Government may lift price cap on cancer drugs making them costlier by up to 50%India's government is taking emergency steps to ensure cancer patients get vital drugs. Cisplatin and carboplatin, crucial chemotherapy age...
10 Jun, 2026, 11.47 PM IST
Stocks in news: HAL, TMPV, Bharti Airtel, Anant Raj, Zydus Life, Tata MotorsIndian markets experienced a volatile yet stable session after a sharp sell-off, with the Nifty showing resilience. Key companies like HAL,...
14 May, 2026, 06.45 AM IST
India, Singapore resolve to jointly target terror financing, radicalisationIndia and Singapore have pledged to collaborate on combating terrorism, including cross-border movement, radicalization, and financing. The...
08 May, 2026, 08.54 PM IST
Mirwaiz says anti-drug crackdown welcome, warns against 'law and order prism'Mirwaiz Umar Farooq supports the administration's drug abuse crackdown. He stresses a broader approach is needed, not just arrests. He high...
08 May, 2026, 08.10 PM IST
We hear Indian athletes running away when there's doping control: International Testing Agency headThe International Testing Agency (ITA) has raised concerns about doping in India. Athletes are reportedly receiving advance notice of tests...
02 May, 2026, 03.52 PM IST
White House Correspondents' dinner shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to familyAn armed man, Cole Tomas Allen, allegedly targeted Trump administration officials at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, le...
27 Apr, 2026, 07.27 AM IST
Dr Reddy's gets nod to roll out generic oral semaglutide drug"The formulation was clinically evaluated in a head-to-head comparative study conducted in India, which established the non-inferiority to ...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.31 AM IST
Pharma firms asked for side-effects of common medicinesIndia's drug regulator has issued new safety warnings for common medicines. Doxycycline, an antibiotic, will now list side effects like anx...
19 Feb, 2026, 12.48 AM IST
Uttarakhand chief secretary Radha Raturi expresses strong displeasure at districts for missing NCORD meetingsUttarakhand chief secretary Radha Raturi reprimanded district magistrates for failing to organize district-level NCORD meetings. She direct...
23 Dec, 2024, 08.37 PM IST
Drug regulator forms panel to evaluate OTC candidatesThe sub-committee, which includes various doctors from the country's top government hospitals, representatives from Indian Council of Medic...
13 May, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
Centre bans anti-cold fixed drug combination for under-four childrenIn a letter dated December 18, the drug regulator said that FDC (fixed-dose combination) chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine should ...
21 Dec, 2023, 12.35 AM IST
Govt bans anti-cold fixed drug combination for under-four childrenThe matter was deliberated in the Subject Expert Committee (SEC- Pulmonary) meeting held on June 6. "The committee recommended that the FDC...
20 Dec, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
NMC lists therapeutic categories of drugs which can be sold sans prescriptionIn its 'Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners" issued on August 2, the NMC stated that over-the-...
12 Aug, 2023, 05.02 PM IST
Getting patented meds on NLEM list an uphill battle says committee memberAs many as 34 new drugs were added and 26 dropped from an updated list of essential medicines.For the first time patented drugs like anti-T...
15 Sep, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
Government slashes prices of about 39 commonly-used drugsThe drugs brought under price control include teneligliptin-an anti diabetes drug, popular anti TB drugs like Bedaquiline and Delamanid, Iv...
04 Sep, 2021, 06.55 AM IST
Jackie Chan's son Jaycee released after six-month prison termJaycee Chan was arrested from his residence in August last year along with 23-year-old Taiwanese movie star Ko Chen-tung for housing others...
13 Feb, 2015, 01.32 PM IST
- Centre bans anti-obesity drug due to side effects
The government has banned manufacturing and sale of anti-obesity medicine Sibutramine and its combination drugs sold under various brands d...
23 Nov, 2010, 02.30 AM IST