EDITORS EMULSION 17th May 2019

Greetings on yet another edition of The Prescription!

With the steep rise in Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in the country, BD-India, a leading medical technology company organised 'Heal-o-nomics’. The program is conceptualized to apprehend the challenge of preventing HAIs with the aim to achieve better health outcomes at optimised cost. Read more on this and why scientists are upset by the AYUSH Ministry advisory under Pharma Injections.

New rules to treat cancer patients, barring non medicos to sign reports, setting up of new vertical to check garage manufacturing, fixing retail prices of 22 formulations make up this fortnight’s Drug Laws And Policy Injections while go through an interesting read under PSM India Capsules section on how excipients in medications are triggering adverse reactions in some patients and a device to test antibiotic resistance developed by a Chennai team.

We constantly endeavour not only to collate important information from the health and medicine world but also to create a connect with consumers all over. We welcome articles and write-ups from our readers and are glad to feature them under the section titled Subscriber’s Symptoms. This issue features a contribution by Ms.Meghna Mehta, a homemaker from Mumbai on how zinc oxide can prevent fatty liver disease. Mark your calendar with the upcoming events listed in our newsletter and remember to take your laughter dose in the end.

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Pooja Khaitan

Editor-in-Chief,

The Prescription