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!Organic food standards to boost credibility
India’s Rs 2,600-crore organic food industry will get a credibility boost from July, when standards and certification norms will kick in, helping to bridge a trust deficit for its produce…
Elderly in homes to get shots, keep pneumonia away
CHENNAI: Come April, nurses and doctors at primary health centres will fan out to administer their annual vaccination shots. Only this time, the beneficiaries won’t be children but the elderly.…
FCRA licence of Sardar Patel-founded VS Hospital cancelled
Ahmedabad: The Union government has cancelled Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital & Sheth Chinai Maternity Hospital, the trust founded in 1927 by the…
India may send doctors to Pakistan for prisoner repatriation
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to de-escalate tensions, India and Pakistan are currently discussing a proposal by the former to allow a team of over 20 doctors to visit Pakistan…
Novel antibiotic may help fight superbugs’
London: Indian-origin scientists have developed a novel “game changing” antibiotic which is capable of killing drug-resistant bacteria, and could lead to the first new class of antibiotic drug in 30…
‘Udta’ north India: Abuse of pharma drugs rampant across most states
NEW DELHI: It’s not just Punjab which witnesses a drug abuse problem, largely related to use of pharmaceutical drugs, among the youth. Narcotics Control Bureau’s annual report of 2017 states…
No more credit for government hospitals beyond 90 days
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From March 31, suppliers of stents and other medical implants to government hospitals will not give credit for more than 90 days. This has been decided in the wake…
Haryana all set to become first TB- Free State, thanks to Medanta
Gurgaon /New Delhi: Medanta’s TB –Free Haryana mission is very close to its fruition. It is now given that Haryana will be the first state in the country to become…
How a missed call is saving lives of TB patients in India (World TB Day is on March 24)
Delhi, In a world flooded with technological advancements, can a missed call save lives? This is happening as part of a project developed by software giant Microsoft in India. The…
Over 46k sought financial aid for cancer treatment
Chandigarh: While cancer continues to take a social and financial toll on the state, the Punjab government does not have the exact number of cancer patients in the state. It…