July 10,2024 London: Only one in four U.S. patients prescribed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss were still taking the popular medications two years later, according to an analysis of U.S. pharmacy claims provided to Reuters that also...

July 11,2024 Mumbai: Swiss biotech giant Roche has sued Zydus, claiming the Indian drug maker infringed on their patents numbered IN 268632 and IN 464646. This lawsuit involves allegations of Perjeta’s (Pertuzumab) patent infringement, specifically targeting the ‘formulation’ and ‘process’...

July 09,2024 New Delhi: The government is actively considering doubling the beneficiary base under its flagship Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme over the next three years, with all those aged above 70 years to be brought under its ambit to...

July 09,2024 New Delhi: Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant on Tuesday said the state government has drafted a law to crack down on bogus pathology labs, which will provide punishment to violators. During the Question Hour in the state assembly, Samant,...

July 10,2024 New Delhi: Concerns raised by the Indian Medical Association on Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita are unsubstantial and there is no change in punishment for causing death by negligence under it, official sources said Tuesday. The clarifications came amid some...

July 10,2024 New Delhi: India’s drug regulatory authority will take action against pharma companies that have failed to implement barcodes or QR codes on top 300 medicine brands. The drug regulator is also considering setting up a joint task force...

July 10,2024 New Delhi: Nearly one in every two prescriptions issued by doctors from top govt hospitals, including AIIMS and Safdarjung, have been found to deviate from standard treatment guidelines in a study published in the Indian Journal of Medical...

July 04,2024 Jind: In an ongoing deadlock over pending payments, private hospitals in Haryana have stopped admitting patients under the Ayushman Bharat and Chirayu Haryana schemes. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for the protest, affecting nearly 700 private...

July 03,2024 Mumbai: Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, has successfully completed 200 minimally invasive joint replacement surgeries utilising cutting-edge Makoplasty robotic techniques from its launch in October 2024. A substantial contribution to this milestone has been made by Dr Mudit Khanna,...

July 06,2024 Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s first paediatric liver transplantation was done in Government Medical College Hospital in Kottayam district. The surgery was performed on a five-year-old child suffering from liver-related ailments, Health Minister Veena George said here in a statement on...