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Government prescribes end to over-the-counter sale of cough syrupsEven in small villages with a population of less than 1,000, where certain remedies including cough syrups were allowed to be sold without ...
Pregabalin moved to Schedule H1 as centre cracks down on drug misusePregabalin, a nerve pain medication, now faces stricter controls. The Union health ministry has moved it to Schedule H1. This change aims t...
NC-JCM 49th annual meeting: Pension hike, CGHS expansion & medical allowance boost on agendaThe NC-JCM will hold its 49th annual meeting on May 11, 2026, to discuss key issues impacting central government employees and pensioners. ...
Drugs at your door: Signs of a disruption taking shape in IndiaIndia Pharmacy Retail Quick Commerce: India's medicine delivery is seeing a change. Quick-commerce apps are making it easier to buy medicin...
Easy access to weight-loss drugs rings alarm bells among doctors, authorities; regulators step inWeight-loss drugs are being sold without prescriptions in India. This is causing alarm among doctors and authorities. People are buying the...
Kerala health dept issues new guidelines for treating cough in childrenKerala's health department has issued new technical guidelines for treating cough in children, including strict precautions for dispensing ...
After child deaths, pharmacists told to stop dispensing cough syrups to kids under 2Following child deaths linked to toxic cough syrups, the Indian Pharmacists Association has restricted dispensing these medications to chil...
FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adultsU.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 shots from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax, but access is now limited for younger adults and ch...
Canada faces pain medicine shortage and here’s what can you doCanada is grappling with a nationwide shortage of prescription pain medications containing acetaminophen with codeine or oxycodone, impacti...
Look-alike, sounding similar drugs likely to face strict actionEarlier, in January India's Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), India's apex drug advisory body, deliberated on the issue of same brand n...
Demand for air purifiers, masks surge as Delhi-NCR grapples with rising air pollutionThe demand for air purifiers and masks has shot up in Delhi-NCR amid increasing levels of pollution in the region, merchants and pharmacist...
High demand for Covid boosters helps Walgreens boosts earnings beyond expectationsWalgreens, the famous drugstore chain, increased almost 14.7% sales from a single store within a 3-month period due to the increase in sale...
Chemist body says Centre's digital health data plan not secure in the current form“We are not sure if the government is in a position to safeguard the privacy of citizens from hacking and unauthorised access. The policy f...
Telemedicine guidelines may lead to drug misuse and pose greater health risk: AIOCDIn a letter written to top government offices the AIOCD said newly the formed Telemedicine Practice Guidelines notified by the Board of Gov...
Smartphones to mutton delicacies: Srinagar jail a paradise for terroristsJail sources told the TOI that every rule in the book is brazenly flouted in the prison, with little or no intervention from higher authori...
SastaSundar to expand pan India operationsThe revenue earned by SastaSundar Health Buddy Ltd in FY 2014 stood at Rs 10 million, whereas in FY 2015 it grew to Rs 207 million and in F...
Startup Lybrate's online doctor consultation platform expands healthcare accessThis Ratan Tata-backed startup brings professional healthcare expertise to your home.
Healthcare startup iKure plans to raise Rs 30 crore from overseas investors“We plan to use the proceeds to scale up our operations to 50 blocks in 8 states," said Sujay Santra, promoter of iKure and an ex Oracle em...
E-pharmacies may cause public health hazard, says chemists bodyA body of chemists today warned that e-pharmacies may cause hazard to public health as medicines can't be compared with any other common co...
- Saudi pay hike for expat doctors, nurses
In a move likely to benefit many Indian doctors and nurses, Saudi Arabia will give a pay hike of 15 to 80 per cent to expatriate doctors, n...