August 24,2024 The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has released a list of 70 drug samples declared as Not of Standard Quality (NSQ), with samples of drugs labelled as manufactured by some of the major companies failing the quality...

August 13, 2024 NEW DELHI: All Indian salt and sugar brands, whether big or small, packaged or unpackaged, contain microplastics, according to a study published on Tuesday. The study, “Microplastics in Salt and Sugar” and conducted by the environmental research...

August 23,2024 The Health Ministry has banned 156 fixed dose combination (FDCs) medicines, which included commonly used antibiotics, painkillers and multivitamins. In a gazette notice published by the Health Ministry on August 21, the production, marketing, and distribution of medications is now...

August 25,2024 In a move to make public health safer and convenient, the Indian government has banned the usage of several drugs including various cocktail or combination drugs. Along with this, 34 multivitamins are also under review. Following the recent...

August 21,2024 Bengaluru: At 98, Hanumantha Raya, an ayurveda medicine manufacturer in the city, had never imagined that his spine surgery would involve a robot. Having witnessed the evolution of medicine over nearly a century, Hanumantha thought he’d seen it...

August 22,2024 Atchutapuram: A suspected solvent leakage could have triggered a blaze in a pharma unit here that has killed 17 persons, a senior official said on Thursday. Anakapalli district Collector Vijaya Krishnan told PTI there was no rise in...

August 23,2024 The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of an explosion that killed at least 17 workers and injured several others at a private industrial unit in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district and directed the authorities to conduct a thorough...

August 24,2024 Brussels: The European Commission on Friday approved Moderna’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for older adults — the first time the bloc has authorised an mRNA shot against a disease other than Covid-19. RSV is a highly contagious...

August 21,2024 New Delhi: Addressing the rising prevalence of cervical cancer among adolescent girls, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on member countries in the South-East Asia region to intensify efforts to ensure all children receive life-saving vaccines. These...

August 22,2024 New Delhi: An ICMR-led study, which estimated risk of adults in India developing heart disease over a 10-year period, found that those unemployed were at a significantly higher risk, followed by those having high blood sugar levels. Researchers...