Hypertension Treatment Strategies for South Asians: Which Two-drug Combination Therapies are Effective

Nov 19, 2024

New Delhi [India], November 19: The Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) announced the completion of the Treatment Optimization for Blood Pressure with Single-Pill...

US FDA approves two gene therapies to treat patients with sickle cell disease

Dec 09, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration approved two gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD) in patients aged 12 years and...

India bans 156 commonly used combination drugs citing possible risks to humans

Aug 23, 2024

The government said these combination drugs are likely to involve risk to human beings whereas safer alternatives to the said drug are available.

Daewoong Pharmaceutical has obtained approval for SGLT2i + metformin combination drug Envlomet

Jul 19, 2023

Seoul [South Korea], July 19: Daewoong Pharmaceutical obtained approval for a SGLT-2 inhibitor+metformin combination drug in just one month after the release of Envlo...

Researchers find new drug to fight UTIs

Oct 30, 2022

A new drug combination has been found to be more effective, especially against persistent, drug-resistant infections, according to an international study led by a...

WHO halts hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug trials among hospitalised COVID-19 patients

Jul 05, 2020

Geneva [Switzerland], July 5 The World Health Organisation on Saturday has halted its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV...