WHO

In some areas of the world, one in four people with tuberculosis (TB) becomes ill with a form of the disease that can no longer be treated with standard drugs regimens, a World Health Organization (WHO) report says.

Two H1N1 drugs - oseltamivir and zanamavir, the controversial sub-fertility drug letrozole, popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug nimesulide, decongestant drug phenylpropanolamine (PPA), antibiotic drug gatifloxacine, chronic constipation drug tegaserod, type-2 diabetes drug pioglitazone and rosiglitazone have been selected for the first phase of national pharmacovigilance programme which will begin in select 40 medical colleges across the country from April this year.