• Pharma
  • August 1, 2019
  • 7 views
Beware! Use of Complementary and Alternative medicines might lead to liver injury, warn AIIMS

New Delhi: The use of complementary and alternative medicines may cause liver injury, warn experts at AIIMS. Alternative medicine describes medical treatments used in place of traditional (mainstream) therapies. These medicines…

  • Pharma
  • April 17, 2019
  • 4 views
Many essential drugs priced much higher than manufacturing cost: WHO

NEW DELHI: Around 40% of the essential medicines in India with lowest MRP are priced significantly higher than estimated production costs, an assessment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows…

  • Policy
  • October 31, 2018
  • 6 views
New Tuberculosis drug ‘Bedaquiline’ gave side effects on 8% of its users

Report generated from the data gathered through RTI Act revealed that the new tuberculosis drug ‘Bedaquiline’ at public hospitals over the last two years experienced side-effects like depression, liver damage,…