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Vice President Radhakrishnan urges collective action to build drug-free IndiaVice President C.P. Radhakrishnan has called for a nationwide, collaborative effort to combat substance abuse, emphasizing the crucial role...
Karnataka CM Shivakumar warns of ban on pan masala, gutka containing narcotic substancesKarnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has vowed to ban pan masala and gutka if found laced with intoxicating substances, warning manufact...
The old health insurance model sees hospitalisation as an inconvenience, says Narayana Health's Viren Prasad Shetty; bets on managed care modelIt has been close to two years since Narayana Health’s wholly owned subsidiary, Narayana Health Insurance—which has adopted a ‘managed heal...
Liquor revenues on course but dropping sales worry distillers, retailers in KarnatakaKarnataka is on track to meet its ₹40,000 crore excise revenue target for 2025–26 despite a fall in liquor consumption after repeated tax h...
Congress nurtured & gave shelter to terror for the sake of vote bank politics: PM in Karnataka"To make Karnataka number one state in the country, law and order is important. Karnataka remaining free from terror is equally important. ...
Karnataka IT minister meets US envoy to discuss collaboration in anti-narcoticsCollaborative engagements in the areas of enforcement, regulatory frameworks, transparency through effective IT systems, and building of ro...
Covid-19: Facebook removes ‘misleading’ post by a doctor on Karnataka govt requestDr Sanjeev Kumar had posted videos and messages, including a blanket prescription with names of 11 drugs “for very sick patients with low o...
Maharashtra could soon have an AYUSH policy for COVID-19Maharashtra is among the last states to have an official policy on using traditional medicines among the methods to prevent the spread of c...
Panel prescribes national portal to keep an eye on online pharmaciesThe 121-page report will now be studied by the ministry and suitable changes in the legislative provisions may be considered to allow onlin...
Pharma cos offer freebies to doctors, violate code: MPThe CAG, in a report in 2015, criticised the Central Board of Direct Taxes for allowing promotional expenses by pharma companies as deducti...
Karnataka's health policy to define treatment cost for four categoriesA committee is formulating the Karnataka Public Health Policy in which experts are working out a costing mechanism.
Varun Gandhi on how India can introduce universal healthcare coveragePatient interest can be kept as a primary focus by reforming such bodies as the National Rural Health Mission and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Y...
Government approves Pharma Purchase PolicyThe government approved a policy for procuring medicines produced by Central PSUs, a move which aims at optimum utilisation of such units w...
Karnataka unveils a new pharma policyKarnataka has unveiled a new pharmaceutical policy that intends to provide ready-to-use infrastructure for establishing pharmaceutical ente...
- Robust IT architecture holds key to making government's new healthcare plan effective: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
India's per capita public spending on health is an abysmal $32 or about Rs 1,800 per annum. The neediest of patients are often denied drugs...
- NGOs to move SC against ministries over drug prices
Healthcare activists plan to take Union health ministry and the chemical & fertilisers ministry to the Supreme Court (SC) for failing to re...
- Pharma PSUs exceed Q1 sales target by 20%
State-owned pharmaceutical companies have overshot their sales target for the first quarter by 20%, thanks to the fund infusion and mandato...
- GoM told to take SC view on drug prices
The law ministry has asked GoM to approach the SC again to ascertain if the 354 drugs identified by the chemicals ministry as essential act...
- Five pharma companies to face legal action
Alembic, Cadilla Healthcare, Wockhardt, Lupin and Medley Pharmaceuticals would face legal action for allegedly selling 39 specified pack si...
- Govt wants to keep essential drugs list untouched
The Union health ministry has informed the Attorney General that it did not think the National List of Essential Medicines submitted to the...