Sonam Wangchuk's wife Angmo moves Delhi HC again challenging Safdarjung hospital transfer denialClimate activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Dr Gitanjali Angmo, has again approached the Delhi High Court, challenging a Single Judge's order r...
20 Jul, 2026, 09.12 AM IST
France approves landmark assisted dying bill after years of debateFrance's National Assembly has given final approval to a landmark bill concerning end-of-life care. This legislation permits adults with in...
15 Jul, 2026, 11.47 PM IST
Elder care for your ageing parents: Which services can you get at what cost and what you need to ask before picking a service providerElder care firms offer vital support for ageing parents of distant children. These companies provide healthcare, companionship, and daily a...
13 Jul, 2026, 11.20 AM IST
J P Nadda launches Unified Health Interface for seamless healthcare accessIndia's Union Health Minister J P Nadda has launched the Unified Health Interface (UHI), a new digital network under Ayushman Bharat Digita...
29 Jun, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
Maharashtra FDA bars hospitals from forcing patients to buy medicines in-houseMaharashtra's Food and Drug Administration has issued a significant directive. Hospitals and medical practitioners must now allow patients ...
14 Jun, 2026, 08.28 AM IST
More macro headwinds on the cards? Tackle them with core principles: 6 pharma stocks with upside potential of up to 28%There was a time when the Indian pharma story in the US was almost entirely about inspection risk. The US FDA would inspect a plant, a warn...
31 May, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
Private hospital ordered to pay Rs 34 lakh compensation for delaying ICU treatment over consentWockhardt Hospitals in Nashik must pay ₹34 lakh to the father of a deceased patient. The consumer commission found the hospital negligent f...
30 Jul, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
New govt digital locker to store, access, share your medical history: What is ABHA number, eligibility, benefits, how to enrolABHA ID card or health ID: Gone are the days when you need to save each and every documents of your medical record for your treatment and i...
23 Jun, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
Delhi HC dismisses PIL to mandate all medical professionals to specify possible risks of associated drugThe Delhi High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction from the Centre to mandate all medical professional...
20 May, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
Companies fear new data law may upset cross-selling cartThe Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, which received the President’s assent on August 11, has proposed that companies and busin...
11 Nov, 2023, 11.30 PM IST
Patients' health data is not shared with insurance, pharma firms without consent: Govt'Privacy by Design' is one of the key guiding principles of ABDM and implemented following the principles of federated digital architecture...
20 Dec, 2022, 06.24 PM IST
Building a consent-based mental health database puts patient privacy in focus“How do you get consent from patients belonging to different demographics? How to authenticate the information, is something that we are lo...
21 Jul, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Clinical trials: The uncanny similarities between principal investigator's ordeals and 'Life of Pi'The PI needs to be trained in Good Clinical Research Practice (GCRP) and then train his staff. He can delegate but can never abdicate.
13 Nov, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Volunteers put off by camera consent for clinical trialsA growing number of patients – close to 30% – are walking out of new clinical trials, wary of facing the camera during illness.
22 Apr, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
DCGI wants mandatory recording of clinical trial consentThe apex court had issued this directive so that any uninformed or false consent from patients enrolling into trials could be avoided.
16 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Contract research firms seek more clarity on filming clinical trialsThe contract research organisations in the country have sought more clarity from the drug regulator on the process of filming clinical tria...
29 Nov, 2013, 11.31 AM IST
Pharma companies, research bodies face confidentiality testSay keeping audio-visual data of clinical trial patients would emerge as a massive challenge.
12 Sep, 2013, 04.50 AM IST