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Sun Pharma submits proposal to CDSCO for manufacturing, marketing FDC to treat URTI; Details
New Delhi: Dilip Shanghvi led Sun Pharma recently submitted a proposal to seek permission from the national regulatory authority, Central Drugs Standa...
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Woman arrested at Delhi airport for smuggling ‘growth hormone’ worth Rs 32 lakh
A detailed personal and baggage search of the passenger resulted in the recovery of Zptropin anSomatropin medicines having total market value of Rs 32...
Merck Ebola vaccine in demand rather than JnJ rival drug
Merck’s licensing process is underway but it was unclear how long it would take, he said. Congo’s government had not discussed or requeste...
Amgen to buy Nuevolution for $167 million
Amgen, which is grappling with competition to its new migraine treatment Aimovig and cholesterol fighter Repatha, said it had collaborated with Nuevol...
WHO drug pricing talks may fail to end secrecy, activists fear
GENEVA: Governments are working on a drug pricing transparency deal at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual assembly, but activists said...
Novartis gets USFDA nod for over Rs 13 crore gene therapy Zolgensma
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the treatment, called Zolgensma, for all children under age 2 who are confirmed by a genetic test ...
GSK, Pfizer gets CCI approval for consumer healthcare JV formation
After the deal, GSK will have a majority controlling equity interest of 68 per cent in the combined consumer healthcare business, while Pfizer will ha...
Pharmaceuticals
Sun Pharma submits proposal to CDSCO for manufacturing, marketing FDC to treat URTI; Details
New Delhi: Dilip Shanghvi led Sun Pharma recently submitted a proposal to seek permission from the national regulatory authority, Central Drugs Standa...
Woman arrested at Delhi airport for smuggling ‘growth hormone’ worth Rs 32 lakh
A detailed personal and baggage search of the passenger resulted in the recovery of Zptropin anSomatropin medicines having total market value of Rs 32...
Merck Ebola vaccine in demand rather than JnJ rival drug
Merck’s licensing process is underway but it was unclear how long it would take, he said. Congo’s government had not discussed or requeste...
Hospitals & Diagnostics
Fortis investors move SEBI over delay in IHH open offer, ask for interest: Report
New Delhi: Displeased with delay in an open offer to buy an additional stake, a few of the shareowners holding minor shares of Fortis Healthcare Ltd (...
Fortis Healthcare International to sell entire stake in MSCL
Mauritius-based Fortis Healthcare International holds 28.89 per cent stake in Medical and Surgical Centre Ltd (MSCL). New Delhi: Fortis Healthcare Fr...
Morgan Stanley to invest Rs 145 crore in Manipal Health Enterprise
Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd is backed by private equity majors including Singapore’s Temasek and TPG. Mumbai: Morgan Stanley India Infras...
IT / Health Venture
Morgan Stanley to invest Rs 145 crore in Manipal Health Enterprise
Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd is backed by private equity majors including Singapore’s Temasek and TPG. Mumbai: Morgan Stanley India Infras...
HealthKart raises USD 25 million from Sofina to expand offline network
HealthKart will use the funds to expand its offline store network, develop additional direct-to-consumer nutrition brands and strengthen its vertical ...
Abbott receives WHO prequalification approval for breakthrough HIV point-of-care test
New Delhi: Abbott recently announced that m-PIMA HIV-1/2 VL, the world’s first point-of-care viral load diagnostic test, has received the World ...
Insurance
Only doctor can decide line of treatment of a patient, NOT insurance company: Consumer Court
Vadodara: Stressing on the authenticity of medical treatment provided by a medical practitioner, a consumer court has made an incisive observation and...
Medicare hospital fund reserves likely to be exhausted in 2026: US report
The report from the board of trustees for Social Security and Medicare also projected that Social Security funds could be depleted by 2035, leading to...
CCI clears Star Health acquisition by WestBridge, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
New Delhi: Fair trade regulator CCI Thursday said it has approved a deal involving the acquisition of over 90 per cent stake in Star Health and Allied...
Policy
Drug Alert: CDSCO declares 31 samples as sub-standard in quality in random sampling; Details
New Delhi: Apex drug regulatory body, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has declared more than a dozen drugs as sub-standard in ...
Red Flag: CDSCO warns against Medtronic pacemaker for battery related malfunction
New Delhi: Accounting for the safety efficacy, India’s apex drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has issued an advisory ...
CDSCO releases Risk classification of newly notified Medical Devices, IVDs; Details
New Delhi: Through a recent notification, country’s central medical device regulator, the Central Drugs Standards Control Organization (CDSCO) h...
AYUSH
Ministry of AYUSH invites initial bids for strategic sale of IMPCL
If the strategic sale of Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd (IMPCL), under the Ministry of AYUSH goes through the proceeds, would add to ...
AYUSH ministry launches e-AUSHADHI portal for online licensing of drugs
Speaking on the occasion, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, said the ministry endeavoured to come out with new initiatives and solu...
HC Relief to Reckitt Benckiser in advertisement of ASU drugs case
New Delhi: Reckitt Benckiser, over a decade long market player in the health, hygiene and home consumer goods has been smoothly commercialising its wi...
