Astra Zenecas Brilinta gets the USFDA nod Geeta Sharma Sharma3 April 2016 11:18 AM ISTAstra Zeneca has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Brilinta tablets, the company's new 60 mg dose to be used in...
Pfizer subjected to an All Fools Day prank Geeta Sharma Sharma2 April 2016 2:39 PM ISTPfizer has been taken for a big time ride by pranksters who in a press release announced that the group would no longer increase the prices of its...
NHM frowns upon Bill &Melinda Gates foundation paying Secretariat Salaries Geeta Sharma Sharma1 April 2016 2:11 PM ISTObjections have been raised by the steering group of the National Health Mission (NHM) Tuesday, for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) paying...
Anti Cancer drugs selling as higher than MRP rates: Govt Geeta Sharma Sharma31 March 2016 1:16 PM ISTPatna: Pharmaceutical Companies selling anti cancer drugs at higher than MRP rates will be facing stringent action by the government was the...
Child healthcare start up Babygogo raises 2 Cr Geeta Sharma Sharma30 March 2016 5:48 PM IST Kudos to Addo Technologies Pvt Ltd and Anjel investor Rajul Garg for successfully raising Rs. 2 crore($300,000) for Babygogo mobile app in its...
Battle of FDC drugs gets murkier Geeta Sharma Sharma30 March 2016 3:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: The court room of the Delhi High Court heated up immensely with the pharma companies and the government locking horns over the recent FDC...
CDSCO to embark on surprise checks after Regulator complaints of quality default Geeta Sharma Sharma28 March 2016 4:36 PM ISTThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organization is starting a series of surprise checks at various drug manufacturing units throughout the country...
Novartis in trouble for allegedly bribing doctors Geeta Sharma Sharma28 March 2016 1:44 PM ISTU.S is holding Novartis AG accountable for government accusations of having entertained medical practitioners in order to have them prescribe the...
Benguluru: Sakra becomes India's first 100 percent FDI hospital Geeta Sharma Sharma27 March 2016 9:45 AM ISTBengaluru: The Kirloskars have finally sold of their share in Sakra Hospital in Bengaluru to their two Japanese partners Secom Medical Systems and...
Sun Pharma and Astra Zeneca to promote Dapagliflozin for anti-diabetes Geeta Sharma Sharma26 March 2016 11:53 AM IST Mumbai: An Anti Diabetes drug Dapagliflozin under the brand name Oxra is being promoted by Sun pharma and Astra Zeneca. Oxra is another...
Cadila to host TB awareness programmes across the country Geeta Sharma Sharma26 March 2016 11:51 AM ISTNew Delhi: An All India Awareness Programme on Tuberculosis was initiated by Cadila Pharmaceutical companies in New Delhi two days ago.TB continues to...
200 new FDC applications sent back by NPPA Geeta Sharma Sharma24 March 2016 9:51 AM IST The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has joined hands with the Health Minsitry to check irrational Fixed dose combinations (FDCs)....