Thursday, May 25, 2017

Modi's generics-only drugs plan worries health experts, Indian pharma sector

Reuters: Health News
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's plan to bring in a law to ensure doctors prescribe medicines only by their generic names risks proliferating the sale of substandard drugs in a country where regulation is already lax, doctors and pharmaceutical executives say.
FORTALEZA, Brazil (Reuters) - Researchers in Brazil are experimenting with a new treatment for severe burns using the skin of tilapia fish, an unorthodox procedure they say can ease the pain of victims and cut medical costs.
(Corrects age range to 30-34 in para 7, 12-16 and 17-19 in para 8, based on notice from study author that erroneous numbers appearing in the journal will be corrected)
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of new drugs approved for sale in United States and Europe has bounced back this year, suggesting a marked slowdown in 2016 was an aberration rather than a sign of flagging research and development productivity.
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The tilapia treatment can speed up healing by several days and reduces the need for pain medication.
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