Jan Aushadhi shops can replace branded drugs with generics
NEW DELHI: To promote low-cost generic medicines, the government’s top drug regulatory board has allowed Jan Aushadhi Kendras — which are like fair price shops for medicines under the Pradhan…
Stem Cell poised to give entrenched Modern Medicine a run for its money
New Delhi: Stem Cell therapy is all set to become mainstream medicine as this non surgical and minimally invasive technology is making medical world sit up and notice by its…
Pen is Mightier than Cancer, an indelible saga of triumph
New Delhi: He pulled off a coup of sorts and inked his battle against cancer on pages of eternity. Medical science may boast of many a cancer survivor but former…
FDA approves first biosimilar to Roche cancer drug Rituxan
Celltrion Inc’s Truxima on Wednesday became the first biosimilar to Roche Holding AG’s $7-billion-per-year cancer drug Rituxan to be approved in the United States to treat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The approval…
Govt Plans Database Of Drugs To Prevent Use Of Similar Brand Names
New Delhi : The government is considering a databank for all medicine brands to prevent pharmaceutical companies from using the same or similar looking and sounding brand names for drugs, especially…
Biotech company Moderna expects to raise up to $521.7 mln in IPO
Biotech company Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it expected to raise up to $521.7 million in its initial public offering, valuing the company at about $7.8 billion at the top…
Govt To Bring Out Norms For Collecting Drug-Resistant Microbes To Facilitate Research
New Delhi: The Central government is working on an extensive protocol to pinpoint multidrug-resistant microbes and will soon come out with a set of guidelines for clinicians and microbiologists to facilitate…
Silicon Face Mask will bring smile on faces of Acid Victims in India
New Delhi: Acid victims in India may now wear smile and pout on their faces, thanks to the latest Silicon face mask. India is the venue of 19th congress of…
Chandigarh: Pharma institute comes a long way from Lahore
CHANDIGARH: At the start of the platinum-jubilee celebrations of the Panjab University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) on Monday here, its entire journey from 1944 in Lahore to 2018 in…
Alembic Pharma gets USFDA nod for insomnia treatment drug
New Delhi: Drug firm Alembic Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the US health regulator for Temazepam capsules, used for treatment of insomnia. The company has got approval from the US…

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Inaugural Conference of ‘Critical Nephrology Society of India’ (CNSI) puts Best Foot Forward
Govt highlights multi-layer framework to curb misleading advertisements
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India regulator asks states to implement uniform drug licensing norms to end quality gaps
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