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Posted on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019

Merck’s unlicensed Ebola vaccine shows 97.5% efficacy in Congo

Merck’s Ebola vaccine, which underwent phase-3 trial during the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in west Africa, has shown 97.5% efficacy in preventing Ebola disease when used during the current epidemic in…

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Posted on October 4, 2017October 4, 2017

Growing interest in HPV vaccination in India

Delhi and Punjab have introduced HPV vaccination and are expanding it, while a few States have shown interest. And the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation is considering the introduction…

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Posted on January 13, 2016July 20, 2016

Editorial: HPV trial – Collusion of the worst kind

When regulators become violators, who is to regulate them? That perplexing question is what arises from the damning report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee that investigated alleged irregularities in the…

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Posted on January 13, 2016July 20, 2016

Drugs board wants ban on Pioglitazone diabetes drug revoked

The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) on Friday recommended revoking the ban on pioglitazone — an oral anti-diabetic drug which was banned on June 18. But the DTAB, which was…

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Posted on January 12, 2016July 20, 2016

Diabetes drug: ‘Maybe I erred in my judgement’

There is growing evidence that the ban the Union Health Ministry imposed on June 18 on pioglitazone — a widely used anti-diabetes oral drug — was taken with undue haste…

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Posted on January 7, 2016January 7, 2016

Editorial: A shockingly unethical trial

Published in The Hindu on May 16, 2011 The question whether all human clinical trials undertaken in India are conducted ethically has been answered. The final report of the three-member…

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Posted on January 5, 2016

Editorial: Hyping science

Published in The Hindu on November 6, 2009 When a two-decade-long search for an effective vaccine to prevent HIV infection has been a failure, the pressure to hype and provide…

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Posted on January 5, 2016August 8, 2016

Editorial: Merck publishes a fake journal

The spectre of Vioxx, the blockbuster non-steroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID), continues to haunt pharmaceutical giant Merck even five years after the drug was withdrawn from the market due to…

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