Hope to see Indian healthcare sector becoming HIPAA complaint soon: Winmagic’s COO
New Delhi: “We hope India, like everywhere else, will soon follow the HIPAA compliance as data protection is an opportunity for everybody,” said Mark Hickman, COO, Winmagic. With growing adoption…
New committee to examine safety, rationality of over 300 drugs banned since 2016
NEW DELHI: Over 300 combination medicines banned by the government for being “irrational” or unsafe for consumption will now be examined by a sub-committee under the Drugs Technical Advisory Board…
New Drug Controller of India (DCGI) takes over
New Delhi: Dr Eshwar Reddy is the new Drug Controller of India (DCGI). He takes over the charge from Dr G.N. Singh. Dr Reddy bucks the trend in the sense…
First fair-price pharmacy to open its doors in Gurugram today
GURUGRAM: Medicines and diagnostic tests will be available in the city at a lower prices than current ones. The MCG, along with the health department and a pharma company, will…
Sample medicines worth crores seized, 2 held
Bijnor: In a major haul, a joint team of the drug department and police raided a house in Sambhal district on Friday morning and seized a huge quantity of sample…
Aspirin may be new Viagra for Erectile Dysfunction sufferers
New Delhi: Erectile Dysfunction (impotence) sufferers never had it so good. After Viagra aka Pfizer riser, it is now Aspirin that has been found to be an effective treatment for…
Distribution of Illicit fentanyl exploiting postal loopholes
Online sellers are exploiting the US Postal Service loopholes to deliver fentanyl to American homes. According to the new report released by a Senate investigative council uncovering how abroad medication…
64% of antibiotics sold in India unapproved: UK study
Multinational companies continue to produce and sell unregulated antibiotics in India, worsening the problem of antimicrobial resistance in the country and impeding efforts to fight drug resistance globally, a UK…
Erubulin, key anti-cancer drug price will be reduced soon
Erubulin, breast cancer drug is a landmark medicine and very effective in cancer treatment but remained out of reach so far for underprivileged patients in our country. This medicine soon…
