malaria

Infectious diseases or communicable diseases are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. These diseases are spread by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi. Infectious diseases possess greater risk as these diseases can easily transfer from human to human or by other modes....

Amid the political debate, the US NIH has last week begun the clinical trials of the malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to test its efficacy and safety in patients with COVID-19. What is hydroxychloroquine?  Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) (aka hydroxychloroquine sulfate), is a drug available in the market to tre...

Alnylam’s Onpattro Receives First-Ever US FDA Approval for Treatment of the Polyneuropathy of Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis in Adults US FDA approved Alnylam’s Onpattro (patisiran) lipid complex injection, a first-of-its-kind RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic, for the treatment of the polyneurop...

Introduction A disease that has not been adopted by the pharmaceutical industry because it provides little financial incentive for the private sector to make and market new medications to treat or prevent it.  An orphan disease may be a rare disease or a common disease that has been ignored because it is far more pr...