Pharmaceuticals
US FDA rescinds approval for Sun Pharma's epilepsy drug Elepsia XR
26 Sep 2015
The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has revoked an earlier approval to Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd to market its new drug for seizures
Turing vows to cut Daraprim drug price after furore over 5,000% hike
23 Sep 2015
The manufacturer was pilloried for jacking the price of Daraprim, a 62-year-old treatment for a dangerous parasitic infection, to $750 a pill from $13.50 after acquiring it
India among worst abusers of antibiotics
19 Sep 2015
The practice of routinely using antibiotics to fatten livestock, as well as doctors prescribing them when they are not indicated, could make India the antibiotic-resistance capital of the world, says a pioneering new study
