Docs Raise Alarm Over Antibiotic Misuse
Hyderabad : Pointing to the growing incidence of antibiotic resistance, doctors have sounded an alert over the misuse of antibiotics. Citing incidents where antibiotics were not responding in younger people due…
Herd Immunity May Come Before Covid Vaccine Goes Off The Shelf: AIIMS Director
New Delhi : AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria in an interview to IANS said we may reach a stage down the line where we may have a good amount of immunity,…
Antimalarial Drugs Supply Disrupted Due To Covid-19 Pandemic
Mumbai : A new study has found that patients with rheumatic diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Europe, are facing difficulty to secure hydroxychloroquine — highly vouched…
FSSAI’s ‘Food’ Fortification Move Unscientific: NGOs
Kochi : Agriculture welfare organizations have asked Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to reconsider the proposal to make mandatory fortification of edible oil with Vitamin A and…
NPPA Plays Crucial Role In Making Cancer Drugs Affordable
New Delhi : National harmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has said that its price rationalisation initiated February 2019 has had the far reaching impact of its decision leading to huge price…
Covaxin may be launched in February 2021: ICMR
Bharat Biotech may launch COVAXIN as early as February – months earlier than expected – as last-stage trials begin this month and studies have so far shown it is safe and effective, a…
Govt Panel To Help Boost Drug Manufacture, Pharma Funding
NEW DELHI : Aiming to boost local manufacture of essential medicines and attract investments in the pharma sector, the government is set to draw up a plan to build a…
Container shortage affects pharma exports
Exporters across the country are facing a shortage of containers along with the rise in freight charges which is affecting business activities. To overcome these challenges, the pharma industry is…
Job for Registrar Pharmacy council
The office of the Assam Pharmacy council is situated at Pharmacy Bhawan, Hengrabari, Guwahati, Pin – 781036 (Assam), in the campus of Director of Health Services, Assam. Assam Pharmacy Council is a…
Gujarat FDCA Discusses Action Plan, Consumption Trends Of COVID-19 Drugs
Mumbai : The Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) recently discussed action plan and consumption trends of COVID-19 medicines with state government appointed high powered committee to tackle COVID-19…
