Medicines

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

Clear Concept: Demystifying prescriptions for patients

The online platform tries to present a clear idea about how medicines work, why side effects of medicines occur, how to reduce these side effects, and what is the correct regimen of taking medicines

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
Panorama

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/
World+Biz

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
World+Biz

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

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Bangladesh

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
Panorama

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

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

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

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

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
Coronavirus chronicle

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
World+Biz

Israel tests medicines, weapons on Palestinian prisoners

Antibiotics sale without prescription rampant despite High Court ban
Bangladesh

Antibiotics sale without prescription rampant despite High Court ban