Dispensing Of Medicines In Blister Packs Under The Direct Supervision Of The Medical Officer Would Not Contravene Section 42: Kerala HC

ERNAKULAM : The Kerala High Court recently upheld two DHS directives allowing Junior Nurses and persons supervised by Medical Officers in Public Health Centre Sub-Centres to distribute drugs. A trade…

TataMD, Anderson Diagnostic Labs Partner To Detect New COVID- 19 Variants

Mumbai : Tata Medical and Diagnostics has entered into a clinical collaboration with city-based Anderson Diagnostics and Labs to detect new COVID-19 variants from the U.K., Brazil and Africa with…

Govt Job for D.Pharm, B.Pharm in Directorate of FDA

The Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration, Government of Goa was established in November’ 1991 with its office functioning from the building premises at Campal, Panaji – Goa.  Thereafter the office…

China donates 400,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Niger

DAKAR: China donated 400,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinopharm to Niger on Sunday, the first vaccines the West African nation has received, Niger’s presidency said. Vaccinations have been slow to get started…

Clofazimine May Help Fight COVID-19

Hong Kong : SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19, is not the only zoonotic coronavirus. In fact, it is the third to have emerged since the turn of…

Market Survey Finds Sale Of Dermatology Products Decreased Drastically During Last One Year

Chennai : A market research survey has found that the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically impacted on sales of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products in the area of dermatology and the number of…

Govt Job for Pharmacists under the Department of Space, ISRO

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is the lead Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the Department of Space (DOS), Government of India. The Centre is named in fond memory…

Better count Chromosomes while Pregnant to avert Child with Down Syndrome

New Delhi: Despite all kinds of loving and brave words about Down Syndrome ones, the last thing that a mother to be would wish is a genetically abnormal child. ‘Friends…

AIIMS set to start virtual autopsy, no cuts needed

New Delhi: For a family that has lost someone to unnatural death, be it suicide or accident, the grief is compounded when they have to witness the dissected and sutured body…

Govt brings two vaccines for animal use under NLEM

In order to tackle infectious diseases of zoonotic nature effectively, the Union health ministry has issued gazette notification to include two vaccines -foot and mouth disease (FMD) (Trivalent) oil adjuvant vaccine and brucella abortus…