Scientists find GOOD cholesterol can sometimes be bad supriya kashyap kashyap12 March 2016 4:23 PM ISTSo-called "good" cholesterol may actually increase heart attack risks in some people, researchers said on Thursday, a discovery that casts fresh doubt...
New Regime for Meningococcal B Vaccine: Guideline Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 May 2017 2:29 PM ISTAdvisory Committee on Immunization Practices,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), US has recently...
New pain treatment tested in humans Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Nov 2017 7:18 PM ISTNerve growth factor signals through receptors of the tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family and research in animals has shown that inhibitors of Trks...
A Promising Lipid Drug Class Meets Its End Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli10 Dec 2017 7:05 PM ISTMerck will not be seeking approval for anacetrapib, its cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor aimed at raising HDL cholesterol levels....
U.S. FDA approves new diabetes drug from Merck and Pfizer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Dec 2017 7:05 PM ISTA new drug developed by Merck & Co and Pfizer Inc won U.S. approval on Wednesday to treat type II diabetes, the Food and Drug Administration said,...
Pfizer ends research for new Alzheimer's, Parkinson's drugs Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTPfizer Inc (PFE.N) is abandoning research to find new drugs aimed at treating Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, the U.S. pharmaceutical company...
FDA approves Biktarvy ,a once daily HIV drug Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Feb 2018 7:15 PM ISTU.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA on Wednesday approved Biktarvy, a once-daily, triple-combination tablet for treatment of HIV...
Blue Pill Viagra turns 20 and still going strong Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli27 March 2018 8:30 PM ISTFDA approved Viagra as the first oral treatment for erectile dysfunction on Mar. 27, 1998, 20 years ago.The demand for the drug was so high in initial...
Finally FDA panel confirms that Celecoxib is safe for heart Medha Baranwal Baranwal28 April 2018 7:20 PM ISTCardiovascular (CV) safety of celecoxib, a prescription pain killer, is equivalent to that of naproxen and ibuprofen, concluded two panels of the U.S....
Tanezumab Novel drug for improving pain in Osteoarthritis Vinay Singh singh23 July 2018 8:28 PM ISTA 16-week Phase 3 study (A4091056) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) pain evaluating the subcutaneous administration of tanezumab, an...
Pregabalin not effective in trauma related neuropathic pain Medha Baranwal Baranwal26 Sept 2018 7:20 PM ISTPregabalin, a common painkiller, was not found effective in controlling the chronic pain that develops after traumatic nerve injury, in a new study...
Tofacitnib associated with pulmonary embolism and death in RA patients Deepanjana Sarkar28 Feb 2019 7:10 PM ISTIn a Postmarketing Study, Tofacitinib has reportedly been associated with increased Risk of Pulmonary Embolism, Death in RA Patients.The 10 mg twice...
