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Four years after lockdown, frontline workers reflect on pandemic days

Looking back, moving on: Doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers say Covid-19 has left them life-altering lessons

Dr Reddy's, Pharmazz ink licence pact to commercialise resuscitative agent

With this agreement, India will become the first global territory where Centhaquin (Lyfaquin) is being launched immediately, according to the company

Medical and sales representatives body terms UCPMP an exercise in vain

The FMRAI had in 2021, lodged a case in the Supreme Court of India to make the UCPMP a statutory law

Aster DM's deal to separate India and GCC businesses nears completion

In November 2023, Aster DM had received corporate approvals to separate its India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) businesses into two distinct and standalone entities

IVI commences tech transfer of oral cholera vaccine to Biological E

The tech transfer will be completed by 2025 and the vaccine will be manufactured for India and international markets by Biological E

Aiims New Delhi offering gamma knife surgery to treat eye tumour

While gamma knife surgeries are usually used to treat brain tumours, AIIMS New Delhi claims to be the only institution in India to perform it for treating intraocular tumours

Central homoeopathy body notifies new rules for assessment of BHMS colleges

According to the NCH notification, each existing institution will now have to submit information and relevant annexures needed for the assessment and rating on an annual basis

Centre forms committee to look into Ayushman Bharat implementation

A key task of the committee is to suggest measures to prevent fraud or misuse of the scheme

67% of Indian healthcare companies form ESG boards: EY-CII report

According to the report, 21 per cent of these companies' spending in R&D was dedicated towards environmental and social activities

DoP to form panel of auditors for risk-based marketing audit of drug firms

Industry insiders expressed concerns around how the new UCPMP would be implemented and how anyone found guilty of violations of the code would be penalised

Govt's new code bars unethical marketing of drugs by pharma firms

Medical representatives barred from using 'inducement' or 'subterfuge' to access healthcare professionals

Pharma industry bodies welcome govt's technical upgradation scheme

Drug manufacturers with annual turnovers below Rs 500 crore will get the financial assistance in upgrading their facilities to meet global standards

Govt revamps pharma scheme, to provide financial assistance to drug cos

Financial support for drug companies also comes against the backdrop of deaths being reported abroad due to the manufacture of substandard drugs linked to Indian companies

Apollo Hospitals introduces ZAP-X radiosurgery platform for brain tumors

Traditional brain surgeries last three to four hours, ZAP-X completes treatment within a single session lasting no more than 30 minutes, John R Adler, founder and CEO of Zap Surgical said

GQG Partners sells hospital chain Max Healthcare shares through open market

Last year, GQG Partners had acquired shares of hospital chain Max Healthcare Institute in a bulk deal for Rs 415 crore through an open market transaction

Hindustan Syringes launches Dispojekt to reduce needle stick injuries

Company aims to capture 60-70% of disposable syringes market in India

Agilus Diagnostics signs agreement with SEAS to start services in Oman

The participation aims to add to the diagnostic service provider's international portfolio. Its international network consists of several centres and pick-up points (PUPs) across multiple locations

Double-blind trial soon for Ayush drugs to treat anaemia in women

The ministry on Monday tied up with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct the study, which aims at backing up Ayush treatment with scientific and evidence-based research

'Two-thirds of greenfield units under PLI for bulk drugs completed'

Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday inaugurated 40 greenfield facilities to manufacture bulk drugs and medical devices under the PLI scheme

Vitamin B12 supplements market steadily growing in India, shows data

The market for Vitamin B12 supplements is expanding, according to data from clinical research agency IQVIA.