India makes COVID19 Specific Ventilator, a Global Breakthrough

Hyderabad, Telangana: KondaVishweshwar Reddy, Engineer, Inventor, Entrepreneur and former Member of Parliament, has developed COVID 19 specific Ventilator ICo-Ventis which can be rapidly replicated. It is looked at as global…

Corona Catastrophe is Pregnant with Hope

Mumbai: As pall of COVID gloom thickens, a positive report firmly negating the clout of ravaging virus flashes. The catastrophe has been found pregnant with hope as a woman infected…

Uber-MedLife tie-up violates Drug & Cosmetics Act: AIOCD seeks ban on delivery of drugs through online

The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), a representative body of 8.5 lakh chemists across the country with recent collaboration between ride-hailing platform Uber and e-pharmacy player MedLife…

Amidst Coronavirus Fear, rare Brain Tumour Surgery @ Indraprastha Apollo Hospital

New Delhi:  19-year-old Jaivin Sehgal, was presented with recurrent episodes of loss of consciousness and constipation. After being treated for constipation at various other centres in Delhi, his condition deteriorated.…

Record to be maintained of people buying fever tablets by Pharmacies

Hyderabad: Directions have been issued to all the pharmacies and pharmaceutical associations across the city to maintain record of persons buying drugs for fever, cold and cough. The move has…

USFDA approved Zydus for baclofen tablets

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zydus Cadila to market baclofen tablets, 5 mg. Baclofen is used to treat muscle spasms caused by certain conditions like multiple sclerosis,…

ICMR: Hydroxychloroquine could have side-effects

NEW DELHI: Healthcare workers who took anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) suffered from its side-effects like abdominal pain, nausea and hypoglycemia according to a study conducted by the Indian Council of…

10 lakh testing kits per month to be produced by India

NEW DELHI: India is ready to maufacture 10 lakh kits per month each of RT-PCR testing and rapid antibody detection tests for noverl coronavirus from May, the production will reduce…

Genome sequencing of novel coronavirus to begin by Chandigarh-based IMTech

Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTech) has taken up the task of large-scale genome sequencing of the virus.After the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Institute of…

Covid-19: Indian & US pharma majors collaborated to develop vaccine

New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India has joined hands together with New York-based Codagenix Inc for developing of a vaccine against the deadliest coronavirus. According to a press statement,…