Seven pharmaceutical companies and four research institutions, working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have launched a groundbreaking partnership, to expedite the discovery of new treatments for tuberculosis.
The partnership, kno

wn as the TB Drug Accelerator (TBDA), will target the discovery of new TB drugs by collaborating on an early-stage research. The long-term goal of the TBDA is to create a drug regimen that cures patients in just one month.

NEW DELHI, 20 JUNE: The ministry of health & family welfare has issued a gazette notification under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act banning the manufacture and sale as well as the import of serolog

The Centre has banned the manufacture and sale of serodiagnostic kits for tuberculosis.

The High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to file counter objections in a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the proposed translocation of captive elephants to Madhya Pradesh.

The petitioner - Compassion Unlimited Plus Action - had sought to restrain the government from translocating 29 elephants to Madhya Pradesh. It had contended that the change of habitat will affect the health of elephants and they have higher chances of contracting tuberculosis.

China faces a "serious epidemic" of drug-resistant tuberculosis according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there, said a US-published study on Wednesday.

WHO panel proposed treaty requires all governments to share cost

India supports a proposed legally binding global instrument that requires all governments to share the cost of research and development (R&D). The treaty, recommended by a World Health Organisation panel, will boost access to countries least able to pay for medical innovations but need it most. This would also delink profits from medical discoveries.

The $7.8-billion US-based medical technology major Becton Dickinson (BD), is in the final stages of developing a new technology for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB), which kills 300,000 Indians every y

JAIPUR: Jhunjhunu on Thursday earned the distinction of being the first smoke-free district in the state on World No Tobacco Day.