New TB drugs now safe for kids: WHO
MUMBAI: While India is still to make newer anti-tuberculosis drugs such as bedaquiline and delamanid widely available to patients suffering from drug-resistant TB, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced…
US FDA warns Genetech for marketing dangerous stem cell products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Genetech, Inc. of San Diego, California and its president, Edwin N. Pinos for marketing stem cell products without FDA approval and for…
Mind your Heart while enjoying Feast this Christmas
New Delhi: As Christmas crescendo fills Delhi’s ecosystem, you might be having food fantasies. But Apollo’s Chief Clinical Nutritionist Dr Priyanka Rohatgi offers gut wisdom to make the indulgence heart-friendly…
CBD Help Health
Cannabidiol(CBD), discovered in 1940 and one of the 113 cannabinoids identified in hemp plants. Cannabinoids are some diverse chemical compounds that can alter neurotransmitter release in the brain with acting…
U.S. FDA approves Alexion Pharma’s rare blood disorder drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc’s rare blood disorder drug Ultomiris, nearly two months earlier than expected. The drug’s sales are expected to reach…
Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for hypokalemia treatment drug
New Delhi : Aurobindo Pharma Friday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator to manufacture and market Potassium Chloride extended release tablets, used in the treatment…
Sun Pharma arm gets USFDA nod for epilepsy drug
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Friday said one of its subsidiaries has received approval from the US health regulator to market Elepsia XR, an antiepileptic drug. The United States Food and…
India wants China to allow import of drugs cleared by US, Europe
NEW DELHI: India has requested China to allow imports of Indian drugs cleared by the drug administrators of the United States, European Union and Japan, as China recognises these approvals.…
Gujarat Technological University to host country’s first pharma hackathon
AHMEDABAD: In a breakthrough initiative, Gujarat Technological University (GTU) is set to host the world’s first pharma hackathon in Ahmedabad. While hackathon events are held globally across the design, engineering…
Novartis appoints Susanne Schaffert to lead oncology business
ZURICH: Novartis said it appointed company veteran Susanne Schaffert to lead its oncology unit from Jan. 1, replacing Liz Barrett who is stepping down to return to the United States.…

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 Eyes
Not mandatory to recall stocks released to the market prior to implementation of TMR: NPPA