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Glenmark acquires Wockhardt's key OTC brands in US for undisclosed sum

Deal includes approved ANDAs for famotidine tablets, used in treatment and prevention of ulcers stomach and intestinal ulcers

Our goal is to have HPV vaccination as part of State mission: MSD India MD

In a Q&A, Rehan A Khan talks about his firm's strong focus on R&D and its commitment to making drugs affordable

Covishield booster post Covaxin priming improves immune response 58x: CMC

So far, India has not allowed heterologous boosting of vaccines

Vaccine makers claims efficacy against Omicron variant of Covid-19

Omicron has been the dominant strain across the world since January, quickly replacing the Delta variant that had caused a devastating second wave in India

Coming years will belong to those who have invested in healthcare: PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi asserted on Wednesday that the coming years will belong to those who have invested in healthcare and said he is proud of the work his government has done to strengthen the sector

India is ready to lead global role to provide healthcare services: Minister

India considers healthcare a "Seva" and the country is ready to take a leading global role in providing healthcare services to the world through its trained and competent manpower

Street looking beyond Apollo Hospitals' disappointing Q4 performance

Based on sum-of-the-parts valuation, some analysts have pegged their target price between Rs 4,900-5,000

Drones to provide urban-grade healthcare in India's rural areas: WEF

The World Economic Forum WEF 2022: It shows how drone technology can be scaled up across India to meet urgent healthcare needs in remote areas

Over 117,000 health centres set up under Ayushman Bharat: Mandaviya

Mansukh Mandaviya said more than 117,000 health and wellness centres have been established under Ayushman Bharat

Night curfew lifted across J-K; offline classes to resume from Monday

State Executive Committee announced the lifting of the night curfew after almost six months and opening of educational institutions in a phased manner beginning Monday amid a decline in COVID-19 cases

Odisha records 11,086 fresh Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 80,914

Odisha on Tuesday registered 11,086 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the State to 80,914.

'Vaccine nationalism' could spawn new variants, warns medical expert

Attempts by developed nations to monopolise the production of coronavirus vaccines and hoard them, a phenomenon described as 'vaccine nationalism', could weaken the fight against the pandemic and lead to spawning of new virus variants with vaccine resistance, a leading medical expert has warned. This assumes significance in the wake of the massive spread of Omicron and detection of a new COVID-19 variant in France, temporarily named as 'IHU'. "The narrow, self-centric, behaviour may not only turn out to be epidemiologically self-defeating and clinically counterproductive, but is also bound to prolong the pandemic by perpetuating the spread of the contagion in and across unprotected populations," according to Prof (Dr) Yatish Agarwal, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. If the majority of the world population goes unvaccinated, the toll taken by COVID-19 illness will continue to wreak havoc, Prof Agarwal writes in an article that appears in the ...

Third wave of Covid-19 here, doctors and nurses brace up yet again

The pandemic has taken a physical and emotional toll on frontline workers but they are carrying on with resilience

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Health index needs a rejig

Statsguru: Six charts that explain the state of Indian healthcare

Analysis shows that UP did not show any gains in most parameters concerning health outcomes

Sensex sheds 503pts, Nifty ends at 17,368; financials slip, Tega jumps 60%

The BSE Midcap index was down 0.5 per cent, while the Smallcap index was up 0.2 per cent

Portea's Meena Ganesh on the evolving home healthcare in India

The past two years have been transformative for the home healthcare industry, says Meena Ganesh, co-founder, Portea. She says her focus is on developing a strong tech ecosystem to manage patients

Apollo Hospitals sees 4-fold jump in profit to Rs 267.4 cr in Sept quarter

The healthcare major on Friday reported an over fourfold jump in its consolidated net profit

Govt gave nod to 157 new medical colleges since 2014: Health Ministry

"On completion, nearly 16,000 undergraduate medical seats would be added" said the Union Health Ministry.

Veera Health raises $3mn in funding led by Surge, Global Founders Capital

Digital health startup for women offers nutrition therapy, lifestyle coaching and doctor support.