Cancer drug prices to fall by up to 96% from November 9; consumers set to save Rs 3,502 crore annually
Nigeria’s Anti-Narcotics Agency Uncovers Drug Shipments Concealed In Sofas, Snacks, Detergents And Women’s Headwear
FDA seizes food stock worth Rs 63.45 crore, suspends 954 licences in two months
Stents to syringes: Serious harm reports surge, but makers remain unnamed
NPPA Revises Retail and Ceiling Prices of 35 Drug Formulations; Fixes Prices of 34 New Drugs, Cholecalciferol, Oxaliplatin and Sun Pharma’s Diclofenac Gel
ED attaches assets, freezes bank account in counterfeit medicines racket; searches five premises in Bengaluru
Hyderabad Startup Working On Personalised Cancer Vaccine: What It Means For Cancer Treatment
Medicines that cure Us are making Our Environment Sick
ZEN- G packs a punch in Organ Donation as Over 500 Students pledge Organs
PGIMS recalls drug amid probe into deathsWegovy May Raise Risk Of Complications Under Anaesthesia
Washington : Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anaesthesia.…
7000 Capsules Of Narcotic Tramadol Seized, Accused Shopkeeper Arrested
Sirohi : The Swaroopganj police, while taking action at a shop located in Subhash Circle in the town, seized 7,000 capsules of the narcotic drug Tramadol. Along with this, the shopkeeper…
Inter-Ministry Coordination For Promotion Of Medical Devices Industry Should Be Done By Health Ministry: Panel
New Delhi : The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has reiterated its stand that the inter-ministry coordination for promotion of the medical devices industry should be…
Kerala Nurse Gives Rabies Vaccine To Child With Fever, Terminated
Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government on Sunday decided to terminate the service of a nurse working on contract basis at a taluk hospital in Angamally near Ernakulam for allegedly wrongly…
CDRI launches enhanced contraceptive ‘Levermeloxifene’
Lucknow : The CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) in Lucknow has introduced an innovative contraceptive named ‘Levormeloxifene’. The breakthrough contraceptive is notably more effective to the human body with its…
Long-Term Use Of Acid Reflux Drugs Linked To Dementia Risk
Minnesota : Prolonged use of acid reflux medications called proton pump inhibitors could increase the risk of dementia, a new study shows. Previous studies gave conflicting advice on whether the medicines…
There seems a certain Spurt of Sentiments in favor of Organ Donation in India!
Noida/ New Delhi: Appeals for cadaver organ donation which used to fall on deaf ears in India seem to working on its population. There is discernible spurt of sentiments in…
Trans-fatty acids killing 5.4 lakh a year: Govt
NEW DELHI : High intake of trans-fatty acids increases the risk of coronary heart disease, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply to a Parliament question, Mandaviya said industrially…
Trial Starts In Uzbekistan Over 65 Chldren’s Deaths Blamed On India-Made Medicine
TASHKENT : A court in the Uzbek capital has opened the trial of 21 individuals over the deaths last year of 65 children blamed on an Indian-made cough syrup. The Supreme…
300 Cartoon Eskuf Cough Syrups Seized In Silchar, One Arrested
Cachar (Assam) :Cachar Police today stopped a truck coming from another state near ISBT, Silchar and recovered 300 cartons. In which there were 48 thousand bottles of Eskuf cough syrup…