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Doctors at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Hospital, and Cambridge University Hospital, have led research using a new type of CT scan to light up tiny nodules in a hormone gland and cure high blood pressure by their removal. The nodules are discovered in one-in-twenty people with high blood pressure.

Zydus Lifesciences Limited’s subsidiary Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. (Zydus) has received tentative approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Levomilnacipran Extended-Release Capsules, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg, and 120 mg (USRLD: Fetzima® Extended-Release Capsules).

Global pharma major Lupin Limited announced that it has received tentative approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), Dolutegravir and Rilpivirine Tablets, 50 mg/25 mg, to market a generic equivalent of Juluca® Tablets, 50 mg/25 mg of ViiV Healthcare Company.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd announced that it has acquired the trademark rights of the breast cancer drug PRIMCYV® from Pfizer Products India Pvt Ltd for use in the Indian market.

The demand for Indian generic drugs has exploded high in China amid the massive COVID surge, with Chinese experts cautioning that fake versions of these drugs are flooding the market.

Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder.

“We have identified a new trigger of brain inflammation in these disorders,” said Elizabeth Ochoa, PhD, study author from UT Health San Antonio. The finding, published in Science Advances, is novel for this reason, she said.

Global pharma major Lupin Limited announced that it has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), Fesoterodine Fumarate Extended-Release Tablets, 4 mg and 8 mg, to market a generic equivalent of Toviaz® Extended-Release Tablets, 4 mg and 8 mg, of Pfizer Inc. The product will be manufactured at Lupin’s facility in Goa, India.

Researchers at the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology (MCB), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have deciphered how specific essential protein complexes are distributed across two different regions in the cell membrane. The findings also help us understand how they play a crucial role in coordinating chromosome segregation with cleavage furrow formation during anaphase. An article has been published on the IISc website, making this announcement.

Bacterial perseverance is a new phenomenon that helps explain how bacteria adapt to survive antibiotic treatments. A group of researchers at Uppsala University have studied how individual bacteria react when exposed to different antibiotics. The result underlines the importance of adhering strictly to antibiotic prescriptions.

Fighting bacterial diseases is a perpetual arms race between medical scientists developing new therapeutics and the pathogenic bacteria continuously changing their genetic makeup to survive the drugs.