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Coronavirus: First day of free boosters sees nearly 95% jump in offtake

1.49 mn booster doses administered out of total 2 mn doses given on Friday

Day-1 of free boosters: Citizens queue up to get jabs ahead of festivals

States start compiling need for additional doses, Centre seeks 50 mn doses from GAVI

Syngene International signs 10-year agreement with US-based firm Zoetis

Librela or bedinvetmab has already been launched in Europe and the UK, and has won 'Best new companion animal product' by IHS Markit Connect in 2021

Mylab launches combined RT-PCR test for Zika, malaria, dengue

Test can differentiate between seven diseases and give results in 2 hrs

NIM inclusion of anti-cancer vaccine may start with 9-14 year olds

The inclusion of this vaccine in the NIM is a significant step in reducing cervical cancer burden among women

Glenmark nasal spray cuts down viral load of Covid by 94% in 24 hrs

Glenmark had conducted the study on 306 vaccinated and unvaccinated adults with symptomatic mild Covid-19 disease across 20 clinical trial sites in India

India's 1st monkeypox case reported in Kerala; Centre sends high-level team

A person who returned to Kerala from abroad and was hospitalised after showing signs of monkeypox tested positive for the same, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday

Monkeypox: Health Ministry asks states to screen, isolate patients

The health ministry has asked states to start screening at points of entries, contact-tracing, and undertake surveillance activities following detection of a case

For the first time, Centre allows a private player to process opium

Bajaj Healthcare is the first private player to be awarded a tender to make alkaloids and APIs from opium gum

Free Covid precaution doses for 18-59 age group for 75 days at govt centres

Special drive to be held at govt centres; will reduce vaccine wastage

Cell-therapy treatment for cancer in India may come at 10% of US cost

Pharma companies and start-ups working to launch it within two years

Results preview: Pharma margins likely to remain under pressure in Q1

Hospitals back to normalcy; tough road ahead for diagnostics

Draft Bill 2022 seeks to regulate e-pharmacies and medical devices

Centre also proposes to have an expert group on medical devices

Bharat Biotech's Zika vaccine to enter Phase 2 clinical trials soon

In 2016, Big Pharma companies like Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck were evaluating developing a Zika vaccine

I-T dept raids Delhi-Haryana pharma and realty cos; seizes cash and gold

Finds links to Hawala sale of medicines to Afghanistan

Going off-patent, key diabetes drug likely to get 50-70% cheaper

Several drugs going off-patent in the anti-diabetes category have shaken up the market share dynamics

Tax probe heat on Micro Labs, maker of India's go-to fever pill Dolo-650

During Covid-19, most patients were suffering from high temperatures, and the sales of this brand skyrocketed

Ahead of demerger, Piramal Pharma inducts three new board members

Piramal Enterprises has received shareholders' approval to demerge its Piramal Pharma business and simplify the corporate structure

India reduces gap for coronavirus booster shot from 9 months to 6

The government is administering precaution doses for free for those above 60 years, healthcare and frontline workers

Biocon Biologics' antibody drug unit in Bengaluru gets EU GMP certificate

Approval comes from Irish health regulator, which had flagged some deficiencies in the manufacturing process iin May