India has proudly introduced Nafithromycin, its first homegrown antibiotic, tackling stubborn respiratory infections with groundbreaking ef...

Recent GST rate cuts on critical medicines are set to significantly reduce costs for treatments of conditions like multiple myeloma, lung c...

India is progressing in cell and gene therapy. Research includes treatments for leukemia, hemophilia-A, sickle-cell anemia, and more.

The decision comes as the government comes up with a new draft policy for the treatment of rare diseases, more than a year after it withdre...

The committee noted that the prices of patented anti-cancer and antifungal drugs are "on the higher side" and cited the example of Rs 1 lak...

India has high proportion of haemophilia-caused disability because patients are treated through on-demand therapy.

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on Friday fixed the maximum prices of 36 medicines and revised the ceiling prices of 1...

If finalised, the regulator will be able to cap prices of several essential medicines, including those to treat poisoning, cardiovascular d...

"India has a high incidence of non-communicable diseases, especially diabetes, and it is mostly because it is poorly regulated," said Søren...

"The above action of the government to withdraw exemption also contributes to the Make in India strategy," Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said.

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in a notification restored import duty exemption on three drugs -- Octreotide, Somatropin an...

The govt defended the move to end the customs duty exemption for import of 76 life saving drugs including those for treating cancer.

A notification issued last week by Central Board of Excise and Customs had announced that customs duty exemption on the import of 74 drugs ...

Finance Ministry has made it easier to claim tax benefit on expenditure with regard to serious ailments like thalassaemia, cancer, AIDS and...

Jaitley will announce the achievement of the Karunya Benevolent Fund which has distributed Rs 800 crore to 1,11,111 beneficiaries, a govern...

There are cases of misuse of concession facilities meant for patients by unscrupulous elements which is not only causing revenue loss but a...

In a breakthrough which may pave way for an effective treatment of inoperable cancers, scientists at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) h...