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Max to buy 64% stake in Jaypee Healthcare at Rs 1,660 cr valuation

Move to help Max establish foothold in North India region

Industry supports Ayushman Bharat expansion, highlights key concerns

AB-PMJAY provides cashless and paperless benefit cover of Rs 5 lakh per annum per family on a floater basis in empanelled hospitals across India

Scheme reset may not shake Centre's FY25 fiscal maths, say experts

Allocations may be via supplementary demands for grants

NITI Aayog group proposes separate law to tackle public health crises

Report provides action plan for a 100-day response to any disease outbreak or pandemic

Regulator CDSCO suspends Entod Pharmaceuticals nod to make, sell eye drops

Action taken over company's claim that the eye drop use will replace reading glasses

Centre brings elders over 70 years under ambit of Ayushman Bharat scheme

The scheme provides cashless and paperless benefit cover of Rs 5 lakh per annum per family on a floater basis in empanelled hospitals across India

Indian pharmaceutical market registers over 6% growth in August 2024

Sheetal Sapale, vice-president (commercial) at Pharmarack, said that new introductions and price growth have driven the market growth for the month of August 2024

Mpox case confirmed, strain not part of WHO's health emergency: Govt

Union Health Ministry asks states/UT's to review preparedness, increase screening

Mpox scare: Centre asks states to review preparedness, screen all suspects

India on Sunday reported a suspected case of Mpox

India reports first suspected mpox case; patient's condition stable

Samples from the patient, put under isolation, currently being tested to confirm presence of the virus

New code for medical devices mandates complaint decisions within 90 days

This comes as the central government on Friday notified the UCMPMD 2024 in a move to regulate unethical marketing practices in the medical devices industry

Uttar Pradesh generated majority tokens under NHA's digital OPD scheme

Scheme a mixed bag as TN, Kerala record less than 10,000 digital OPD tokens till now

Govt plans to launch central database for allied healthcare professionals

The categories recognised as allied and healthcare professionals under the Act include technicians, therapists and duty assistants, among others

NMC withdraws new medical curriculum guidelines after public outcry

"The CBME guidelines will be revised and updated in due course", the medical education body said in a media release

Govt conducts 5-day mock drill to assess zoonotic pandemic preparedness

The NOHM, set up in 2022, is a cross-ministerial effort to review areas of focus from a human health standpoint as well as livestock and wildlife aspects

Senior care market grows in 'out of hospital' services in Tier-II cities

According to a recent NITI Aayog report on state of senior care in India released in February 2024, size of senior care industry in India is about $7 billion, having grown rapidly in last five years

Drug companies move Delhi HC seeking interim relief against FDC ban

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had on August 22 issued notification banning the 156 FDC medicines saying they had no therapeutic benefits

Doc safety meet: Centre asks states to hold night patrols, control access

This comes a day after the ten-member National Task Force (NTF), appointed by the Supreme Court, met for the first time to formulate a protocol for the safety and security of healthcare professionals

SC-appointed task force for doctors' safety, security holds first meeting

To hold wider consultations with states, other stakeholders

Private hospitals see revenue surge in Q1, driven by high-end specialties

Oncology, neurosciences help revenue rise in June quarter