Low-cost blood thinning drug may potentially treat, prevent COVID-19: StudyThe initial results from 98 patients, published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, indicate that heparin could be a promising...
ICMR national protocol says no evidence of benefit of injectable steroids in patients not requiring oxygenThe revised guidance updated on January 14 also warns of potential risk of fungal infections such as invasive mucormycosis, if anti-inflamm...
Treatment for people suffering from Covid vaccine-related blood clots foundThe researchers at the McMaster University recommend a combination of anti-clotting drugs and high doses of intravenous immunoglobulin to c...
Doctors say clot treatment advice key to US resuming J&J COVID vaccinesU.S. health regulators recommended last week that use of the J&J vaccine be paused after six cases of rare brain blood clots, accompanied b...
Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine rollout in India may be delayedOn Tuesday the USFDA and the Center for Disease Control recommended pausing the rollout of the J&J Covid-19 vaccines after it discovered bl...
Covid vaccines and rare blood clots are making headlines. Before you worry, here's everything you need to knowConcerning symptoms may occur a week to three weeks after the J&J vaccine.
Prices of medicines to go up a tad; companies seek 20% jumpPrices of essential medicines including painkillers, antiinfectives, cardiac and antibiotics could go up marginally from April, with the go...
Ceiling prices of heparin injection allowed upward revision till March 2021: Gowda"Heparin injection has been included in the COVID-19 protocol list of essential medicines for patients admitted in ICU due to COVID-19, cir...
Bengaluru doctor with double kidney transplant takes jab, backs itDr AP Nirmal Raj pointed out he took the Covid vaccine on January 17. “I’m taking anti-diabetic, cholesterol drugs and have undergone angio...
India considers allowing import of raw material for manufacturing crude heparinHeparin and its related derivative, the low molecular weight heparin, also known as enoxaparin, is an anticoagulant that has demonstrated i...
Hospital has right to insist on payment but prime duty is to take care of patient: NCDRCA bench of presiding member S M Kantikar and Dinesh Singh awarded the compensation to the deceased patient's wife Yashumati Devi noting tha...
Pricing regulator asks pharma companies to provide stock details to ensure availability of drugsIt has sought details such as production and sale of these drugs in the past two years, stock lying with the company as on date, production...
Drug makers get nod to raise one-time price increase on heparin injectionsThe NPPA has allowed for upward revision of heparin injection 1000IU/ ml and heparin injection 5000IU/ ml under para 19 of DPCO 2013 by 50%...
NPPA order may not impact much, seeking legal advice: Dr Reddy'sDrug pricing regulator NPPA has fixed the price of 108 non-scheduled formulation packs of 50 anti-diabetes and cardiac medicines.
- Program will broaden scrutiny of facilities in India, China
Australia will join the United States and Europe to inspect factories in countries like India and China that are producing pharmaceutical r...
- US to broaden scrutiny of drug facilities in China, India
Faced with the globalization of drug production, the United States is joining with Europe and Australia to inspect factories in countries l...
- Elder Pharma, Israel co enter in-licensing deal
Mumbai-based Elder Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive in-licensing agreement with Israeli biotech company Enzymotec for the marketing ...