NPPA revises ceiling prices of 5 scheduled drug formulations Ruby Khatun Khatun16 May 2017 1:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug price regulator NPPA revised ceiling prices of five scheduled drug formulations used in treatment of various ailments, including...
How are anti-cancer drugs available without licence: Court Ruby Khatun Khatun16 May 2017 12:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: How are high potency anti-cancer drugs easily available in the market without any licence or bill, putting people's lives at risk, a...
After Stents, NPPA shifts its focus to 19 other Medical Devices, Check out details Ruby Khatun Khatun15 May 2017 11:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: After slashing the prices of cardiac stents in the country Drug price regulator NPPA has now moved on its focus towards monitoring the...
Quality main issue in prescribing generic drugs: CII president Shobana Kamineni Ruby Khatun Khatun14 May 2017 10:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sounding a note of caution on the MCI move asking doctors to prescribe only generic medicines, CII President Shobana Kamineni has said poor...
Medical Stores Must Display their Licenses: Punjab & Haryana Court savita thakur thakur14 May 2017 9:00 AM ISTChandigarh: To curb the sale of addictive and intoxicant drugs in the belt, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the administrations both...
FDA Approves new device to treat esophageal birth defect in babies Ruby Khatun Khatun13 May 2017 12:51 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized use of the Flourish Pediatric Esophageal Atresia Anastomosis, a first-of-its-kind medical...
NPPA revises rates of 6 drugs, fixes price of 1 medicine, check out details Ruby Khatun Khatun12 May 2017 12:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug price regulator NPPA has revised the prices of six essential drugs, including the ones used for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome,...
World Health Organisation wants transparency, market revamp for fairer drug pricing Ruby Khatun Khatun12 May 2017 12:11 PM ISTThe world needs greater transparency on the pricing of medicines, and an overhaul of some approaches, in order to increase access to life-saving...
Tramadol worth 75 million dollar from Indian company meant for IS seized: Report Ruby Khatun Khatun11 May 2017 11:53 AM ISTLONDON: A shipload of tramadol, a synthetic opioid-like drug used as painkiller, sent from India to be sold to Islamic State terrorists in Libya to...
World Health Organization to help bring cheap biosimilar cancer drugs to poor Ruby Khatun Khatun7 May 2017 9:45 AM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) is to launch a pilot project this year to assess cheap copies of expensive biotech cancer drugs in a bid to make...
Health Ministry, Niti Aayog are Favoring Pharma Firms, claims RSS affiliated outfit savita thakur thakur4 May 2017 3:37 PM ISTNew Delhi In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an outfit affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is reported...
Abbott, Johnson & Johnson locked in tussle with govt over stent price cap Ruby Khatun Khatun3 May 2017 11:48 AM ISTNew Delhi/Mumbai: A group of global medical technology companies plans to tell Indian officials next month that any further price control measures...
