‘Allopathy training’ for BAMS, BHMS medicos sparks row again
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The three-decade-old row over the move to train ayurveda and homoeo medicos in allopathy has once again gained momentum as the government has issued an order in this regard.…
Wockhardt plans to sell four hospitals outside Mumbai
MUMBAI: After selling the major hospital chains to Fortis nine years ago, the Habil Khorakiwala-promoted Wockhardt Hospitals plans to sell four of its seven residual hospitals located outside Mumbai. The…
DCGI canceled the license for Diclofenac injection marketed by Novartis
With the raised concern by the Indian health ministry panel the license of Diclofenac injection sold by Novartis has been canceled by DCGI. The brand name of the Diclofenac painkiller…
Low-Quality IV Fluids bottles seized at SKIMS
4,400 bottles of intravenous fluids including Normal Saline (NS), Dextrose (DS), Ringer Lactate (RL) and Sodium Chloride (SC) seized during raids at the pharmacy department stores at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of…
Rs 16 Crore worth of drugs wasted at Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi Hospital
Rs 9.34 crore worth of life-saving immune suppressants has been wasted at India’s one of the largest organ transplant centers, Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. The orders were placed…
Cancer Care needs to grow faster than Cancer Cells ‘metastasize’
New Delhi: Cancer care needs to ‘metastasize’, to use illness’s lingo, as cancer cells spread in the body, to square up with ever growing needs of cancer treatment in India.…
Patent Challenge To US based Gilead Sciences for Hepatitis-C Medicines
Two oppositions in the Indian patent office are filed by the Patients’ rights advocates in India, challenging patent claims by the US pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences for its medicines sofosbuvir…
CCI penalises Glenmark Pharma, other entities for unfair business practices
The Competition Commission on Friday imposed penalties totalling nearly Rs 47 crore on Glenmark Pharmaceutical, its three officials, two other pharma companies and four Gujarat-based chemists associations for indulging in…
Gennova Bio gets US drug patent to treat brain clots
MUMBAI: Decks have been cleared for a more affordable stroke treatment — developed by domestic company Gennova Biopharmaceuticals — to go global. The Pune-based biotech company has been granted a…
Pilot launched to confirm 10 cr Modicare beneficiary families
New Delhi, The National Health Agency (NHA) on Friday said it has launched a pilot for the Beneficiary Identification System (BIS) for confirmation of 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families…
