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NPPA fixes retail price of 12 combo drugs including Aspirin, Atorvastatin, Metformin; Details
New Delhi: Through a recent notification, the apex drug price regulatory agency, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the re...
Latest
Novartis sets out new strategy to provide medicines to more patients in sub-Saharan Africa
New Delhi: Novartis announced recently a new strategy to broaden patient reach and availability of its portfolio of medicines in sub-Saharan Africa (S...
Mylan Andhra plant gets USFDA warning over Valsartan manufacturing violations
The concerns cited by the agency were based on an inspection conducted from May 27, 2019, to June 5, 2019, which placed a primary focus on the manufac...
Novartis forecast USFDA approved sickle-cell drug Adakveo annual sales to top USD 1 billion
Novartis has forecast that the drug’s (Adakveo) annual sales will top $1 billion, much of which will likely come from U.S. government payers suc...
Divis Labs gets no USFDA observations for Unit-I Telangana facility
“This is to inform that the Company’s Unit-I facility at Lingojigudem, Bhuvanagiri Yadadri District, Telangana has been inspected by the ...
Agile birth control patch Twirla USFDA review delayed by 3 months, shares slide
Twirla, a once-weekly contraceptive patch made from a combination of hormones Ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel, was backed by a panel of independe...
BeiGene gets USFDA approval for lymphoma drug Brukinsa
BeiGene tested the treatment, Brukinsa, in 118 patients with mantle cell lymphoma enrolled in two studies. About three-quarters were Asian, 21% Caucas...
Pharmaceuticals
Novartis sets out new strategy to provide medicines to more patients in sub-Saharan Africa
New Delhi: Novartis announced recently a new strategy to broaden patient reach and availability of its portfolio of medicines in sub-Saharan Africa (S...
NPPA fixes retail price of 12 combo drugs including Aspirin, Atorvastatin, Metformin; Details
New Delhi: Through a recent notification, the apex drug price regulatory agency, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the re...
Mylan Andhra plant gets USFDA warning over Valsartan manufacturing violations
The concerns cited by the agency were based on an inspection conducted from May 27, 2019, to June 5, 2019, which placed a primary focus on the manufac...
Hospitals & Diagnostics
Metropolis Healthcare Q2 profit up 44 pc to Rs 43 crore
The profit after tax works out to Rs 43 crore in Q2 FY20, up 43.7 per cent from Rs 30 crore in Q2 FY19. Mumbai: Leading diagnostic service provider Me...
Fujifilm Max Healthcare to jointly train doctors in breast cancer detection
New Delhi: Max Healthcare super speciality hospital in the National Capital on Tuesday signed a partnership with Japan’s Fujifilm to train docto...
Paras Healthcare ties up with J K Hospital, plans Rs 50 crore investment for comprehensive services
“We are planning an investment of around Rs 50 crore for setting up an advanced cancer care unit, an additional cath lab as well as an IVF unit ...
IT / Health Venture
Transasia-Erba group unveils TB testing device MX 16
Transasia-Erba group has unveiled the MX 16, a fully automated molecular testing system, at the ongoing 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health and...
Healthcare sector adversely impacted due to NPPA regulatory measures: ICRA
The sector’s performance had been adversely impacted in the past two years due to several regulatory measures, including the cap on prices of stents b...
Onco.com, dedicated cancer care platform, raises $7 million in Series A funding
Bengaluru,: Onco.com, India’s only internet aggregator for cancer care, announced completion of $7 million in series A funding by Accel, Chiratae Vent...
Insurance
Health Insurance- The Best Backup Plan in Today’s Times
Healthcare delivery sector is advancing at a lightening pace with doctors now capable to threatening many threatening diseases that earlier were thoug...
Weak financial health: IRDAI barrs Anil Ambani Reliance Health Insurance from selling policies
In a release, the IRDAI said it was closely monitoring the situation and has assured Reliance Health Insurance Ltd (RHICL) policyholders that their in...
Cigna new plan to cover expensive gene therapies including Novartis Zolgensma, Luxturna
The first two gene therapies to be included in Cigna Corp’s program are blindness therapy, Luxturna, and the most expensive drug in the world No...
Implants / Devices
Government approves 4 medical device parks to cut import bill, production cost
The four medical device parks will provide the necessary infrastructure, where companies can easily plug and play. This will not only cut import bill ...
Most Serious: USFDA issues Class 1 recall on Abbotts CentriMag blood pumping system
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday classified the recall of Abbott Laboratories’ CentriMag blood pumping system following the death...
Medical device maker Stryker to buy Wright Medical for USD 4 Billion
Medical device maker Stryker Corp said on Monday it would buy smaller rival Wright Medical Group for about $4 billion in cash. The deal for $30.75 per...
Policy
NPPA fixes retail price of 12 combo drugs including Aspirin, Atorvastatin, Metformin; Details
New Delhi: Through a recent notification, the apex drug price regulatory agency, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the re...
NPPA fixes retail price of 59 combo drug formulations including Paracetamol, Metformin, Atorvastatin; Details
New Delhi: Through a recent notification, the apex drug price regulatory agency, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the re...
NPPA Relief: Sun Pharma anti-cancer drug Gemcitabine gets price control exemption
New Delhi: Through a recent order, the apex drug price regulator, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has exempted drugmaker, Sun Pharmac...
AYUSH
Hamdard Labs launches Wellness Centres in Ghaziabad, Meerut
The objective is to spread the natural healing touch of Unani and reach out to people wanting natural, herbal treatment for lifestyle diseases, and a ...
Ayurvedic Medicines for Blood Sugar, Diet containing Metformin Hydrochloride: Ayurveda Firm Booked
Jaipur: Discovering that an Ayurvedic firm was selling Ayurvedic diabetes medicines and Dietary Supplements that actually contained the allopathic for...
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 ...
