Medikabazaar all set to disrupt, considerably slashing healthcare costs

New Delhi: As Medikabazaar raises money in keeping with its high growth trajectory, it also raises hopes of substantially bringing down healthcare cost. Healthcare cost is jacked up by over…

Smugglers nabbed from Vakola with Rs 1,000 Crore Fentanyl

The city police in Mumbai busted a massive international drug peddling racket carrying 100 kg of Fentanyl worth 1000 Crore. Police made an arrest of four persons and seized Fentanyl…

Merck KGaA-Pfizer to end late-stage ovarian cancer treatment study

Merck KGaA and Pfizer Inc said on Friday they were ending a late-stage study for their drug to treat a form of ovarian cancer in previously untreated patients. The results…

D-Street Buzz: Pharma stocks gain led by Sun Pharma; Titan spikes 4%, RIL most active

The Indian benchmark indices continued to hold steady with the Nifty50 jumping 100 points, trading at 10,879 while the Sensex zoomed 343 points and was trading at 36,148. Nifty Pharma…

Florida biotech billionaire settles SEC stock manipulation case

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK: Florida biotechnology billionaire Phillip Frost has agreed to pay $5.52 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil charges over his alleged role in…

State medical council says no to crosspathy

Recommends that goverment ban rampant prescription of allopathy drugs by doctors of other branches. While the practice of cross prescription of medicines has become a common practice amongst physicians, medical…

Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) awarded as Most Trusted Medical College & Hospital

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Trust of late has become a scarce commodity in Indian Healthcare. But when it comes to Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), it is undeniably a cut above…

Dr Reddy’s launches oral suspension drug in the US market

Drug major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Thursday announced the launch of Sevelamer Carbonate for oral suspension, used for controlling serum phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis, in the…

China regulator probes TCM firm after cancer case sparks online furore

SHANGHAI: Authorities in China are investigating a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) firm linked to the death of a young girl with cancer, after the case was rekindled online and reignited…

India eyes $100 bn FDI in 2 years; Power, airlines and pharma sectors in focus

India will aim to receive USD 100 billion in foreign direct investments in the next two years and special industrial clusters are being created for countries like Japan, South Korea,…