Health News

Pfizer bars its drug from being used in executions

As many as 20 European and American pharma companies have blocked their drugs from being used in executions.

May 14, 2016

US asks restaurants to display calorie counts on food menus

The regulations are a part of healthcare reform laws, called Obamacare, that aim to help consumers make better eating decisions.

May 14, 2016

Activists take India's patent office to court over Gilead's hepatitis C drug

Activist groups challenged the government order saying Gilead's drug that costs $1,000 a pill in the U.S. was not exclusive.

May 14, 2016

Cipla, Macleod's, Ipca Labs face the heat for substandard drugs

India's drug regulator has asked the leading firms to recall inferior-quality medicines.

May 13, 2016

Post surgery deaths thrice more likely in developing countries than rich nations: Study

Wide differences in emergency care services exist between low-income and developed countries, the study said.

May 13, 2016

Popular painkiller Combiflam found substandard, batches recalled from markets

Combiflam is used for treatment of headache, fever and pain.

May 13, 2016

India slashes the prices of over 50 cancer, diabetes, hypertension drugs by more than half

The move is aimed to make the essential drugs more affordable.

May 12, 2016

72-year-old Punjab woman's IVF delivery may be unlawful, medically impossible

The combined age of couples seeking IVF treatment shouldn't exceed 100 years, according to ICMR guidelines

May 12, 2016

Over half a million Indians die due to air pollution ever year: Study

The study published in Geophysical Research Letters also said that air pollution cost the country $640 billion in 2011.

May 12, 2016

Indian health ministry sets up call centre for organ donation

The ministry has also launched a 24-hour toll-free helpline number — 1800114770 — for assistance in the organ donation process.

May 11, 2016

Govt recovers only 7.83 percent of the fine slapped on drug firms for overcharging

The government recovered Rs. 386.07 crore out of the total fine of Rs. 4,928.09 crore that was demanded from pharma companies.

May 11, 2016

India's patent to Gilead's hepatitis drug could deny medicine to 50 million patients: MSF

The move could affect the supply of the drug's raw material to developing countries, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres .

May 11, 2016

India suspends licences of 10 drug firms over product quality, safety issues

The licences were suspended after the anti-fungal infection drugs of the pharma companies were found unsafe.

May 11, 2016

72-year-old Punjab woman delivers first baby through IVF

The couple conceived 46 years after they got married.

May 10, 2016

US spent $73 billion more by choosing branded drugs over generics during 2012-14: Study

Maximum excessive expenditures were reported for cholesterol lowering and antipsychotic drugs.

May 10, 2016