Medi News:

AP gears up to promote generic drugs

In an attempt to promote generic drugs in the capital and elsewhere, the Drug Control Administration (DCA) authorities  of A.P, are getting ready to implement a Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) directive to stop issuing licences to drug companies based on their brand names. 

 The new DCGI directive has already come into force in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Due to this new directive, there will be no brand promotion of drugs, which is rampant and carried out by medical representatives. so, its  feared, that strict enforcement of the latest rules could also trigger large scale retrenchments and impact the livelihood of medical representatives.

Indian surgeon’s cheaper kidney transplant protocol

“Worldwide, the acceptable rejection ratio for kidney transplants is 20 per cent. but with new protocol developed by hyderabad based nephrologist Dr. K.S. Nayak,who is using equine based antibodies (that suppress immunity) instead of costly multiple dosed rabbit based antibodies.  “The one-time cost of the equine-based drug is just Rs. 35,000. 

Evidence shows that this new  technique has a rejection rate of [only] seven per cent. Even among the seven per cent, there is 90 per cent chance of reversal of rejection,” says the senior nephrologist.

Vigorous exercise can repair damaged heart, says study.Regular and vigorous exercise can activate dormant stem cells in the heart, which heal the damage caused by a heart attack, says a new study. exercise resulted in producing more than 60 percent of heart stem cells, usually dormant in adults, becoming active.