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India's healthcare transformed in 12 years under PM Modi: ReportIndia's healthcare sector has seen a major transformation over the last 12 years. Health insurance coverage has expanded significantly. Mat...
PM Modi to launch projects worth Rs 16,680 crore in AjmerPrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ajmer on Saturday. He will launch development projects valued at over Rs 16,680 crore. A nationwide...
Vidal Health and Serum Institute collaborate on HPV vaccine accessVidal Health, in partnership with Serum Institute of India, will launch a digital platform on October 1, 2025, to streamline HPV vaccine ac...
HPV vaccine must be added to Universal Immunisation Programme to cut cervical cancer risk: Parl panelA Parliamentary panel urges swift HPV vaccine inclusion in India's Universal Immunisation Programme to combat cervical cancer, prevalent am...
Biological E to manufacture HPV9 vaccine for India, UNICEF and PAHO tender marketsJiangsu Recbio Technology and Biological E. Limited are partnering for HPV9 vaccine. Recbio will transfer technology to Biological E. Limit...
India faces a silent cervical cancer crisis: Every 8 minutes, a woman dies, but HPV vaccine and early screening could prevent itThe National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) has recommended categorising cancer as a notifiable disease to improve prevention and treat...
What is Cervical Cancer, risk factors, and preventionsCervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer in India and allegedly caused the death of Poonam Pandey. The Indian government has ann...
Poonam Pandey's death at 32 shines spotlight on cervical cancer: Vaccination and preventive measuresBollywood actress and social media sensation Poonam Pandey allegedly succumbed to cervical cancer at the age of 32. The news prompted a clo...
1.3 mn lives lost every year to cancers caused by tobacco smoking in 7 countries including India: Lancet studyA study published in The Lancet's eClinicalMedicine journal reveals that over 1.3 million lives are lost annually due to tobacco-related ca...
India's first at-home cervical cancer screening test coming soonCervical cancer is the second most frequent disease among women in India, after breast cancer, despite the fact that it is mostly avoidable...
India has the most cervical cancer patients in Asia: LancetThe Lancet revealed that Africa followed Asia (20%), Europe (10%) and Latin America (10%) and more than half of deaths were estimated in As...
Cervical cancer vaccine to be launched in few months at affordable price: SII CEO Adar PoonawallaPoonawalla told reporters on the sidelines of the event, "The cervical cancer vaccine will be affordable and would be available in the rang...
All you need to know about the upcoming cervical cancer vaccine in IndiaTo obtain a complete regimen of HPV vaccines in India, one must spend at least Rs 5,000 to Rs 8,000. A qHPV vaccine is available from Merck...
India gets its first cervical cancer vaccine; women in their 30s remain vulnerable, must get regular check-ups doneAdar Poonawalla said that the 'affordable' qHPV will be launched later this year.
Drug regulator approves country's first indigenously developed HPV by Serum Institute"For the first time there will be an Indian HPV vaccine to treat cervical cancer in women that is both affordable and accessible," Adar Poo...
Serum Institute invests Rs 4,000 crore towards new plantThis facility would export to about 150 countries and will help increase the company’s market share by 10-15% internationally.
Controversial vaccine studies: Why is Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under fire from critics in India?Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded two entities that have played a key role in the immunization programme and are both under fire f...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: GAVI & PHFI help create incentives for pharma cos to make low-cost vaccinesThe project used vaccines that are licensed in India and that have been administered safely around the world tens of millions of times, pre...
- Women more vulnerable to cervical cancer: Study
The incidence of cervical cancer in India is reported to be about 1,32,000 cases annually, that happen to be about 30% of the total 4,70,00...
- MSD India launches vaccine for cervical cancer
MSD Pharmaceuticals (India), the local affiliate of Merck & Co, Inc, US, today announced the launch of GARDASIL, India’s first vaccine to h...