Medicines sold in market and supplied to hospitals at very different prices
Srinagar: An official document mentioning the rate list of various drugs procured for hospitals in Jammu & Kashmir shows shocking discrepancy between prices at which the drugs are bought for…
Ready-to-Infuse Therapy Available for Patients with Certain Cancers
Sun Pharma’s gemcitabine in sodium chloride injection (Infugem), for intravenous use, is now commercially available in the United States. This is the first chemotherapy product that comes in a premixed,…
‘Deadly’ Diets unleashing Death & Disabilities in India
New Delhi: What people are eating and what they are not eating today are both killing them in India and elsewhere in the world, more than tobacco does. Given the…
Hoping to finish Cancer in 15 years in India
New Delhi: With Cancer felling politicians and celebrities one after another, the outlook may seem grim but veteran Radiation Oncologist of AIIMS Dr GK Rath has sold hope that might…
Combination drug market declines 56% in March as govt clamps down
With the government clamping down on combination drugs, the latest market data shows that in March the fixed dose combination (FDC) market declined by 56.4 per cent, when the non-FDC…
Innovations in DBS systems are giving impetus to fight against Parkinson’s
New Delhi: On the occasion of World Parkinson’s Day, health experts highlight the role of innovations in improving the lives of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients. Minimally invasive treatments are transforming…
A Stitch in Time saves Spine
New Delhi: Priyanka, 21, the good looking girl from Mewat, is now raring to tie the knot with Rahul just 6 months after her spine was severely injured, thanks to…
Pharmacologist, calls for a guideline for standard quality for drugs to be formulated.
Hyderabad: The Central Drugs Laboratory and Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory are not carrying out checks to see if drugs are of standard quality (SQ) and labelling them as such. Government hospitals too…
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital bags Longest Ureteric Stone till date
New Delhi: The stone measured 22 cm in total and weighed 60gms. It turned out globally the largest ureteric stone removed till date. The length of ureter is approximately the…
Govt plans to specify a unique colour code for generic medicines
The central government is favourably considering an amendment to the decades-old Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, to specify a separate colour code for generic medicines, from branded medicines. A generic is…
