Food companies may be forced to change printing norms
NEW DELHI: Packaged food companies in India, including ITC, HUL, PepsiCo and Nestle, may soon have to change their printing and packaging norms due to safety issues with certain chemicals…
Johnson & Johnson rolls out mobile training centre for surgeons
New Delhi, Medical devices maker Johnson & Johnson Medical India on Thursday launched a specialised bus to travel across the country and provide hands on surgery training to around 25,000…
Terminated doctor defaces Gandhi statue, arrested
Jaisalmer: A former government doctor was arrested for allegedly damaging the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the city’s Hanuman Chauraha on Wednesday evening. The doctor, described by locals as an…
Consider medical subsidy for all in rare ailments: HC
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Centre to consider if it can include patients above the poverty line for subsidised treatment in cases of rare genetic…
Indian Medical Device Exporters get a boost, thanks to a barrier removed
New Delhi: Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), Dr S Eswara Reddy has done away with a constraint that wasted domestic medical device exporters’ precious time. The regulator has won…
‘Make in India’ slogan a mere charade for Indian Medical Device Manufacturers
New Delhi: ‘Make in India’ slogan has proved a song without lyrics for Indian Medical device manufacturers. The Draft Medical Devices Preferential Market Access Policy issued by Department of Pharmaceuticals…
‘No action in executive kidney transplant case’
A day after it emerged that the request of a top executive of a leading telecom firm for kidney transplant was turned down, the state organ transplant officer said that…
5 doctors charged with taking kickbacks to tout painkiller
NEW YORK – Five New York City doctors were arrested Friday on charges that they accepted bribes and kickbacks from an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company to prescribe large volumes of a…
125 New Manufacturing Facilities got approval from Gujarat FDCA
Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) to increase Foreign Investment in the state and approved plant design of 125 new manufacturing facilities. Make in India campaign will get push…
Delhi hospital gears up to help male rape survivors
NEW DELHI: Sexual assault should be seen as a gender neutral term as such cases do not necessarily always involve girls or women. Many men, particularly young boys, are also…
