Antimalarial Drugs Supply Disrupted Due To Covid-19 Pandemic

Mumbai : A new study has found that patients with rheumatic diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Europe, are facing difficulty to secure hydroxychloroquine — highly vouched…

FSSAI’s ‘Food’ Fortification Move Unscientific: NGOs

Kochi : Agriculture welfare organizations have asked Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to reconsider the proposal to make mandatory fortification of edible oil with Vitamin A and…

NPPA Plays Crucial Role In Making Cancer Drugs Affordable

New Delhi : National harmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has said that its  price rationalisation initiated February 2019 has had the far reaching impact of its decision leading to huge price…

Myth Busting Research about Cystic Fibrosis in India by Sir Ganga Ram

New Delhi: Cystic Fibrosis was considered to be very rare in Indian Population so far. But this myth has been busted by a genetic research by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.…

Experts Aghast at Govt abetted Promotion of Sugar Consumption in Diabetes Awareness Month

New Delhi: The Union govt on yesterday in ‘India COVIDiabetes E-Summit’ drew flak from diabetic experts for promoting consumption of sugar, that too in diabetes awareness month. Stressing the fact…

Covaxin may be launched in February 2021: ICMR

Bharat Biotech may launch COVAXIN as early as February – months earlier than expected – as last-stage trials begin this month and studies have so far shown it is safe and effective, a…

FDA Pune Cracks Whip On Shops Flouting Mask Price Cap

Pune : The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pune, has cracked the whip on 28 retail medical shops in the district for overcharging buyers for the protective face masks in…

Latest Non-Invasive Bariatric Procedure for Slimming makes it to Manipal Dwarka

New Delhi, November 5, 2020: Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG) is the latest type of weight loss surgery and it results in significant loss of weight as the surgery limit the…

Govt Panel To Help Boost Drug Manufacture, Pharma Funding

NEW DELHI : Aiming to boost local manufacture of essential medicines and attract investments in the pharma sector, the government is set to draw up a plan to build a…

Container shortage affects pharma exports

Exporters across the country are facing a shortage of containers along with the rise in freight charges which is affecting business activities. To overcome these challenges, the pharma industry is…