Govt. to improve availability of infrastructure and trained manpower for organ transplantation

Stressed was on the need to promote organ donation from the deceased persons to meet the huge need for organ donation in the country

Concerted efforts of individual and institutions needed for organ donation and transplantation: MoS Health Anupriya Patel

Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul highlighted the huge gap between the demand for and supply of organs

Apollo performs 23000+ multi-organ transplantation

Apollo Transplant program is the first program in India to cross the landmark of 18500 kidney transplants, 4300 liver transplants and 500 pediatric liver transplants

Merck’s PREVYMIS effective for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in adults post kidney transplantation

Separate Phase 3 study evaluating 200 days of therapy with PREVYMIS in HSCT recipients at high risk of late clinically significant CMV infection recently completed, meeting its primary endpoint

NATCO launches Everolimus tablets, 1 mg

Everolimus is an mTOR inhibitor immunosuppressant indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult patients in kidney and liver transplantation

FDA approves Roche’s kidney inflammation drug

Gazyva/Gazyvaro is the only anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody to demonstrate a complete renal response benefit in lupus nephritis in a randomised phase III study

Thermo Fisher launches new test to assess lung transplant rejection

New gene expression profiling test enhances precision in assessing lung transplant rejection and injury

Nanavati Max, Uzbekistan’s NVRH forge alliance to advance healthcare and training

AbbVie seeks FDA approval for Pivekimab Sunirine to treat rare, aggressive blood cancer

BPDCN is a challenging blood cancer with characteristics of both leukemia and lymphoma

Winrevair cuts risk of PAH progression by 76% in phase 3 Hyperion trial

Hyperion results presented at ERS 2025 and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine