Govt working on policy to raise bulk drugs outputThe government is working on a policy to raise the domestic output of bulk drugs and bring down imports.
India will be self-reliant in bulk drugs by 2020: GovernmentUnion Minister Ananth Kumar today said the country will be self-reliant in bulk drug in the next five years.
Government revises national list of essential medicines, adds 106 more drugsThe new list of essential medicines, which comes into effect immediately, will be revised every three years as per the committee's recommen...
Government brings 376 drugs under new list of essential medicinesThere are a few new additions in the list but a number of drugs have been taken off as well, according to industry sources.
Separate ministry for pharma in next one year: Ananth KumarUnion Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar today said there will be a separate ministry for pharma and medical devices sector in the next one ...
PMO to review the status of bulk drug imports todayThe Prime Minister's Office has called a meeting on Thursday to review the status of imports of bulk drugs, also known as active pharmaceut...
Katoch panel moots mega parks for bulk drug manufacturingA government panel on bulk drugs industry has suggested setting up of mega parks to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Swine flu outbreak: Health Minister JP Nadda makes first statementUnlike his predecessors, Nadda has not held press briefings on seasonal flu. Although there have been press releases and random news bytes ...
Indian Science Congress debates science in SAARC countries"There is an urgent need for international collaborations between countries for effective campaigns to eradicate malnutrition and mother-ch...
Indo-Global Healthcare Summit and Expo in Hyderabad from June 20The summit and expo will provide a platform for identifying and sharing successful innovative models of healthcare delivery from around the...
Us govt shutdown’s ripple effect: Obamacare hits medical researchA medical search engine — run by the US federal government and used as reference by millions of Indian medical scientists — has been slowed...
Govt likely to discuss proposal for managing epidemics, natural calamitiesThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to decide on the proposal in its meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
India joins hand with UK to bring modern health technologyIndia and Britain have signed a pact to provide a framework for strategic and technical cooperation between the two countries
- Panel to look into Drug Controller General of India's working meets
A panel will look into the findings of the 59th Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the functioning of the Central Drugs Stan...
- Linking superbug to India irrational: Govt
India described as "totally irrational" British scientists linking a new superbug resistant to antibiotics to this country and said it was ...
- Coming soon: Swine flu vaccine made in India
India may soon get its own vaccine for swine flu, or the H1N1 virus, that has killed hundreds across the globe this year.
- ICMR to start testing of AIDS vaccine
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will start phase I clinical trials to test a combination of two AIDS vaccine candidates.