Indian Medical Device Industry is staring at biggest jolt ever, thanks to GST
New Delhi: Indian Medical Industry leaders, who had perked up after trumpeting of ‘Make in India’ slogan by the incumbent government, are now crest fallen as import of medical devices…
Scientists find antibiotics are no more potent against helicobacter infections in Karnataka
Karnataka . A new study has found that Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that resides in human stomach and causes ulcers, gastritis and stomach cancers, has gained so much resistance to two commonly…
Did you know Most of the time, dentists of the dentist also write antibiotics without need.
WASHINGTON DC: Antibiotics prescribed by dentists as prevention against infections are 81 per cent of the times unnecessary. According to a study published in the journal ‘JAMA Network Open’, antibiotics…
Indian pharma companies help reduce the pressure of the increased value of the US market
Rising revenues in the domestic market has helped Indian pharma companies counterbalance the ongoing pricing pressure on generic drugs in the US in the financial year ended March 31, Fitch…
A ‘Generic’ Journey that competed with long stretch of elections
New Delhi: If generic medicine mission aka PMBJP played a part in garnering votes for Modi2.0, the NGO Swasthya Bharat Abhiyan deserves to share a lion’s share of credit. It…
Drug companies prefer using popular brand names for new products
The central government has ordered state drug controllers not to allow pharma companies to market drug formulations in which the composition has been tweaked while retaining the old brand name.…
Trade Margin Cap on Medicines, a bonanza for patients- P.R.Somani
New Delhi: For last 8 months P. R, Somani, founder president, The Nizamabad Chamber of commerce and industry ran from pillar to post in Delhi to get Trade Margin Cap…
The US regulators have approved drug for babies the most expensive medicine ever
The US regulators have approved the most expensive medicine ever, for a rare disorder that destroys a baby’s muscle control and kills nearly all of those with the most common…
Aspirin safe to take after stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, study finds
Half of the participants were assigned to start antiplatelet therapy while the other half were assigned to avoid, or withdraw from, antiplatelet therapy. People who have suffered brain haemorrhage can…
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for stomach infection drug
Esomeprazole, which belongs to a class of medicines called proton pump inhibitors, works by reducing the the amount of acid secreted by the stomach. It is used to treat the…
