| Panel to review approvals for commonly used drugs | 23-SEP-09 |
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| The marketing approvals given to some commonly used medicines such as Nimesulide and Analgin will be reviewed by the Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) of the Union health ministry in November. |
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| Flu cases in India touch new high at 1,193 | 12-AUG-09 |
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| Pune remained the worst-hit area by the disease with 61 new cases being reported from the city. Mumbai had 24 new cases, Kolkata (3), Bangalore (10), Shillong (1), Goa (1), Delhi (8), Hyderabad (3) and Ahmedabad (4). |
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| Centre asks states to crackdown on hoarders of Tamiflu, masks | 12-AUG-09 |
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| The Union Health Ministry today told the state governments to crack down on people hoarding and black-marketing swine flu drug Oseltamivir and masks used as protection against the disease, warning that their "shortage will not be tolerated". |
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| NRI from Gujarat fourth victim of Swine flu | 09-AUG-09 |
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| A NRI from Gujarat died from swine flu in Ahmedabad today taking the death toll in the country to four sparking fresh concerns, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ordered the Health ministry to co-ordinate action with state governments to control the virus. |
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| Health Ministry to review guidelines on swine flu | 04-AUG-09 |
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| Grappling with the threat of swine flu after the country recorded its first death caused by the virus, the Health Ministry will today hold a high-level meeting to review the guidelines to contain its spread. |
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| Swine flu cases in India cross 500-mark | 30-JUL-09 |
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| Swine flu cases crossed the 500-mark in the country with 11 more people, including four in the national capital, testing positive for the virus today. |
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| Ranbaxy gets GMP approval from Japan | 23-JUL-09 |
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| Ranbaxy Laboratories, the domestic pharma major, has got the Good Manufacturing Practice certificate from the Ministry of Health and Labour Welfare - Japan for its non-sterile drug plant at Dewas in India. |
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| Centre strengthening measures to tackle swine flu | 02-JUL-09 |
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| With an increase in cases of swine flu in the country, the Centre has directed the states to strengthen isolation facilities and critical care at the district level, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Rajya Sabha today. |
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| Centre to set up new AIIMS branches in three years | 18-JUN-09 |
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| The Centre was for setting up of new branches of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) early, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said today and asked the Orissa government to remove hurdles in the building of the branch of the premier institute in the capital city. |
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| India says US should screen passengers | 16-JUN-09 |
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| A nine-year-old boy today tested positive for swine flu taking the total number of cases to 31 in the country even as the government said the US should "suo motu" start screening outbound passengers for symptoms of the disease. |
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