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GST panel rejects demand for tax waiver on Covid-19 vax, ventilator

GST fitment panel has recommended a short-term rate cut on four Covid-19 related items

IAHV making an impact across the Covid Relief Value chain: provides relief worth 100 crores

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Essential kit for the home to help prevent hospitalisation in Covid times

Oxygen concentrators are expensive and can also be bought at the community level for emergency use. Other items can be kept at home for monitoring, prevention and cure

WB governor, TMC spar over non-implementation of Ayushman Bharat in state

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar claimed medical infrastructure has played a "significant role" during the Covid-19 crisis.

Will explore more investments if incentivised by the govt: Medtronic

Atmanirbharta can be achieved when design and development in India are part of the plan, said the company

With NMC, there is hope for greater autonomy in medical education

National Medical Commission replaces Medical Council of India that drew flak for corruption

DocsApp merges with MediBuddy, new entity will cover 95% Indian pin codes

Merged entity raises It will have over 90,000 doctors, 7,000 hospitals, 3,000 diagnostic centres and 2,500 pharmacies across the nation

US will be world's premier pharmacy and medical manufacturer, says Trump

The United States, he said, must produce critical equipment, supplies, pharmaceuticals, technologies for itself

The side effects

Time to focus on unintended consequences of Covid-19

Coronavirus lockdown hits medicine supply, chemists' body seeks govt help

The chemists' association reached out to the (DoP), state chief ministers and even to the Prime Minister's Office highlighting the challenges faced in transporting medicines

Explained: How the hygiene market stacks up amid coronavirus

The market for masks, soaps and hand sanitisers is booming, prompting the government to weed out spurious products and focus on long-term habit formation

Cashing in on coronavirus: Fear economy shoots up masks, sanitisers demand

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic spreads across India, marketplaces are seeing large and small players scrambling to cash in

Artificial intelligence can improve health sector, says Arvind Panagariya

Panagariya said India's health sector is still very much evolving and very informal

Clear and present medical crisis: India has few doctors to treat its people

The country has one government doctor for 11,000 people. The WHO recommends one doctor for 1,000 people. The situation is worse in rural India where a government doctor serves over 30,000 people

High-end diagnostics changing the face of medical testing industry

Bigger players in space are getting into sophisticated high end testing, oncology testing, reproductive genetics and other specialised fields, while maintaining basic testing as a revenue safety net

Govt removes duty anomalies to boost manufacturing of medical devices

A proposal to create a separate pharma ministry is under active consideration of the PMO