Why Indians, SE Asian Malays respond differently to some drugs
A couple of years after successfully mapping the genetic variants associated with differential responses to two widely used drugs —
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When pills make us worse: Monitoring the adverse effects of medicines
By Debaleena Basu A healthy 21-year-old youth was admitted to a hospital for an elective surgery. All preoperative physiological parameters
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The Finance Ministry’s decision to withdraw customs duty exemptions for 76 life-saving drugs will at once make them more expensive
Read MoreAIDS: AAV vaccine will not undergo further testing
Published in The Hindu on November 29, 2007 The Phase I of the country’s first AIDS vaccine trial conducted at
Read MoreEditorial: An unhealthy practice
Published in The Hindu on November 13, 2007 Four years after Mumbai-based Sun Pharmaceuticals was found unauthorisedly promoting and marketing
Read MoreIs the doctor-drug industry nexus harming patients?
Published in The Hindu on November 8, 2007 Companies in the U.S. that produce drugs and medical devices with a
Read MoreEditorial: Towards greater transparency
Published in The Hindu on November 5, 2007 Pharmaceutical companies and doctors make for uneasy bedfellows. While the two cannot
Read MoreA new class of drug to treat diabetes
Published in The Hindu on October 25, 2007 Two years after the drug was approved by the U.S. Food and
Read MoreEditorial: Expanding access to HIV testing
Published in The Hindu on July 4, 2007 The new guidelines issued recently by the World Health Organisation to expand
Read MoreEditorial: Developing drugs for the poor
Published in The Hindu on March 9, 2007 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken some notable steps to address
Read MoreNew antimalarial agent shows promise
Published in The Hindu on June 17, 2015 A new antimalarial compound (DDD107498) tested on mice and several mosquito species
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