China donates 400,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Niger

DAKAR: China donated 400,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinopharm to Niger on Sunday, the first vaccines the West African nation has received, Niger’s presidency said. Vaccinations have been slow to get started…

Clofazimine May Help Fight COVID-19

Hong Kong : SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19, is not the only zoonotic coronavirus. In fact, it is the third to have emerged since the turn of…

Market Survey Finds Sale Of Dermatology Products Decreased Drastically During Last One Year

Chennai : A market research survey has found that the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically impacted on sales of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products in the area of dermatology and the number of…

Govt Job for Pharmacists under the Department of Space, ISRO

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is the lead Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the Department of Space (DOS), Government of India. The Centre is named in fond memory…

AIIMS set to start virtual autopsy, no cuts needed

New Delhi: For a family that has lost someone to unnatural death, be it suicide or accident, the grief is compounded when they have to witness the dissected and sutured body…

Govt brings two vaccines for animal use under NLEM

In order to tackle infectious diseases of zoonotic nature effectively, the Union health ministry has issued gazette notification to include two vaccines -foot and mouth disease (FMD) (Trivalent) oil adjuvant vaccine and brucella abortus…

Worried Over Cocktail Drugs Flooding Market, Drug Price Regulator & ICMR Team Up To Check Usage

New Delhi : The Modi government plans to increase monitoring of the usage of cocktail drugs in the country. To that end, the drug price watchdog, the National Pharmaceuticals Pricing…

Govt Job for Pharmacists at District Health Society

Walk in Interview at District Health Society, Bharuch District Health Society, District Panchayat, Bharuch The following posts are to be appointed on the basis of 11 months contract. Post : Pharmacist No…

626 cases of Drug ceiling price violations referred to NPPA

The Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) has referred a total of 626 cases to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) for violation of ceiling prices from January 1, 2020 till…

SC Stays Hearings In HCs On Covid Vaccines, Issues Notices On Pleas Of “Manufacturers”

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the ongoing hearing related to COVID-19 vaccines in the Delhi and Bombay High Courts. It also sought responses from the Centre and…