New Delhi, July 6 -- A civil society group has sought the revision of the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), to include newer critical medicines. In a letter to the Chairperson of the Stand... Read More
New Delhi, July 3 -- A traditional remedy has been combined with evidence-based science in a Tata Memorial study to validate the use of papaya leaf extract as a low-cost solution in patients with low ... Read More
New Delhi, July 2 -- "Faster" seems to be the operative word for Praveen Rao Akkinepally, Managing Director,AstraZenecaPharma India Ltd, as the biopharmaceutical drugmaker looks to bring global innova... Read More
New Delhi, June 29 -- About a week ago, a Mumbai-based heart surgeon flagged the case of a senior citizen who was allegedly denied cashless payment for his angiograph, despite paying a health insuranc... Read More
New Delhi, June 24 -- The latest request for a cancer drug from Indian drugmakers by the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) points to the reliability of domestic companies in supplying... Read More
New Delhi, June 22 -- A recent study mapping patient and patient-family experiences in claiming their health insurance has pointed to "transparency" as a key ask from customers who, for example, would... Read More
New Delhi, June 19 -- As biopharmaceutical drugmaker AstraZeneca waits in the wings with its oral GLP-1 weight loss and diabetes drug - India could be on its radar, depending on the data from its glob... Read More
New Delhi, June 16 -- The Centre has tightened its norms on cough syrups, banning over-the-counter (OTC) sale of the product without a doctor's prescription, the Union Health Ministry said in its late... Read More
New Delhi, June 15 -- "I just want more people to become regular with practice," says Saurabh Bothra, the young IIT-ian who has brought yoga into many homes across the country. Bothra's "habit buildi... Read More
New Delhi, June 12 -- The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has increased the price of chemotherapy drugs Cisplatin and Carboplatin by 50 per cent, responding to shortages reported in t... Read More