Pharma

Japanese drug maker Takeda has entered into collaboration with Massachusetts biotech Moderna to bring 50 million doses of its mRNA-based COVID-19 shots to Japanese shores. Takeda will import and distribute mRNA-1273 starting in the first half of 2021, besides handling local regulatory approvals. Moderna’s vaccine is currently undergoing a 30,000-patient …

‘His breath was in short irregular bursts. His face was bathed in sweat and he moaned in pain. His skin was colored a dusky slate grey. His upper arm was swollen and was exuding pus. Death was in the air. Four days ago he had suffered a sword wound in …

The comeback of colistin as “salvage therapy” for multi-drug resistant pathogens is on the rise. Colistin (also known as polymyxin E) belongs to the polymyxin group of antibiotics.1 It is available in two forms, colistin sulfate and colistimethate sodium (CMS).2 In our country, colistin is available as colistimethate sodium (CMS) …

We just finished celebrating “Antibiotic Awareness Week” last month. It made me ponder whether all the efforts we put into it are working or not. I live in the capital city of Nepal, where we have hundreds of hospitals and large tertiary-care and multi-specialty centers, and I still lost my …

According to a forecast by analysts of GlobalData, a British data analytics and consulting firm, Merck’s Keytruda is expected to reach the top of the bestselling pharma list in 2025, with sales of $22.5 billion. Keytruda (pembrolizumab), a humanized antibody used in cancer immunotherapy, is used for the treatment of …

The expiry date is the final day that the manufacturer guarantees the full potency and safety of a medication. In general, drugs expiration date is 2-5 years from production date. The expiration date does not indicate a point when a medication loses potency and is no longer effective or becomes …