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Lab study discovers cancer drug’s unexpected potential to extend lifespan and combat aging

eriinfo.com6 days ago05 mins

Scientists have discovered a surprising metabolic mechanism that interacts with a key aging pathway, potentially influencing growth, longevity, and lifespan through both advanced therapeutics and natural metabolites in ways still being explored. PHOTO/Stock. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences have found that the new TOR inhibitor…

White House nears deal to lower prices for weight loss drugs

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

The Trump administration is expected to announce, as early as this week, a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the price of their weight loss drugs in exchange for limited Medicare coverage, according to two people familiar with the plan. The deal would reduce the cost of the lowest doses of…

Pakistan navy seizes drugs worth nearly bn in the Arabian Sea | Crime News

Pakistan navy seizes drugs worth nearly $1bn in the Arabian Sea | Crime News

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Narcotics worth more than $972m seized in two separate operations carried out within 48 hours. Published On 22 Oct 202522 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The Pakistani navy, operating as part of the Saudi-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), has seized nearly $1bn worth of narcotics from two vessels sailing…

U.S. to impose 100% tariff on branded, patented drugs unless firms build plants locally, Trump says

eriinfo.com2 months ago011 mins

Shelf of pharmaceutical products. D3sign | Moment | Getty Images President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will impose a 100% tariff on “any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product” entering the country from Oct. 1. The measure will not apply to companies building drug manufacturing plants in the U.S., Trump said. He added that…

Will Serena Williams’s weight-loss admission help shed stigma of anti-obesity drugs?

eriinfo.com4 months ago010 mins

Serena Williams, one of the most successful athletes of all time, has spoken out about using weight loss drugs – she says, to lift the “stigma” around using such medication. Will her outspoken comments instil a new sense of confidence in those using the drugs? And could her honesty quieten the critics? The 43-year-old tennis…

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Africa: Nearly 20% of Cancer Drugs Defective in 4 African Nations

eriinfo.com5 months ago011 mins

Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given medicine that may not work, or that could even cause them harm. An alarming number of people across Africa may be taking cancer drugs that don’t contain the vital ingredients needed to contain or reduce their disease….