Who is WHO? The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) responsible for international public health. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the organization’s central focus is to act as the primary governing authority in the international public health domain. As per the WHO Constitution, which establishes…
Clinical research denotes the entire history of medicines, medical devices or diagnostic procedure that are used in the healthcare system right from its origin in the lab to its introduction into the consumer market and beyond. An individual who practices Clinical Research and has studied clinical research courses is well…
Clinical research is one of the intensively sprouting industries at an astonishing rate opening up a wide scope of employment opportunities for trained professionals. Clinical research is relatively a niche segment in India. A decade ago, there were not many Contract Research Organizations (CRO’s) in India. Various pharmaceutical companies managed to do clinical…
What is Pharmacovigilance? An apple a day keeps the doctor away. But nothing ever keeps a researcher away. A researcher’s job is the backbone of medical sciences. Clinical research is, therefore, a driving factor for the healthy survival of human beings. It is common knowledge that any drug, prior to…
WHY YOUR KIDS’ PLAYGROUND IS UNSAFE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC….. The coronavirus can stick around on surfaces for a long time. It takes 72 hours for the virus to become undetectable on plastic, about 48 hours on stainless steel and cardboard, and 8 hours on copper. Even if kids are practicing…
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose goes beyond its limit. The body produces insulin to help the glucose from the food get into your cells so that it can be used for energy. But sometimes, the body doesn’t make enough insulin, which keeps the glucose within…
Cholera is a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea, which kills the patients within hours, if left untreated. If patients are diagnosed in time, and treated with antibiotics and other measures at an early stage, they can recover and get back to their normal lives, but if not, they may have…
We all have been prescribed one or the other medication by a doctor. It could be an oral medicine, a syrup, an injection, or a vaccine. Whatever it is, all we do is get to the pharmacist, give him the prescription, buy the medicine, and gulp it down as prescribed….
With extreme pressure on the clinical industry to reduce costs while exhibiting greater value, the Indian pharmaceutical industry needs to optimize drug development and delivery models, driven by data and new-age technology; and this can only be done by improving R&D efficiency. But, to do so, there is a need…
