Medical device rules may get tougher: Govt plans new powers to stop manufacture, sale of unsafe, defective and spurious products, order destructionThe government is considering tougher medical device rules that could give regulators explicit powers to stop the manufacture, sale or dist...
22 Sep, 2026, 01.08 AM IST
Fake drugs: Karnataka cancels 16 licenses, suspends 8 including that of Pfizer depotKarnataka's FDA raided a farmhouse, seizing spurious drugs and machinery valued at Rs 5.05 crore. The operation allegedly repackaged and re...
20 Sep, 2026, 07.26 PM IST
Ayurveda needs stronger evidence, safety monitoring for market adoption, says CCRASAyurveda needs stronger scientific evidence and safety monitoring for wider adoption. The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science...
20 Sep, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Psychology says people who are scared of visiting a doctor may actually fear what happens before the appointmentFor many people, anxiety about visiting a doctor begins long before they enter the clinic. The fear may come less from the appointment itse...
18 Sep, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
AI could pose ‘whole problem’ for management education, CEA Nageswaran warnsArtificial intelligence poses a fundamental challenge to management education over upcoming decades. Young professionals traditionally deve...
18 Sep, 2026, 11.38 AM IST
ETSA winner Theranautilus heads to human trials; JSW One’s IPO plansHappy Friday! Theranautilus is set to begin human trials of its nanorobot-based dental tech soon. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning D...
18 Sep, 2026, 07.32 AM IST
In 2015, Mark Zuckerberg’s wife Priscilla Chan’s $75 million gift transformed a San Francisco hospital and trauma center serving 100,000 patientsIn 2015, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced a $75 million gift to San Francisco General Hospital. The grant helps fund c...
17 Sep, 2026, 08.07 PM IST
Hospitals seek new pricing rules as Maharashtra FDA flags high markupsThe healthcare industry seeks a differentiated framework for medical device pricing reviews. Hospitals incur significant costs beyond procu...
17 Sep, 2026, 11.14 AM IST
Centre seeks NPPA report on high markups in hospital consumablesThe Centre has requested a report from the NPPA regarding price discrepancies. Maharashtra FDA flagged significant gaps between trade price...
17 Sep, 2026, 01.19 AM IST
Helicopter crashes and kills at least 3 people near a bus crash in Los AngelesA helicopter crashed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, killing at least three people. Another person was taken to the hospital, but their conditio...
16 Sep, 2026, 05.03 PM IST
TRUE ARTIS raises Rs 11.4 crore to expand network of premium aesthetic surgery centresSeed round led by Zeropearl VC will support two new centres in Delhi NCR, expansion of specialist teams and technology-led patient care
16 Sep, 2026, 02.44 PM IST
Agonisingly slow clinical trial is stopping Indian pharma become global innovator from supplierIndia's regulatory hurdles slow down early-stage drug trials significantly. This complexity causes Indian companies to conduct crucial firs...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
Kedarnath trek landslide: 7,350 pilgrims evacuated from affected route; rescue operation continuesKedarnath trek route landslide: More than 7,350 pilgrims have been safely evacuated from the Kedarnath trek route after landslides disrupte...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
Fake Cancer Drug Racket Busted: A man was selling counterfeit medicines to 100 hospitals across Bengaluru and other statesA major fake cancer drug racket has been busted in Karnataka, with investigators alleging that a licensed pharmacist supplied counterfeit m...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
Imported dialysis solution fails endotoxin test in Himachal; lab flags nine regulatory violationsA Himachal Pradesh government drug laboratory has declared two batches of an imported peritoneal dialysis solution “Not of Standard Quality...
12 Sep, 2026, 12.17 AM IST
Graph AI raises $13.3 million from Insight Partners, Bessemer to scale AI-native patient-safety platformThe new funds will be used to expand across the US and Europe, as the startup looks to change the pharmacovigilance industry’s services-hea...
11 Sep, 2026, 10.47 AM IST
Regional healthcare hubs emerge as new investment hotspotsInvestment is shifting to regional hospital hubs like Jaipur and Vadodara. These markets offer growth opportunities and lower operating cos...
10 Sep, 2026, 09.50 AM IST