Looking ahead: A class of antibiotics may help treat common form of dementiaFrontotemporal dementia, the most common type of the syndrome, begins between ages 40 and 65.
11 Jan, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Antibiotic resistance in food-animals growingIndia, long associated with the spread of superbug New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase-1 and extensively drug-resistance tuberculosis, has now...
20 Sep, 2019, 10.19 AM IST
Combiflam, D Cold and Cetrizine among 60 drugs marked 'substandard' in quality testSpecific batches of 60 drugs find mention in CDSCO's bulletin which describes these drugs as "not of standard quality/spurious/adulterated/...
26 Apr, 2017, 02.30 PM IST
Over 1 million children under 5 die in India every year: GovernmentHe said the government has initiated an SMS based electronic vaccine intelligence network (e-VIN) to enable real time monitoring of vaccine...
26 Apr, 2016, 03.49 PM IST
Antibiotics found in Yamuna water samples: GovtAntibiotics was found in Yamuna's water samples during tests conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Lok Sabha wa...
10 Dec, 2015, 11.08 PM IST
Proposal to revive Hindustan Antibiotics being considered:GovernmentHAL, country's first public sector undertaking in the pharmaceutical sector, has been facing severe financial crunch for quite some time no...
24 Apr, 2015, 03.33 PM IST
- Government to ban over-the-counter sale of 92 antibiotics
Over-the-counter sale of around 92 antibiotic and anti-tuberculosis drugs will be clamped down in India soon.
04 Sep, 2012, 11.06 AM IST
- New drug policy to curb misuse of antibiotics
A formal proposal to create India’s first ever antibiotic policy will be submitted to the Union health ministry soon.
18 Feb, 2011, 12.04 PM IST
- Tweaking inputs no ground for raising drug prices: NPPA
The drug price regulator has ruled that pharma companies cannot unilaterally increase prices of medicines that are under price control by m...
20 Feb, 2009, 02.24 AM IST