Pharma co buys Rs 350-cr plot
One of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the country is moving its corporate headquarters. And, in doing so, it has given a fillip to the city’s realty market by buying…
Merck KGaA says might strike partnership deal this year
MUNICH: German drugmaker Merck KGaA might agree partnership deals to jointly develop two of its most promising experimental medicines with a rival as early as this year, but more likely…
1 lakh benefitted under PMJAY in one month of its launch: Nadda
New Delhi: Nearly a month after the roll out of the Centre’s PMJAY health insurance scheme, one lakh people have availed the benefits of the ambitious programme, Union Health Minister…
MHA prescribes visa care for foreign patients
NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs has eased visa procedures for travellers to India who need medical treatment to reduce the inconvenience involved. Foreigners with long-term visas of six…
What is Janeway Lesion? | Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
In simple terms, Janeway lesion is a collection of pus within the tissues of the body with marked localized death of living tissue and inflammatory filtrate not involving the epidermis.…
Dissolve hospital panels which have less than 25 transplant cases: Bombay high court
MUMBAI: Hospital-based organ transplant authorisation committees that have conducted less than 25 such surgeries in the previous year will have to be dissolved, Bombay high court has ruled. A division…
AbbVie CFO Chase stepping down, to retire by mid-year 2019
AbbVie Inc said on Friday that Chief Financial Officer William Chase is retiring in mid-2019 and named its controller, Robert Michael, his immediate successor as CFO. Michael, 48, will report…
Pharmacist who wouldn’t fill miscarriage drug is out
PETOSKEY, Mich.: A Michigan pharmacist accused of refusing to fill a prescription to help a woman complete a miscarriage no longer works for the Meijer retail chain. Meijer spokeswoman Christina…
Insurance companies and the government can come forward to take genomics to the next level : Dr Vivek Jain
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Dr. Vivek Jain Child Neurologist & Epileptologist, Santokbha Durlabhji Hospital, Jaipur to know more the role of genomics in pediatric neurology and the challenges…
Sanofi drug Dupixent wins U.S. FDA approval to treat asthma
France’s Sanofi SA said on Friday eczema drug Dupixent was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an additional maintenance therapy in patients with two types of asthma.…

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