Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s narcotics crackdown has become a “systematic” campaign of abuses, Amnesty International alleged on Monday, urging the United Nations to launch a probe into thousands of killings. The drug war is Duterte’s signature initiative and is heavily supported by many Filipinos, however the nightly killings by police have provoked international condemnation. In […]
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New drug therapy slows spread of pancreatic cancer: study
For people diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, the outlook is about as grim as it gets: the average patient won’t live longer than a year. But a new study involving a targeted drug therapy has demonstrated it may be possible to significantly slow its spread, with a third of patients receiving the medication still alive […]
New breast cancer drug found to boost survival rates by 30%
A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates of young women with the most common form of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the results of an international clinical trial. The findings, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, showed that the addition of a drug […]
Easy access fuels ever-stronger drug addiction in youth
The city of lights Karachi is increasingly witnessing the use of illicit drugs and the non-medical use of prescription medications largely due to easy access. The government has, thus, failed to curb the distribution of drugs and its peddlers. A 38-year-old drug addict, Mirbaz, is an educated person. He told this scribe that he had […]
In new S Africa, some in ‘Coloured’ community nostalgic for apartheid
‘It is all about the blacks. The ‘Rainbow Nation’ is a big lie!” complained Dalene Raiters, a South African mother from the “Coloured” community. “We are not black enough,” added her sister who has also been unemployed for years. “We are not part of this country. We were marginalised during the apartheid and even now,” […]
Increase in drug prices necessary for the survival of Pakistan’s pharma industry: PPMA
The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has said the government ordered 15 per cent increase in prices of locally produced medicines in January this year to ensure the very survival of the Pharmaceutical industry of the country facing serious economic challenges in its strive to produce quality drugs at affordable prices for the patients in […]
PM Khan urged to take notice of drug price hike
The prime minister should take strict notice of skyrocketing drug prices in Pakistan with a stringent demand for answers, said Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh, on Friday. He was speaking as the chairman of the Senate Committee of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination in a meeting held at Parliament House. Those present on the […]
Brit fugitive tries to flee Australia on jet ski
Australian police on Wednesday said they had apprehended a British suspected drug offender, who tried to flee to Papua New Guinea on a jet ski. Border police said they received a tip-off that “a man, possibly armed with a crossbow and carrying additional fuel and supplies, had been seen launching the jet ski” from a […]
Duterte asks why critical ex-police officer ‘is still alive’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday accused a dismissed police colonel, who had publicly criticized him and his deadly anti-drug campaign, of criminal involvement and said he wanted to know why the former officer “is still alive.” In a late-night televised speech, Duterte condemned dismissed Senior Superintendent Eduardo Acierto, who told reporters over the weekend […]