Serum Institute to launch dengue vaccine in South America next year

The country’s largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, will be launching its dengue vaccine in South America next year, as the company prepares to file for regulatory approvals in…

Four-member body comes into being to revamp Maharashtra Medical Council Act

MMC wants to be able to take strict action against unethical practices at healthcare insts across state Over five decades after the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) Act, 1965, came into…

Besides treatment of cancer, quality of life is equally important: Dr Trinanjan Basu

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Dr Trinanjan Basu, consultant radiation oncologist, HCG Apex Cancer Centre, Mumbai, to know more about trends and challenges in Geriatric Oncology. How does cancer…

CAM inks MoU for Ayushman Bharat

Vadodara/Anand: Karamsad-based Charutar Arogya Mandal (CAM) has signed a MoU with National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) of the State Health Society, Gujarat for providing technical support for implementing Ayushman…

WHO announces important changes to multi drug resistant TB treatment

MUMBAI: Ahead of the first-ever United Nations High level Meeting next month, the World Health Organisation on Friday announced crucial changes to the multi drug resistant TB treatment regimen, which…

AstraZeneca Pharma India gets DCGI nod to market cancer drug in India

New Delhi: Drug firm AstraZeneca Pharma India today said it has received permission from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to import and market olaparib tablets used for the…

The billionaires and the guru: A family burns through $2 billion

Along the river Beas in North India sits a sprawling spiritual commune that’s somewhere between a traditional ashram and a Florida gated community. There’s a grand meeting hall with tiered…

Govt planned to streamline the licensing process for production & Import Of Blood Products

The Central government is good to go to streamline the licensing procedure for blood product manufacture and import by clearing the way for online submission of applications. The move is…

Nationwide alert in China for the faulty rabies vaccine

The second largest drug manufacturing company “ Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences” were found guilty for violated national standards including usage of expired fluids and falsified production dates to produce rabies…

Spurious medicines prevalent in India

Recently Spurious Drugs have been seized in Zirakpur and In Tripura. In Tripura, the Local court has sent 9 persons accused of manufacturing adulterated drugs to the 5 days police…