Maharashtra FDA bars hospitals from forcing patients to buy medicines in-houseMaharashtra's Food and Drug Administration has issued a significant directive. Hospitals and medical practitioners must now allow patients ...
14 Jun, 2026, 08.28 AM IST
Swiss healthcare united against immigration cap planAt a Swiss nursing home, Marcelle Mivelaz celebrated her 80th birthday surrounded by friends, as a team of mostly foreign nurses and caregi...
08 Jun, 2026, 10.59 AM IST
Avammune’s big bet: Why the future of cancer treatment may come in a pillAs global oncology races toward next-generation therapies, Avammune Therapeutics is betting on affordable, orally administered immunotherap...
03 Jun, 2026, 02.36 PM IST
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...
01 May, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
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...
25 Jul, 2025, 08.56 AM IST
Supreme Court rejects PIL for mandatory disclosure of drug side effects by doctorsThe Supreme Court rejected a plea requiring doctors to list all drug side effects for patients in their regional language. The court deemed...
14 Nov, 2024, 07.33 PM IST
Delhi HC dismisses PIL to mandate all medical professionals to specify possible risks of associated drugThe Delhi High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction from the Centre to mandate all medical professional...
20 May, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
World Pharmacist Day: Date, theme, and significanceWorld Pharmacist Day is celebrated annually on September 25th to recognize the important role that pharmacists play in healthcare systems w...
25 Sep, 2023, 11.34 AM IST
Generics-only policy makes sense only when targeted at pharmacists, not doctorsThe generics-only prescription rule does not make sense when quality of drugs remains suspect. Many have pointed outthat the NMC clause wil...
24 Aug, 2023, 11.07 PM IST
What is deprescribing? A look at overuse of medicine - the silent pandemicModern medications have made a significant and positive impact on human health.
17 Sep, 2022, 06.52 PM IST
Can diabetes be controlled through diet? Read this new studyHalf of the participants in the study followed the low-calorie, low-carbohydrate, higher-protein diet, checking regularly with their pharma...
03 Oct, 2021, 11.14 PM IST
Remdesivir used ‘sparingly’ amid concerns over supplyThree leading private hospitals in Delhi confirmed to ET that they are giving remdesivir only to patients whose condition is significantly ...
20 Apr, 2021, 09.41 AM IST
Revealed: The truth behind the 'emergency contraceptive pill'Morning-after pills, doctors say, should be used to prevent pregnancy only in the case of an unexpected lapse such as a condom break.
11 Jul, 2016, 02.54 PM IST
- Rajasthan plays lifesaver with free drugs
Fifty-three-year-old Ram Prasad of Bindaiyka village had to wait for a long time in a queue to get his medicines at Jaipur's Sawai Man Sing...
13 Jun, 2012, 10.03 AM IST
- World Health Organisation signs joint statement with International Pharmaceutical Federation to curb tuberculosis
The joint statement was signed at the 71st World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2011, inaugurated by President Pratibha P...
04 Sep, 2011, 09.07 PM IST
- Johnson & Johnson accused of drug kickbacks
Johnson & Johnson paid leading US pharmacy group Omnicare to promote its antipsychotic drug Risperdal for elderly patients, the US governme...
16 Jan, 2010, 10.53 PM IST
- 'Vacancies to be filled in govt hospitals'
Pharmacists' Assocation of Pondicherry has called upon the Union Territory Administration to adopt the guidelines of the Medical Code and a...
21 May, 2007, 10.40 AM IST