July 05,2024 New Delhi: Indian Medical Association chief Dr R V Asokan on Thursday issued a public apology for his remarks in an interview regarding an observation made by the Supreme Court during the hearing of a case to which...

July 01,2024 Hyderabad: An Indian government-approved expert panel has advised the country’s drug regulator to approve the import and sale of U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro, a blockbuster diabetes drug and a wildly popular obesity treatment, a document on a...

June 27,2024 Mumbai: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) Rajeev Raghuvanshi on Thursday revealed that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has conducted risk-based inspections of over 400 pharmaceutical manufacturing units over the past year and a half, resulting in...

June 26,2024 New Delhi: India’s apex drugs regulatory body has found the samples of around 50 drugs, including that of widely-used paracetamol, pantoprazole and some antibiotics for treating bacterial infections, as not of standard quality. Of these sub-standard drugs, 22...

June 26,2024 The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an apex autonomous organization under the Ministry of Ayush, has signed two Memoranda of Understanding with Dabur, a leading ayurvedic company in India and Shri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra,...

June 24,2024 A large number of State Licensing Authorities (SLAs) seems to continue ignoring the Central Licensing Authority’s (CLA) direction to submit the monthly data on Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) despite repeated requests from the Centre. Almost 20 states...

June 27,2024 New Delhi: Following the controversy sparked by the alleged claims of paper leaks and irregularities in the NEET UG results, which escalated to widespread protests across the country, when the government unexpectedly announced the postponement of the NEET...

June 26,2024 New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has issued guidelines for of “leftover, de-identified and anonymous” samples generated from a diagnostic or surgical procedure on the patients for commercial use. These specimens include organs, parts of organs, cells, tissues,...

June 27,2024 Hyderabad: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd on Wednesday said it has signed a definitive agreement with Haleon plc, a leading consumer healthcare company, for purchase of shares of its group company Northstar Switzerland SARL, to acquire a global portfolio...

June 25,2024 New Delhi: A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Metabolic Health reveals that low-salt diets can lead to systemic insulin resistance, raising significant health concerns. The study, based on 23 human clinical trials, indicates that such diets...