Supreme Court asks HCs to provide details of pending acid attack trials across country

Supreme Court asks HCs to provide details of pending acid attack trials across country

The Bench termed as “national shame” the prolonged delay in Shaheen Malik’s own case, which has been pending since 2009 before a Rohini court in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 4, 2025) directed all the High Courts to submit details of pending trials related to acid … Read more

Enrolment in third phase clinical trials for India’s first dengue vaccine nearly complete, says ICMR

Enrolment in third phase clinical trials for India’s first dengue vaccine nearly complete, says ICMR

The tetravalent dengue vaccine strain (TV003/TV005) originally developed by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S., has shown promising results in preclinical and clinical trials worldwide. Representational File Image | Photo Credit: The Hindu Following an announcement by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Panacea Biotec Limited to initiate third phase trials, about … Read more

AI in clinical trials has transformed healthcare; however significant legal, ethical challenges remain – ET HealthWorld

AI in clinical trials has transformed healthcare; however significant legal, ethical challenges remain – ET HealthWorld

London: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical trials has transformed healthcare by enhancing data analysis, predicting outcomes, and expediting drug development. However, this innovation comes with significant legal and ethical challenges, as AI systems rely heavily on vast datasets from clinical trials, raising concerns about consent, data origin, and ethical standards, says GlobalData. … Read more

Prostate cancer hopes raised after at-home spit test trials

Prostate cancer hopes raised after at-home spit test trials

Saliva tests carried out at home are better at identifying men who are at higher risk of prostate cancer than the standard blood test, new research suggests. The at-home test could identify genetic factors which make men more likely to develop the disease which claims around 12,000 lives a year in the UK. The study … Read more

1st fully AI designed drug for lung disease enters human clinical trials – ET HealthWorld

1st fully AI designed drug for lung disease enters human clinical trials – ET HealthWorld

Hong Kong, In a first, a drug discovered and designed using artificial intelligence (AI) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs, has entered human clinical trials. Hong Kong-based biotechnology company Insilico Medicine, in a statement, announced that the Phase II trial on oral dosage of … Read more

AI to match Indian cancer patients with most effective clinical trials – ET HealthWorld

AI to match Indian cancer patients with most effective clinical trials – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: A new artificial intelligence (AI)-based programme will help Indian patients who have a difficult-to-treat cancer find ongoing clinical trials that could best help them. While “clinical trials” are often viewed with suspicion in India, patient support groups in the western world help gravely ill cancer patients access clinical trials. “Clinical trials are the only … Read more

Metaverse evolution can demystify myths of disease progression & clinical trials for drugs – ET HealthWorld

Metaverse evolution can demystify myths of disease progression & clinical trials for drugs – ET HealthWorld

Hyderabad: There is no conversation these days revolving around technology that doesn’t include artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse. Ultimately merging into an immersive experience, as per tech geeks, these technologies have a lot to offer, including bringing down the cost of care. These were the words with which an exciting and ground-breaking conversation took … Read more