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Health ministry releases 9th edition of IP containing 3,152 monographs

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

With an aim to improve the quality of drugs sold in the country, the Union health and family welfare ministry has released 9th edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) 2022 containing 92 new monographs for drugs, 12 new general chapters, 1,245 monographs for formulations, 930 monographs for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) as well as dissolution (..)

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World Psoriasis Day 2024: New Treatments and Research Trends

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Trends in Psoriasis Research: Biologics, Biosimilars and New Therapies Recent innovations in biologics and biosimilars have transformed psoriasis care. Meanwhile, Innovent Biologics recently saw its New Drug Application (NDA) for picankibart, an IL-23p19 inhibitor, accepted by the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).

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Key Considerations for Generic Drug Stability Testing

Drug Patent Watch

The Unseen Heroes of Generic Drugs: Stability Testing 101 As a consumer, have you ever stopped to think about the rigorous process that goes into bringing a generic version of your favorite medication to market? For generic drug manufacturers, stability testing is a critical step in the development process.

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Gilead wins patent battle with US government over HIV PrEP drugs

Pharmaceutical Technology

Gilead Sciences has emerged victorious in a legal battle with the US government over patents surrounding the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs Descovy and Truvada following a federal jury’s verdict on May 9. This research dates to the mid-2000s when CDC scientists developed the PrEP regimen, argued the government.

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Ethnopharmacology: traditional medicine and modern drug discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

However, the reality is that traditional medicine has been the source of lead identification in modern drug discovery. Ethnopharmacology has been an important basis for modern medicine The estimated percentage of pharmaceutical drugs available today that are sourced from natural products varies.

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No drugs for prions: could new approaches alleviate therapeutic scarcity?

Pharmaceutical Technology

This is also why academic research is dominant here, as companies are hesitant to take this on, adds Holger Wille, PhD, associate professor at the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta. No progress in drug discovery. “We We have made astonishing progress in understanding the disease….On

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Deadly ‘Zombie Drug’ Believed to Contain Human Bones Wreaks Havoc in West Africa

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

A new drug called kush is wreaking havoc in west Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone where it is estimated to kill around a dozen people each week and hospitalise thousands. The drug, taken mostly by men aged 18 to 25, causes people to fall asleep while walking, to fall over, to bang their heads against […]