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Combined Drug Therapy Shows Promise Against Aggressive Childhood Brain Cancer: Study
A team of Australian researchers has tested a new way of treating childhood brain cancer by combining two medicines in lab studies.
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Hyderabad-Based Pharmaceutical Gets US Nod For Generic ADHD Drug: Why This Matters And What It Means
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects both children and adults. It is characterised by symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, impulsive behaviour and hyperactivity.
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Children Picking Up Drugs, Smoking In 10 Indian Cities Around 13 Years: Study
Overall, 15.1 per cent of participants reported lifetime use, 10.3 per cent reported past year use, and 7.2 per cent reported use in the past month of any substance, the study found.
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Risk Of STDs, Unplanned Pregnancies As China Imposes Tax On Condoms
China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing's effort to get families to have more children after decades of limiting most to one child.
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New Glasses May Slow Nearsightedness In Kids After 2-Year Use
The US Food and Drug Administration said it cleared the lenses based on company data showing children experienced a 70% reduction in the progression of their myopia after two years.
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Early Action Against Antibiotic Resistance Is Critical For Future Healthcare, Says World Health Organization
Early action against the rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is needed to ensure infections remain treatable, and surgeries stay safe, said the World Health Organization (WHO), during the World AMR Awareness Week, on Friday
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Licence Of Tamil Nadu Firm Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup Revoked
The Tamil Nadu Drug Control department has revoked the complete licence of Sresan Pharma, which manufactured 'Coldrif' cough syrup that led to the deaths of several children across India.
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Central Drug Regulator Blames Tamil Nadu Lapses For Syrup Tragedy: Sources
The central drug regulator has blamed the negligence of Tamil Nadu authorities for the cough syrup tragedy.
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Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths In India Not Shipped To US: Drug Regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Auditor Flags Madhya Pradesh's Mega Purchase Of Banned Drugs
Even as Madhya Pradesh reels from the tragic deaths of 23 children in Chhindwara due to a toxic cough syrup, a new revelation from the Comptroller and Auditor General has exposed a deeper crisis in the state's drug regulation and procurement system.
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An Audit Bombshell On Madhya Pradesh District At Centre Of Syrup Tragedy
A serious mismanagement of medicine stores in Madhya Pradesh was flagged in a central audit report last year, months before one of the country's worst medicine tragedies left at least 23 children dead in the state.
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Big Reveal In Centre's 2024 Audit In Tamil Nadu
Major revelations have been made over the reality of drug tests amid a probe into the deaths of nearly two dozen children after consuming adulterated cough syrup.
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364 Violations Found At Pharma Company Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup: Sources
The pharmaceutical company, Sresan Pharma, at the centre of the cough syrup tragedy that has claimed over a dozen children's lives in Madhya Pradesh was found to be supplying the cough syrup without testing it, said a top source.
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'Many Drug Companies Should Have Been Banned', Says Doctors' Group In Toxic Cough Syrup Case
Coldrif, now referred to as the "killer syrup," was recently examined by drug control authorities in Tamil Nadu. On October 2, the authorities declared that the samples were found to be adulterated, containing an alarming 48.6% weight/volume of DEG.
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Exclusive: How Madhya Pradesh's Drug System Failed To Stop A 'Killer' Syrup
In Madhya Pradesh, 20 children are dead and seven more are battling for life after consuming a toxic cough syrup that should never have reached them.
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Combined Drug Therapy Shows Promise Against Aggressive Childhood Brain Cancer: Study
A team of Australian researchers has tested a new way of treating childhood brain cancer by combining two medicines in lab studies.
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Hyderabad-Based Pharmaceutical Gets US Nod For Generic ADHD Drug: Why This Matters And What It Means
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects both children and adults. It is characterised by symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, impulsive behaviour and hyperactivity.
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Children Picking Up Drugs, Smoking In 10 Indian Cities Around 13 Years: Study
Overall, 15.1 per cent of participants reported lifetime use, 10.3 per cent reported past year use, and 7.2 per cent reported use in the past month of any substance, the study found.
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Risk Of STDs, Unplanned Pregnancies As China Imposes Tax On Condoms
China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing's effort to get families to have more children after decades of limiting most to one child.
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New Glasses May Slow Nearsightedness In Kids After 2-Year Use
The US Food and Drug Administration said it cleared the lenses based on company data showing children experienced a 70% reduction in the progression of their myopia after two years.
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Early Action Against Antibiotic Resistance Is Critical For Future Healthcare, Says World Health Organization
Early action against the rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is needed to ensure infections remain treatable, and surgeries stay safe, said the World Health Organization (WHO), during the World AMR Awareness Week, on Friday
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Licence Of Tamil Nadu Firm Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup Revoked
The Tamil Nadu Drug Control department has revoked the complete licence of Sresan Pharma, which manufactured 'Coldrif' cough syrup that led to the deaths of several children across India.
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Central Drug Regulator Blames Tamil Nadu Lapses For Syrup Tragedy: Sources
The central drug regulator has blamed the negligence of Tamil Nadu authorities for the cough syrup tragedy.
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Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths In India Not Shipped To US: Drug Regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Auditor Flags Madhya Pradesh's Mega Purchase Of Banned Drugs
Even as Madhya Pradesh reels from the tragic deaths of 23 children in Chhindwara due to a toxic cough syrup, a new revelation from the Comptroller and Auditor General has exposed a deeper crisis in the state's drug regulation and procurement system.
-
An Audit Bombshell On Madhya Pradesh District At Centre Of Syrup Tragedy
A serious mismanagement of medicine stores in Madhya Pradesh was flagged in a central audit report last year, months before one of the country's worst medicine tragedies left at least 23 children dead in the state.
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Big Reveal In Centre's 2024 Audit In Tamil Nadu
Major revelations have been made over the reality of drug tests amid a probe into the deaths of nearly two dozen children after consuming adulterated cough syrup.
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364 Violations Found At Pharma Company Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup: Sources
The pharmaceutical company, Sresan Pharma, at the centre of the cough syrup tragedy that has claimed over a dozen children's lives in Madhya Pradesh was found to be supplying the cough syrup without testing it, said a top source.
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'Many Drug Companies Should Have Been Banned', Says Doctors' Group In Toxic Cough Syrup Case
Coldrif, now referred to as the "killer syrup," was recently examined by drug control authorities in Tamil Nadu. On October 2, the authorities declared that the samples were found to be adulterated, containing an alarming 48.6% weight/volume of DEG.
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Exclusive: How Madhya Pradesh's Drug System Failed To Stop A 'Killer' Syrup
In Madhya Pradesh, 20 children are dead and seven more are battling for life after consuming a toxic cough syrup that should never have reached them.
