High-cost Gilead cell therapy proves durable for some lymphoma patients

By Deena Beasley SAN DIEGO: Nearly 40 percent of lymphoma patients treated with a single infusion of Gilead Sciences Inc’s Yescarta were still responding to the cell therapy after at…

Chandigarh: Government suspends licence of 1,000 chemists in 10 months

Chandigarh: In its fight against drugs, the Punjab government has tightened the noose around chemists indulging in malpractices by suspending licences of nearly 1,000 shops in the last 10 months.…

MoH To Amend Law To Regulate Brand Names To Avoid Confusion Over LASA Medications

New Delhi :The Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) is likely to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules to include a provision for regulating brand names. The Drug Technical Advisory…

HC Raps Delhi Govt Over Lack Of Steps To Regulate Illegal Labs

NEW DELHI:The Delhi high court ticked off the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the national capital on Friday for not taking any steps to regulate the pathological laboratories and…

The G M Modi Hospital slapped with Rupees 21 lakhs of penalty for medical negligence

A man finally won after a decade of the death of his wife due to medical complications. A man was fighting a battle with city hospital for the medical negligence…

State Government soon be approached by the Nagaland Pharmacy Council demanding immediate intervention of the Licences to unqualified people to run pharmacies

Unqualified People are running pharmacy shops freely in the state and now NSPC (Nagaland State Pharmacy Council) is serious regarding the issue and soon will contact the state government Chief…

First Lab established in Meerut To Check Drug Sensitivity In TB Patients

Good news for the Meerut city and especially for TB patients and the city got its first Culture and Drug Sensitivity Lab to test the adverse drug reactions on Tuberculosis…

Woman and baby died after C-section performed by the drunk doctor in Gujarat

MBBS doctor Paresh Lakhani, Resident Medical Officer (RMO) of Sonavala Hospital was arrested for a serious medical negligence. He is a senior doctor and allegedly performed C-section of a Woman…

Bayer to cut 12,000 jobs after Monsanto takeover

BERLIN: German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Thursday it would slash 12,000 jobs in a major restructuring following the mammoth takeover of Monsanto, enabling it to save 2.6 billion…

Jubilant Life arm inks pact to acquire Inipharm Inc for around USD 28.5 mn

NEW DELHI: Drug firm Jubilant Life Sciences Thursday said its subsidiary Drug Discovery and Development Solutions Ltd (DDDSL) Singapore has entered into an agreement to acquire 10 per cent stake…