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Health Pharma

Open your home windows to evade COVID-19 virus: CDC

Open windows, clean air filters and use fans to keep out COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses from homes, according to the Centers for.

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Health Medical Pharma

Dr Moopen’s family raises stake in India’s Aster DM Healthcare

Dr Moopen’s family bought four per cent of shares from an un-named private equity investor for INR 4.6 billion, raising their stake in.

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Health Medical

Scientists may have found a way to lose weight and keep it off longterm

A new study says that neural pathways that control hunger pangs become overactive during dieting and inhibiting their progress may be the key.

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Drugs Health Pharma

FDA to permit salt substitutes to fight heart disease in US

The US FDA plans to permit the use of salt substitutes in daily food, such as bread, cheeses and ketchup, to reduce the.

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Drugs Health Pharma

Sanofi-Regeneron’s trial drug may let smokers breathe easy

Smokers may benefit from Sanofi's asthma drug after a phase III trial showed "significant improvements in lung function, quality of life" and uncontrolled.

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Drugs Health Medical Pharma

Experimental pill effective in treating third of leukemia patients in phase I trial

The pill, revumenib, has shown benefit in treating both adults and children with certain type of acute leukemia.

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Health Medical

Contraceptive pills ‘slightly’ increase risk of breast cancer, says study

Progestin-only contraceptive use increases breast cancer risk similarly to combined contraceptive use.

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Climate Health Pharma

Drought killed 40,000 Somalians last year, WHO-UNICEF-Govt study reports

An estimated 40,000 Somalians may have died last year in a drought caused by the failure of six consecutive rainy seasons, a new.

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Climate Health Pharma

Water-related diseases claim 800,000 people’s lives every year

About 800,000 people die yearly from diseases directly linked to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene practices, and water-related hazards have increased at.

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