Govt Recovers Just 7.8% of Rs 4,928 cr Drug Overcharging Fine savita thakur thakur11 May 2016 12:26 PM ISTNew Delhi : The government has been able to recover just Rs 386.07 crore as fine, a mere 7.83 per cent of the total Rs 4,928.09 crore which has been...
Inefficient Prescribing Costs Billions of Healthcare Dollars : JAMA Study savita thakur thakur10 May 2016 3:57 PM ISTIn the U.S. between 2010 and 2012, nearly $73 billion was spent on brand name medications instead of less expensive alternatives, according to a new...
Pfizer affected by NLEM list expansion savita thakur thakur9 May 2016 11:27 AM ISTNew Delhi : Terming the expansion of National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 'a dampener', drug firm Pfizer said the government's move has...
Painkiller Training Should be must for Physicians: FDA Panel savita thakur thakur8 May 2016 11:17 AM ISTWashington : Doctors who prescribe painkillers should be required to undergo training aimed at reducing misuse and abuse of the medications, according...
Govt ups initiatives to set up funds to promote pharma sector savita thakur thakur8 May 2016 11:16 AM ISTNew Delhi : The government is taking a number of initiatives to help pharma firms upgrade technology and promote drug discovery and innovation in the...
Drug Pricing Regime Needs to be Predictable,Transparent:Sanofi savita thakur thakur6 May 2016 9:36 AM ISTNew Delhi : Government must not place the entire burden of access to healthcare on the pharmaceutical industry alone, Sanofi India has said while...
NPPA Examining 92 Applications to Fix Price of New FDCs savita thakur thakur3 May 2016 10:59 AM ISTNew Delhi : National drug price regulator NPPA is currently evaluating 92 applications for retail price fixation of new fixed dose combinations,...
AYUSH drug makers to offer alternatives to banned FDC drugs Geeta Sharma Sharma3 May 2016 10:59 AM ISTTamil Nadu:In response to the union government's recent ban on the fixed dose drug combinations (FDC), the Tamil Nadu Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani...
Include genetic diseases in Medical Insurance: Delhi Court savita thakur thakur2 May 2016 1:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: "Good health is a justiciable fundamental right", a Delhi court has said while observing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious...
Parl Panel Moots One-Time Settlement of Drug Overpricing Cases savita thakur thakur1 May 2016 10:40 AM ISTA Parliamentary panel has suggested a one-time settlement of drug overpricing cases that regulator NPPA is currently fighting with the pharmaceutical...
Government May Move Supreme Court to Club all FDC Drugs Ban Cases savita thakur thakur1 May 2016 10:22 AM ISTNew Delhi : Government today said it may move the Supreme Court asking it to club all cases related to its ban on 344 fixed dose combination drugs...
HC Allows Biocon Mylan to Continue Manufacturing Cancer Drugs savita thakur thakur29 April 2016 1:58 PM ISTNew Delhi : The Delhi High Court has allowed pharma firms, Biocon Ltd and Mylan Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, to continue with manufacture and marketing...
