Supreme Court declines plea to make nucleic acid tests compulsory at blood banks
Jaipur: Fraudster Arun Kumar Arrested for Extorting Medical Store Owners by Posing as Drug Inspector
India’s Medical Devices Sector Logs 4,108 Licensed Manufacturers and ₹20,658 Crore FDI Inflows Since 2018
Abbott introduces its most advanced drug eluting stent XIENCE Skypoint™ in India
Top 30 pharma companies post 12% revenue growth in first nine months
India Cracks Down On Ads For Weight-Loss Drugs Like GLP-1 In New Advisory
Ludhiana police seize 56 kg ganja; courier warehouse under scanner
AsterDMHealthcare-QCIL Merger mirrors Overwhelming Trust in Leadership
DCGI asks drugmakers to stop GLP-1 obesity awareness ad campaigns
Beware- Glaucoma might steal Your Eyesight Unawares!U’khand spent Rs 71.5 lakh on salaries of 4 doctors from WB aid
Dehradun: In January 2017 World Bank had approved a loan worth $100 million to scale up medical facilities in Uttarakhand and in the past one year, Rs 4 crore has…
With 1:921, India has healthy doctor-patient ratio
Bengaluru: India has one doctor for every 921 people, as of December 2017, which is way ahead of the doctor-population ratio of 1:1000 prescribed by the World Health Organisation. The…
Close shave for patients, kin as hospital basement catches fire
Aurangabad: A fire in Manik hospital at Jawahar Nagar witnessed a huge rescue operation on Monday with fire brigade personnel and locals bringing out patients from the wards through whatever…
C-sections high due to 2nd pregnancies, claims govt
HYDERABAD: The KCR government has claimed to bring down the number of Caesarian deliveries in government hospitals since the launch of the KCR Kits scheme, but the percentage of C-sections…
IT can win in healthcare only when it can really impact patients, doctors in a big way: Madhubala Radhakrishnan
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Madhubala Radhakrishnan, Founder and President, mCURA, Gurgaon, to understand the need and impact of IT in healthcare. Edited excerpts:, Do you think healthcare industry…
Drug regulator plans national digital database of pharma manufacturers
NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulatory body is creating a national digital database of pharmaceutical manufacturers and their medicines so that regulators can be more effective when acting on problems like…
App that knows a fake medicine when it ‘sees’ it
Three engineering students from the city are working on an application that can help people make informed decision at their local pharmacy. Called DrugSafe, the app helps detect counterfeit by…
In healthcare, today the trend is to shift towards oil free compressed air: Jairam Varadaraj
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director of ELGI Equipments, Coimbatore, to understand the trends and challenges in the use of compressed air in healthcare industry. Edited…
Jaipur bizman duped in generic medicine ‘deal’
Jaipur: The hope of making a fortune by selling ‘magic seeds’ cost a city-based businessman Rs 30 lakh after he was duped by an international gang. The crime branch of…
House panel slams mandatory USFDA nod for med devices
NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on health has strongly criticized the practice of insisting on USFDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval for medical devices procured by the government pointing…