Pharmaceuticals
Antibiotics, not dirty hospitals, the main cause of C. difficile epidemic
25 Jan 2017
Overuse of antibiotics like ciprofloxacin led to the outbreak of severe diarrhoea caused by C. difficile that hit headlines from 2006 onwards. The outbreak was stopped by substantially reducing use of ciprofloxacin and related antibiotics
Superbugs may be spreading faster than thought: study
By By Jagdeep Worah | 20 Jan 2017
A family of superbugs known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae or CRE may be spreading more widely than previously thought – and India is notorious for this type of bacteria. By Jagdeep Worah
Mallinckrodt to pay $100 mn to settle 'price-gouging' charges
20 Jan 2017
The US regulator says that Questcor Pharmaceuticals, which Mallinckrodt bought in 2014, illegally raised the price of its best-selling drug Acthar by 85,000 per cent and bought the rights to a cheaper competing drug to keep it out of the US market
Japan’s Takeda to buy US cancer drug maker Ariad for $5.20 bn
10 Jan 2017
The deal will give Takeda two innovative precision drugs, including a leukemia drug with sales of $170-180 million last year, and Brigatinib, which could offset any loss of sales due to generic competition to its top-selling blood cancer drug Velcade
US regulators grant conditional approval to Abbott’s acquisition of St. Jude Medical
28 Dec 2016
US antitrust regulators yesterday approved Abbott Laboratories proposed $25-billion acquisition of medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc on condition that it divests two medical device businesses
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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