The Supreme Court upheld a Calcutta High Court ruling that invalidated the appointment of 25,753 SSC teachers and staff in Bengal’s state-r...

West Bengal formed a special investigation team to investigate financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital following th...

Former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay praised the court's decision to cancel appointments made through the State Level Sele...

Vibhhas Verma says 30 minutes with a book help him destress.

In her police complaint, Das alleged she was assaulted by the BJP leader when she went along with her mother to cast their votes.

Psychiatrist, listed by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people, rues issues like suicide are not seen as health issues but...

In biosimilars, EU has already laid out the path, the US has issued many guidelines and the pathway there is evolving rapidly.

Innovative products will not impact diabetes in India on their own. Without proper access to effective care, the epidemic will continue.

An expert panel on e-cigarettes constituted by the health ministry has recommended a blanket ban on the product, saying its safety has not ...

In most cases, companies are only challenging the quantum of financial penalty NPPA has calculated. During my tenure, I have not come acros...

The current system for intellectual property protection provides the necessary incentives for innovators in all fields of technology to dev...

Mylan, a US generic giant with $6.8 bn sales, has been aggressively investing in India, making a series of acquisitions in the last two yea...

Drug makers approach pharma department to seek an immediate halt to implementation of the new drug price control order.

On Monday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on a case that will have profound implications on what can or cannot be ...

Presenting his eighth Union Budget, Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his budget 2013 speech gave emphasis to the healthcare sector.

The committee would have to promise to report its opinion on any injuries or death that may occur during the trial to the regulator within ...

Last November, Ranbaxy had effected a limited recall of 41 lots of the drug from US pharmacies as it feared some of its drugs may be contai...