Excess use of High Caffeinated Energy Drinks linked to dangerous heart rhythm disorders which can cause sudden cardiac death
Pawan Kumar Bansal interviews Dr Rohit Waliya : There have been reports of sudden cardiac death after consumption of high caffeinated energy drinks. But since most of the cases did…
WHO Outlines 40 Research Priorities On AMR
Geneva : WHO has published its first global research agenda for the world’s scientists to address the most urgent human health priorities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It outlines 40 research topics…
India Rejects Extending Drug Patents In EU, UK Trade Talks
New Delhi : India has communicated its unwillingness to dilute its stance on data, intellectual property and government procurement to the European Union and the United Kingdom as part of…
MedPlus To Sell Over 500 Off-Patent Drugs At Huge Discounts
Hyderabad : MedPlus Health Services, which runs a chain of pharmacies, said it will be selling 500 off-patent therapeutic and chronic medicines under its own brand with a discount of 50-80…
India’s Pharma Exports Grow By 3 Percent Says Pharmexcil DG
Hyderabad : Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (PHARMEXCIL) Director General Ravi Uday Bhaskar said India’s pharmaceuticals export during April 2022 till March 2023 was US$ 25.4 billion, registering a…
23,000 tablets of Tapentadol worth Rs 6.7 lakh seized
Srinagar : On receiving authentic inputs about air lifting of intoxicating drugs, consignments, an intensive raid of the courier agencies of the district Srinagar was carried out. The raid was carried…
Assam: Police seize over 2,400 bottles of cough syrup, 1 held
Karimganj (Assam) (ANI): Karimganj Police seized over 2,400 bottles of cough syrup and arrested one person in Assam’s Karimganj district along the Assam-Tripura border on Tuesday, said the police. According to Karimganj district police, the…
2 Held For Selling Mephentermine Sulphate Injections Illegally
Hyderabad (IANS): The police in Hyderabad in collaboration with the officials from drug control administration seized 288 injections of Mephentermine Sulphate being sold illegally and arrested two persons. Cyberabad Police made…
Himachal: Ill-Equipped Lab Blunts Fight Against Spurious Drugs
Solan : The absence of a well-equipped drugs testing laboratory in the state is acting as a major impediment to timely testing of drug samples. The drugs control administration here depends…
Delhi Police, FBI, Interpol Arrest 6 Who Duped US Citizens Posing As Fake Drug Officers
New Delhi : American intelligence agency FBI, Interpol and Delhi Police have together arrested 6 people while carrying out a major operation. The accused used to pose as officers of the…
