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World Health Assembly 72 agrees to adopt the11th revision of the ICD

The new WHO programme budget was approved and a common approach to antimicrobial resistance was agreed.

May 29, 2019

By : Team ABLE

ICMR head Balram Bhargava wins Dr. Lee Jong-wook Prize for Public Health

“When I work with patients, I think about how to apply science to alleviate their suffering. This gives meaning to everything else I do,” said Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Professor Balram Bhargava after jointly winning the 2019 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva earlier this week.

May 28, 2019

By : Team ABLE

Global Strep A vaccine one step closer

Streptococcus genomes reveal potential vaccine targets present in over 20 countries worldwide

May 28, 2019

By : Team ABLE

The FDA has approved Novartis-subsidiary AveXis Inc's spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma.

The company wants to set the price tag at $2,125m per dose.

May 28, 2019

By : Team ABLE

Health Canada approves Biocon and Mylan’s Ogivri

Ogivri is the first Trastuzumab Biosimilar indicated for the treatment of HER2-positive breast and gastric cancers

May 24, 2019

By : Team ABLE