Medicines

Medicines

People walk past billboards from Innovent Biologics and Meituan displayed on a wall in a metro station in Shanghai, China, on July 6, 2026. REUTERS/Andrew Silver

Snoring, subways, and stealth ads: How big pharma targets China's waistline

China's rate of overweight or obese people could reach more than 65% by 2030, according to the country's National Health Commission.

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Drugmakers push for swift registration of 1,000 new medicines

Members of Clear Concept spreading awareness about antibiotic resistance. Photo: Courtesy

Clear Concept: Demystifying prescriptions for patients

In Bangladesh, 69% of the total health expenditure in the country is paid out-of-pocket by patients. A large chunk of that goes into paying for medication. Photo: Reuters

Why are medicines so expensive when prices cannot be raised without approval?

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference in Minsk, Belarus December 19, 2022. Sputnik/Pavel Bednyakov/Kremlin via REUTERS/

Putin says Russian pharmacies are short on some medicines

A cough medication is poured in this picture illustration taken October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Illustration

Indonesia finds some medicines with ingredients linked to fatal child kidney injury

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DGDA revokes registration of 4 medicines

By the end of this year, Osudpotro wants to provide the fastest delivery all over Bangladesh. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

Osudpotro: An online pharmacy looking to be more than a drugstore

Investment down, demand for medicines, agri products up in Jul-Dec

Investment down, demand for medicines, agri products up in Jul-Dec

Kaiser Kabir, chief executive officer and managing director of Renata Limited. Illustration: TBS

Bangladesh must upgrade capacity to develop high value-added medicines: Kaiser Kabir

A photo illustration shows a stethoscope and blood-pressure machine of a French general practitioner displayed in a doctor's office in Bordeaux January 7, 2015/ Reuters

Blood pressure medicines don’t raise Covid-19 risk

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour who said the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces were returned with missing corneas and other organs/ AP Image

Israel tests medicines, weapons on Palestinian prisoners

Antibiotics sale without prescription rampant despite High Court ban

Antibiotics sale without prescription rampant despite High Court ban