Stents to syringes: Serious harm reports surge, but makers remain unnamed
NPPA Revises Retail and Ceiling Prices of 35 Drug Formulations; Fixes Prices of 34 New Drugs, Cholecalciferol, Oxaliplatin and Sun Pharma’s Diclofenac Gel
ED attaches assets, freezes bank account in counterfeit medicines racket; searches five premises in Bengaluru
Hyderabad Startup Working On Personalised Cancer Vaccine: What It Means For Cancer Treatment
Medicines that cure Us are making Our Environment Sick
ZEN- G packs a punch in Organ Donation as Over 500 Students pledge Organs
PGIMS recalls drug amid probe into deaths
NPPA list brings little relief: No price cut for 25% cancer drugs
Centre Mandates Minimum One-Year Shelf Life For Imported Drugs
For Aakash Healthcare, Community People are Apples of its EyesJohnson & Johnson cripples, God compensates
New Delhi: While Johnson & Johnson’s faulty hip implant was conspiring to cripple 44 year old Jyoti Rani Kona, God in heavens was making her marriage to compensate. Her Husband…
Wheat is the new Sugar, Diabetics of India Beware
New Delhi: Adding up what experts gathered in Delhi for International Symposium said, wheat could be villain of the piece behind any health condition. It can wreak havoc on any…
HealthCare At HOME receives Great Place to Work® Certification
New Delhi: HealthCare atHOME(HCAH) has been certified as a great workplace by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work®. HCAH earned this credential based on extensive ratings provided by…
Legs after 15 years of limp, thanks to hip replacement surgery
New Delhi: Mr. Anutosh Mishra, 53, was suffering from Ankylosing Spondylitis, a form of arthritis that primarily affects the spine. As a result he, a bank employee, had to endure…
What are you smoking? Study to monitor pollutants on the ground
NEW DELHI: An IIT-Kanpur source apportionment study for Delhi is being planned with real-time analysis to provide a better understanding of the sources of pollution plaguing the capital. Experts at…
Doctors counter govt statement that they work for 40 hrs a week
New Delhi: Doctors have countered a government statement that they work for a maximum of 40 hours a week, claiming that their work hours often add up to as much…
Drug companies turn to China, Japan after pricing pressure in west
HYDERABAD: Increasing price pressures in the North American market, which accounts for nearly a third of India’s pharmaceutical exports, is prompting domestic drug makers to explore avenues in new markets…
Sterling Biotech receives NBWs in Rs 8,100-crore bank loan fraud case
A Delhi court Saturday issued open-ended non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against four directors of a Gujarat pharma firm in a Rs 8,100-crore money laundering probe case. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar…
Health ministry mulled compulsory licencing of rare disease drugs
NEW DELHI: The health ministry was actively mulling compulsory licensing, apart from price capping, of “orphan drugs” (for rare diseases), when the department of pharmaceuticals abruptly issued an order exempting…
Bristol-Myers Squibb buying Celgene in USD 74 bn deal
Bristol-Myers Squibb is buying Celgene in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about USD 74 billion. Shareholders of Celgene Corp, based in Summit, New Jersey, will receive one share of the…