Post GST, contract pharma manufacturers throng Gujarat
AHMEDABAD: With numerous companies choosing Gujarat to set up their new pharmaceutical plants following the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) contract manufacturers are also making a beeline to…
Govt plans two new labs to test drug samples
NEW DELHI: In a move to ensure safer medicines, the Centre plans to designate two new laboratories — in Mumbai and Chennai — as ‘appellate testing laboratories’, to check drug…
In one stroke, bone marrow transplant can transform the cancer completely: Dr Tarun Verma
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Dr Tarun Verma, Sr Consultant Haematology and BMT programme, HCG APEX Cancer Centre, Mumbai, to figure out the trends and techniques in bone marrow…
Daiichi Sankyo moves Delhi HC to block Fortis-IHH deal
NEW DELHI: Daiichi Sankyo has approached the Delhi high court to block the $1 billion sale of Fortis Healthcare to Malaysian group IHH Bhd while it enforces an arbitration award…
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for acne treatment topical solution
New Delhi: Drug firm Zydus Cadila Tuesday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator to market Clindamycin Phosphate Topical Solution, used to treat acne. The company…
Father moves court after infant’s death, medical negligence case filed against doctors
BENGALURU: A medical negligence case has been registered against paediatricians of MS Ramaiah Memorial Hospital after a 35-year old-man alleged that one of his 16-month-old twin daughters had died 24…
IIT-Kharagpur, AIIMS ink MoU to boost research programmes
NEW DELHI: With an aim to promote interaction and collaboration between two premier institutions of the country – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indian Institute of Technology,…
Formalin in fish may be fatal in long run: Doctors
KOLKATA: Consuming fish preserved with formalin could have serious long-term health repercussions, warned doctors even as traders claimed that the supply that reaches the city from other states was safe…
U’khand medical council recommends removal of 113 ‘specialist’ doctors
Dehradun: The fate of 113 doctors in Uttarakhand, who got their post-graduation degrees from unrecognized institutions of neighbouring UP and are working as specialists in different hospitals of the hill…
Delhi: Private hospitals roped in for dialysis scheme
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has tied up with seven private hospitals for its free dialysis scheme. The hospitals — Maharaja Agrasen Hospital in Punjabi Bagh, Park Hospital in Meera…
