21 October 2022
A licence agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Novartis will allow manufacturers to produce and supply generic versions of nilotinib.
Tag: drugs
20 October 2022
Advertising promoting new drugs is effective but often leads to inappropriate prescribing. To protect the health of their citizens, countries should ban it.
11 October 2022
Therapy is turning to drugs previously known for being illicit party substances. But there's no reason to abandon proper trials.
20 September 2022
The Global Commission on Drug Policy highlighted the negative impact of the War on Drugs and how the criminalisation of people who use drugs leads to the spread of HIV/AIDS and Hep C.
14 September 2022
A study presented by a UM PhD candidate found 95% of 400 drug users in Klang surveyed had a history of detention in a lock-up. Half alleged getting beaten up or tortured by the police, while 35% experienced confiscation of injecting equipment.
13 September 2022
Finding potential new drugs is becoming faster and cheaper, thanks to artificial intelligence, but challenges remain.
18 August 2022
The best form of inspection is an unannounced one, but the pandemic changed the game for regulators. They’ll need to work together to protect consumers.
15 August 2022
The Galen Centre wants removal of Clause 17 from the tobacco control bill to avoid criminalising smoking/ vaping, possession, and use of tobacco and vape products by the GEG born from 2007.
15 August 2022
The key ingredient in detecting a counterfeit medicine could be in your kitchen.
12 August 2022
Poverty drives the market in inferior medicines just as it drives other examples of inequality. A socially integrated approach is needed to fight the problem.