New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- The government has mandated a three-month buffer stock of medicines under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), which covers 4.2 million beneficiaries across 81 cities, in... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- New Delhi: In a move to enhance transparency and curb corruption in India's pharmaceutical regulatory process, the Union government is working on a plan to overhaul drug sampling... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The government has framed stringent new regulations and raised the entry barrier for setting up new blood banks and centres to curb the culture of replacement donation and 'profe... Read More
NEW DELHI, Feb. 11 -- India plans to centralize testing and quality control of 42 essential veterinary vaccines at a single national laboratory, replacing a fragmented system that allows self-certific... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Facing a surge in zoonotic threats, India is set to use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect emerging pathogens that jump from animals to humans, according to officials and docu... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Pharmaceutical exports from India to the US will continue to be provisionally shielded from Washington's reciprocal tariffs, which have been lowered from 50% to 18% on broader Ind... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- NEW DELHI: The Union government has ordered a nationwide audit of all 4,153 licensed blood banks and centres after children in some states tested HIV-positive following allegedly ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- In a bid to stem the alarming opioid crisis, India's apex drug regulator plans an overhaul of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to sharply raise punishments and fines that would deter i... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed to strengthen India's healthcare infrastructure by creating regional medical hubs and new Ayurveda institutes, potentially o... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India needs structural higher education reforms to address the significant imbalance in international student mobility that contributes to brain drain and outward remittances, ac... Read More