To enjoy Love life happily, don’t place your health at your second priority
We all want to stay fit and healthy but mostly we place our health at second priority and start consuming products that we know are unhealthy. Physical fitness is highly…
3 Weight Loss Tips That Will Ensure Success In 2018
If we are to be completely honest with ourselves then we know that new year’s resolution rarely every materialize into something positive. Maybe for the first week of January we…
AIOCD seeks special provision for expired drugs & formulations in GST
The All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD), an apex body of about 8 lakh chemists and druggists in the country, has urged GST Council to introduce a special…
Code for pharma marketing practices may be enforced soon
New Delhi: A revised final draft of a code regulating promotional practices in the pharmaceuticals industry, such as offering gifts to medical professionals, has been sent to the law ministry…
Anti-Snake Venom Production is now a main focus of BIRAC
According to the reports, India is estimated to have the highest snakebite mortality in the world and with this regard, BIRAC took an initiative to research for developing novel tools,…
New Rules set by NPPA to stop misuse of stents
In February 2017 The National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) reduced stent prices up to 80% for all drug-eluting stents and bioresorbable vascular scaffolds, But the generated invoices of angioplasty surgery…
DCGI asked to stop over-the-counter sale of nicotine gums by the Delhi government
The Delhi government’s health department sent written request to the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) to stop the over-the-counter sale of nicotine gums and lozenges without an authorized prescription.…
By George, Universal Healthcare is a work in progress in India
New Delhi: The very first line of the Foreword to the book released by The George Institute of Global Health’s India chapter-Access to essential healthcare remains at best in progress,…
Govt asked Censor Board to postpone the release of movie “Umeed”
After watching the trials of the upcoming movie “Umeed”, government lodges a complaint to the censor board, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The Union ministry of health and…
On arrest in a case for selling substandard chemotherapy drugs, Owner Absconding
Taj Pharmaceuticals Ltd, based in Mumbai was found guilty of selling mislabelled and substandard chemotherapy injections to a company in Israel. The crime branch has made the first arrest after…
