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Breakthrough medicines and battles pricing and public health

Medicine
public health
Published on May 26, 2026 07:19 pm IST

Why India must champion animal-free drug testing

India presents a favourable climate for NAMs with policies such as the Amendment to Clinical Trials and Drugs Rules, 2019 and revisions in the Guidance Document on Toxicology for Registration of Chemical Pesticides, and the presence of a growing number of laboratories in this field. (Shutterstock)
opinion
Published on Feb 10, 2026 08:33 pm IST

Centre to amend 2019 rules to simplify drug testing process

Centre to amend 2019 rules to simplify drug testing process
india news
Published on Sept 04, 2025 06:56 am IST

The Alzheimer’s drug pipeline is healthier than you might think

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There are 182 clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatments under way in 2025—an 11% increase on the previous year—testing 138 different drugs, of which 12 are set to complete their final “phase 3” trials this year.
health
Updated on Jun 04, 2025 09:10 am IST

How Covid reset the rules of drug development

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Covid
public health
Published on Apr 30, 2025 06:39 pm IST

A framework for effective risk assessment of AI-biotechnology convergence

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Biotechnology (REUTERS/Anton Vaganov)
future tech
Published on Mar 10, 2025 06:34 pm IST

It’s not just AI. China’s medicines are surprising the world, too

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medicine(Yves Herman / REUTERS)
world news
Published on Feb 24, 2025 08:00 am IST

Scientifically Speaking | Our Octopus teacher

PREMIUM
When an octopus touches something with its sucker, it creates a seal, and then by contracting its muscles, it creates a suction effect. This action enables the octopus to grip the object tightly
opinion
Published on Oct 18, 2023 09:18 pm IST

State-of-the-art cell culture facility comes up at Allahabad University

Prof Awadh Bihari Yadav in his lab. (HT)
others
Updated on May 24, 2023 07:14 pm IST

Indian-American teen wins USD 25,000 for work on potential Covid-19 treatment

Each finalist was evaluated on a series of challenges and the presentation of their completed innovation.
nri news
Published on Oct 19, 2020 01:47 pm IST

Chitkara University collaborates with Parexel Int’l for MSc programme

chandigarh news
Updated on Aug 27, 2020 04:58 pm IST

Lucknow: Bio-bank planned at KGMU to study disease pattern among people

A bio-bank collects biological samples (blood, urine etc), records, and medical history and this is used to study progression of disease and therapeutics of complex disorders.
lucknow news
Published on Nov 29, 2018 01:33 pm IST

Eureka! First adult-like human heart muscle using stem cells developed

The researchers from Columbia University, essentially compressed the timeframe for development, which normally takes nine months, into a faster and more complete transition to cardiac maturity.
lifestyle
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 11:37 am IST

Next in line: 20 years after Viagra, Pfizer seeks another miracle drug

Pfizer also signalled it could sell its consumer healthcare business, which includes popular over-the-counter products such as the anti-inflammatory drug Advil, multivitamin Centrum and the ubiquitous ChapStick lip balm.
lifestyle
Updated on Apr 01, 2018 11:18 am IST

Diseases so rare, even doctors don’t know of them

columns
Updated on Apr 12, 2018 08:17 pm IST
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