Mumbai: PIL against antibiotics’ sale without prescription
MUMBAI: A lawyer has filed a PIL in the Bombay HC against the Union and state governments, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and drug regulator to prevent the rampant…
The government should incentivise setting up infrastructures in tier-2, tier-3 cities: Nivesh Khandelwal
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Nivesh Khandelwal, Founder and CEO, LetsMD, New Delhi, to know more about challenges by way of affordability in healthcare and how LetsMD is playing…
Some patients of dengue may not have fever, warn Delhi AIIMS doctors
NEW DELHI: In rare cases, a person may be infected with the dengue virus without having any fever, doctors at AIIMS have said in a published case study. The case…
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…
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…
