FDA Approved Plan B One-Step Emergency Contraceptive Without Prescription For Women Above 15 Years Of Age

May. 7 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an amended application submitted by Teva Women’s Health, Inc. to market Plan B One-Step (active ingredient levonorgestrel) for use without a prescription by women 15 years of age and older. After...

HIV Vaccine’s Trial Failed

Apr. 30 | Researchers shut down HIV trial after vaccine failed to prevent infection. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases stopped the study of the HVTN 505 vaccine after researchers found volunteers were slightly more likely to acquire human...

Danish Scientists On Brink Of HIV Cure

Apr. 30 | Researchers in Denmark have enrolled 15 HIV patients to test an after-infection therapy. Scientists in Denmark say they’re close to a “promising” breakthrough to cure human immunodeficiency virus, HIV. Researchers at the Aarhus University...

Cheap Cancer Drug, India Rejected Bayer’s Plea

Mar. 14 | Bayer AG’s plea was rejected by the India’s patent appeals office in a ruling to stop the production of a cheaper generic version of a patented cancer drug. The health groups say that this is an important precedent for getting inexpensive...

FDA Approved Diarrhea Drug For HIV/AIDS Patients

Jan. 9 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Fulyzaq (crofelemer) of Salix Pharmaceuticals to relieve symptoms of diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients taking antiretroviral therapy, a combination of medicines used to treat HIV infection. Diarrhea is...

Cipla Slashed Cancer Drug Prices By 64 %

Nov. 30 | Drug major Cipla slashed prices of its three generic cancer drugs — Erlocip, Docetax and Capegard — by up to 64%. The drugs are used for treating lung and pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, head & neck cancer, gastric cancer, bladder, colorectal...

Future Research May Prove If Cows’ Milk Can Protect From HIV

Oct. 19 | According to a study, cows’ milk can be potentially developed into affordable creams that can help protect humans against HIV. Lead scientist from University of Melbourne Marit Kramski has found that when pregnant cows were vaccinated with an HIV protein,...

FDA Approved Stribild, New Combination Pill For HIV Treatment For Some Patients

Aug. 29 | The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), a new once-a-day combination pill to treat HIV-1 infection in adults who have never been treated for HIV infection. Stribild...

HIV Risk Double In Africa With Contraceptive Use

Oct. 31 | A hormone shot given every three months is the most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern Africa and that appears to double the risk that the women will become infected with H.I.V., according to a large study. Moreover, when it is used...

India Battles With Drug Patent Case

Oct. 8 | The supply of cheap drugs from India, which are reverse engineered and manufactured as generic version for the developing world, could be badly threatened if Swiss firm Novartis wins a challenge to India’s patent law. The warning came as the Supreme...