Centre & Arvind Kejriwal government still stuck on name for Ayushman Bharat

Should ‘Ayushman Bharat’ be the suffix or the prefix of the name of the scheme in Delhi – that seems to be one of the issues stopping the rollout of…

FDA snubs Novartis bid to repurpose inflammation drug for heart attacks

By John Miller ZURICH: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected Novartis’s bid to repurpose a drug now approved for rare inflammatory diseases to be used in a group…

Indraprastha Apollo launches Cancer Survivors’ Directory, Registry & Facebook Page

New Delhi: Indrapratha Apollo hospital launched cancer survivors’ Directory, Registry and Facebook page to better connect with each other and build a long last, sustainable support structure for patients and…

SevenHills Hospital goes to Abu Dhabi billionaire

Billionaire BR Shetty’s Abu Dhabi-based NMC Healthcare—the largest private healthcare company in the UAE—has won the sale bid of the debt-ridden Seven-Hills Hospital in Marol by virtue of being the…

Swine flu toll climbs to seven in Vadodra

VADODRA: A 46-year-old woman from Amreshvarpura village of Waghodiya taluka succumbed to swine flu in SSG Hospital while four more tested positive on Tuesday. The total number of deaths due…

Sebi directs Singh brothers, 8 other entities to repay over Rs 403 cr to Fortis Healthcare

New Delhi, Oct 17 : Finding alleged diversion of funds, markets regulator Sebi Wednesday directed former promoters of Fortis Healthcare Shivinder Mohan Singh, Malvinder Mohan Singh and eight other entities…

Low standard of medicines get supplied to Senior Citizens Under CGHS In Hyderabad

Under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), medicines are being supplied to senior citizens and other government employees. Receivers are alleging now that the received medicines are low standard medicines…

Uttar Pradesh government planned to open Six Pharma Parks

Six Pharma Parks has been planned to set-up in the Uttar Pradesh state as the state has been received an investment commitment of about Rs 5,000-6,000 crore from domestic and…

Devi Lal trust to build multi-specialty hospital

CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s main opposition party — Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) — has laid the foundation stone for a multi-specialty hospital, Jana Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Memorial Super-Specialty Hospital, at…

Piramal weighs $1bn contract pharma sale

Billionaire Ajay Piramal is considering a sale of his contract pharmaceutical operations, which could fetch around $1 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. The tycoon’s Piramal Enterprises is…