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Bharat Biotech begins clinical trials of more effective TB vaccine in India | India News

Health
Rachel Carter

HYDERABAD: Bharat Biotech, based in Hyderabad, has started clinical trials of MTBVAC, the world’s first Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine derived from a human ...

Salt Substitute Reduces Risk for New Hypertension

Health
Rachel Carter

Replacing regular salt with a salt substitute reduced the incidence of new hypertension compared with a usual salt group, without provoking hypotension, ...

Indian drug manufacturers benefit from Big Pharma interest beyond China

Business
Jessica Roberts

By Maggie Fick, Andrew Silver and Rishika Sadam LONDON/SHANGHAI/HYDERABAD (Reuters) – Drugmakers are seeking to limit their reliance on Chinese contractors who ...

A woman did more than 100 stool transplants to treat her ulcerative colitis — and it worked. What to know about fecal microbiota transplantation

LifeStyle
Olivia Martin

Saffron Cassaday had been coping with ulcerative colitis — a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) marked by painful inflammation and ulcers ...

Brazil scientists developing new ‘vaccine’ for cocaine addiction

World
David Turner

Scientists in Brazil, the world’s second-biggest consumer of cocaine, have announced the development of an innovative new treatment for addiction to the ...

Merck discontinues some cancer drug development with China’s Sichuan Kelun

U.S.
Amanda Smith

By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese drugmaker Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co said on Monday that Merck & Co Inc was abandoning ...