Authorities concerned have directed to reduce the prices of medicines and stents, Health Minister Samanta Lal said on Tuesday (27 February). "Drug prices have hiked suddenly. Officials of the Directorate General of Drug Administration have sat for a meeting to fix the prices," he told reporters at the ministry. Speaking about the
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Ample awareness needed to boost Biologic use
Biologic medicine can play a game changing role in the treatment of diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, and psoriasis. However, awareness needs to be built up at all levels including doctors, patients, and other stakeholders; opined experts. With the objective of raising ample public awareness on the uses of modern and
6 held for making spurious medicines in city
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has claimed to have arrested six people for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Ayurvedic medicines in Dhaka. The arrestees have been identified as Md Wazed Islam Shanto, 20, and his associate Md Russell, 29, Md Hriday, 29, Md Mursalin Ahmed, 18, Md Sabuj Mia 18 and Nantu,
CIS provides emergency medicine to Sri Lanka
Community Initiative Society (CIS) has handed over emergency medicine priced approximately LKR 3 million to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka through A-PAD Sri Lanka on 13 June 2022, a press release said Tuesday. The aid will be used in critical health condition to stave off diseases. Firzan Hashim, Country
Medicine against resistance to antibiotics in development by Russia’s Gamaleya Center
Scientists of Russia's Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology are currently developing medicines aimed at suppressing resistance to various antibiotics, the center’s director Alexander Gintsburg said. "In my opinion, one of our most interesting and amazing projects concerns resistance to antibiotics, which, as we know, is one of the