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Illustration photo shows various medicine pills Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman/Illustration

Progress for the privileged: Celebrating innovation, ignoring access

We celebrate breakthroughs in immunotherapy, gene-editing, and artificial intelligence in diagnosis. We rarely ask: for whom?

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

Why Renata invested heavily in developing 100 bioequivalent medicines

Patents for pharmaceutical and agrochemical products are limited according to TRIPS Council rules. Photo: TBS

New import policy mandates drug regulator's nod for medical goods, pharma inputs

Patents for pharmaceutical and agrochemical products are limited according to TRIPS Council rules. Photo: TBS

Medicine pricing policy must balance affordability, access and industry growth: Experts

Illustration photo shows various medicine pills Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman/Illustration

Govt scraps essential medicines list, drug pricing policy

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Deadly poisonous flowers may help develop new medicines, scientists find

Nazirabazar Maternity Hospital. File Photo: TBS

C-sections suspended at Nazirabazar maternity hospital amid specialist, medicine shortages

Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals must collaborate with MNCs to improve their capacity in research, development and other critical manufacturing arenas. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Drug pricing deadlock stalls hundreds of new medicines, strands investment

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Requirements for studying medicine in Australia

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Iran Strait closure raises concerns over US generic drug supplies

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As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts

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Govt adds 135 new medicines to essential drug list, prices fixing soon

The Nobel Prize medal. Photo: Reuters

Explainer: The quiet revolution in immunology that earned this year's Nobel Prize