A partnership between UK and Chinese academics has revealed the evolutionary secrets that allow the medicinal herb known as barbed skullcap to create cancer-fighting chemicals. The skullcap (Scutellaria barbata), also known as banzhilian in China, has a genomic sequence that was assembled by the CEPAMS team using DNA sequencing technology.
Twelve African ministers and officials have pledged to abolish HIV AIDS in children by 2030 and have outlined their intentions in this regard. At the first ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance to eliminate AIDS in children, international partners announced how they will assist nations in carrying out those plans.
According to the survey presented to Parliament on Tuesday, the country’s pharmaceutical exports saw a strong growth of 24 percent in FY21, driven by COVID-19-induced demand for crucial medications and other supplies shipped to more than 150 nations.
World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day is observed today, and in recognition of this, WHO has released a new progress report titled “Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023” that highlights the advancements and difficulties in the provision of NTD care globally against the backdrop of COVID-19-related disruptions.
The World Health Organization abbreviated as WHO has updated its list of medications that should be kept on hand in case of radiological or nuclear emergencies and provided guidance on how to manage these situations effectively. These stockpiles contain medications that either stop or lessen radiation exposure or treat radiation-related injuries.
Before the Union Budget 2023–24, the US pharmaceutical industry recommended that India release an R&D policy for its pharmaceutical business.
In order to treat urge and mixed urine incontinence, Amber Therapeutics, an Oxford University spin-off firm that is researching next-generation bioelectrical therapeutics, has implanted Amber-UI in the first participants (UI).
According to the most recent UN estimate made public by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5 and 24 years and 5 million children and youth under the age of five died in 2021.
Acute malnutrition affects more than 30 million children in the 15 countries that are most severely affected. Severe wasting, the deadliest form of undernutrition, affects 8 million of these children. This poses a serious risk to children’s lives, long-term health, and development, and it has an effect on every person, every community, and every nation.
9 January (Reuters) AstraZeneca (AZN.L) declared on Monday that it has reached an agreement to acquire American drug-development company CinCor Pharma Inc (CINC.O) for up to $1.8 billion in order to expand its supply of heart and kidney medications.
The experimental medication baxdrostat, which is being developed by CinCor to treat illnesses like high blood pressure and chronic renal disease, is at the heart of the agreement.
