DID YOU KNOW?
- The number of stroke deaths in LMICs is projected to rise sharply—widening the gap with HICs—by increasing from 5.7 million in 2020 to 8.8 million in 2050.
- The Indian pharmaceutical industry is the third largest pharmaceutical industry in the world by volume with a current market size of around USD 50 billion.
- Going forward, the industry could potentially grow to USD 120-130 billion over the next decade
- The number of clinical trials initiated in India by the top 20 pharmaceutical companies increased from 175 between 2014 and 2016 to 296 from 2020 to 2022.
- Bowel cancer and it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Australians. Australians born in 1990 onwards have double the risk of developing bowel cancer compared with those born in 1950.
- Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain cancer that affects about 12,000 people annually in the U.S
- Least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment vision, impairment poses an enormous global financial burden, with an estimated US$ 411 billion lost in workplace productivity due to poor vision.
- WHO launches the WHOeyes app on World Sight Day.
- The researchers have found that many multinational clinical trials of new medicines have recruited or planned to recruit 60 percent or more of the trial volunteers from India.
- Lung fibrosis is a debilitating disease affecting nearly 250,000 people in the U.S. alone with 50,000 new cases reported each year
- AI is becoming increasingly pivotal in healthcare. The global AI healthcare market size will reach a staggering $31.3 billion by 2025.
- Adding Mounjaro to diet and exercise changes may help people lose additional weight compared to those who made just lifestyle changes alone.
- Indian pharmaceutical industry valued at an estimated US$42 billion in 2021 and is estimated to reach $130 billion by 2030. India is the world's largest provider of generic medicines by volume, with a 20% share of total global pharmaceutical exports.
- Drugs of the Future is an interdisciplinary biomedical research journal that publishes well-documented, peer- reviewed articles on topics emerging from the confluence of scientific fields including chemistry, biology, pharmacology, genomics and medicine.
- Baddi is home to multiple pharmaceutical companies which have established manufacturing plants and R&D hubs in the town, Asia's biggest Pharmaceuticals hub.
- The half-life of a drug is the time it takes for the amount of a drug's active substance in your body to reduce by half. This depends on how the body processes and gets rid of the drug. It can vary from a few hours to a few days, or sometimes weeks.
