Govt officials among 34 booked by CBI for manipulation of regulatory framework for medical collegesThe CBI has uncovered a vast network involving health ministry officials, the National Medical Commission, and private medical colleges, al...
04 Jul, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
West Bengal: Dilip Ghosh accuses CM Mamata Banerjee of 'Bribing' doctors with salary hikeBJP leader Dilip Ghosh accused West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee of bribing doctors with a salary hike to halt their agitation. This followed ...
25 Feb, 2025, 11.08 AM IST
CBI registers its first FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya SanhitaCBI registers FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against two Delhi Police officers for demanding Rs 10 lakh bribe to aid in inmate's release...
04 Jul, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
RML Hospital doctor-company nexus case: How CBI found out what was going onA number of doctors, hospital staffers and medical goods supplier have been nabbed in the case, and several companies have come under the C...
09 May, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
Tamil Nadu's anti-corruption cops raid ED office after officer's arrestThe DVAC's move comes amid the ED's investigations into several cases that the agency had initiated under the previous government against c...
02 Dec, 2023, 10.44 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh govt to launch family doctor scheme from March 15"Fulltime doctors have been appointed in 1,149 primary health centres (PHCs). In the event of long-term leaves...doctors from PHCs will be ...
06 Mar, 2023, 10.47 PM IST
Is the alleged chicanery of prescribing Dolo-650 just another example of doctors trapping you in hunger for freebies?Dolo-650 being unethically prescribed to patients during the pandemic is just the latest example of drug companies’ malpractices, senior ad...
23 Aug, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
Novartis pays $678 million to resolve suit over sham doctor outingsThe settlement of the lawsuit was announced by Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss, who said the company splurged on "speaking fe...
02 Jul, 2020, 11.27 AM IST
India-born billionaire on trial in US for bribing doctorsKapoor is the highest-level pharmaceutical figure to face trial amid the opioid epidemic that's claiming thousands of lives every year.
29 Jan, 2019, 11.17 AM IST
Are companies bribing doctors to push vaccine combos?Paediatricians question these huge price increases with the addition of just one more vaccine.
22 Oct, 2018, 10.44 AM IST
Code for pharma firms to have more teethThe voluntary code, initially applicable till June 2015, has been given four extensions despite the department repeatedly admitting it wasn...
06 Sep, 2016, 10.39 AM IST
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...
30 Aug, 2016, 03.03 PM IST
MCI asked to look into bribery charges against doctorsAmid allegations of some doctors' accepting bribes to prescribe branded drugs, HM Harsh Vardhan said MCI has been asked to look into the is...
12 Aug, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
Chinese police charge British former GSK China head with briberyMark Reilly and two Chinese executives, Zhang Guowei and Zhao Hongyan, were also suspected of bribing officials in the industry.
14 May, 2014, 03.48 PM IST
Bribe conspiracy: Narayan Sai gets judicial custodyCrime Branch officials had stumbled upon the bribe plan while grilling Sai in connection with the rape case lodged against him by a city-ba...
01 Jan, 2014, 10.01 PM IST
Narayan Sai aides detained for bribing cops; Rs 5 crore seizedA sub-inspector and 5 aides of Asaram's son Narayan Sai were detained for allegedly attempting to bribe cops and other officials in a bid t...
13 Dec, 2013, 06.09 PM IST
- Is your doctor being bribed to suggest your drugs?
Delhi operation of a pharma co as earmarked an annual budget of Rs 2 crore for freebie for doctors in the Capital alone.
15 Dec, 2008, 12.11 PM IST