Export restrictions lifted by DGFT on 12 molecules; paracetamol, HCQ on license basis
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), an arm of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry lifted the export restriction on 12 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and its formulations. However, Paracetamol,…
70,000 litres of sanitisers are being produced per day in UP by 55 firms
Due to increase in demand for sanitisers in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has issued licence to 55 companies to produce up to 70,000 litres of the liquid per…
AI enabled Health-Tech Start-up HELYXON offers Monitoring of COVID Patients
New Delhi: With the COVID 19 outbreak overwhelming healthcare systems across the globe and creating an acute need for effective new age technologies for constant monitoring of patients, Indian IoT…
Manipal Hospital feted Nurses; Sheroes of COVID19 Response
New Delhi: Nurses have always been the most dedicated and crucial health workers in hospitals but COVID 19 has thrown their selfless service in sharp relief. The terrified world is…
Health ministry reviewes waste management guidelines while diagnosis & treatment of COVID-19 patients
The Union health ministry has rolled out the revised guidelines for management of waste generated during the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 suspected or confirmed patients to be followed by…
NPPA: Ceiling price of scheduled formulations revised
The NPPA has revised/ increased the ceiling price of 883 scheduled formulations in compliance of the provisions of Drugs (Price Control) Order 2013. The Authority conducted a meeting on 31.03.2020…
In a First, Free Home Management of COVID Patients is in place
New Delhi/ Massachusetts (USA): As doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are increasingly testing COVID positive and succumbing to it as well plus scarcity of hospital beds, this home management…
ICMR scales up its Capacity to fight COVID-19
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working relentlessly to implement scientific interventions to combat the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Council has expanded its capacity to diagnose…
Order for 10 crore hydroxychloroquine tablets placed by Government
The Centre has placed the order after ICMR recommended hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medication for Covid-19 high risk group. The country’s largest manufacturers of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) — Ipca…
WHO opens door to extend the use of masks to limit spread of coronavirus
The World Health Organization said that they still believed the use of respirator masks should be focused mainly on medical workers, but opened the door to greater use of homemade…
