medicine

New Delhi: Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued an advisory on Friday on the rational use of cough syrups in paediatric population, warning against prescribing or dispensing the medicine to children under 2 years.Cough…

New Delhi: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the ceiling price of four emergency-use medicines and 37 other drugs including antibiotics and painkillers.This medicines include medicines for heart ailments,…

Washington DC: US President Donald Trump continues to be belligerent on his policy of reciprocal Tariffs despite strong opposition both within the US and outside. On Tuesday night (local time), the US President announced that Tariffs on the…

Dubai: Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has approved the "Protocol for Autopsy and Aviation Medicine in Air Accident Investigations," a…

A total of 1,06,150 medicines were quality checked in the financial year 2023-24, out of which 2,988 failed the quality test said reports on Friday. In addition, 282 medicines were found to be counterfeit according to official data. As a…

Bhubaneswar: In a ground-breaking display of medical excellence and compassion, the dedicated team at AIIMS Bhubaneswar has achieved a miraculous feat by saving the life of a 24-year-old man through the advanced Extracorporeal…

New Delhi: The Indian government has gave permission to a 50% price hike for essential medicine used to treat glaucoma, asthma, thalassemia, tuberculosis, and mental health issues. Reason behind the decision are the rising production costs,…

Stockholm: The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024 has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gray Ruvkan at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.The genius duo have discovered microRNA and its role in regulating gene expression after…

New Delhi: The Government of India has banned 156 fixed-dose combination medicines including antibiotics, painkillers and multivitamins.Also referred as cocktail drugs, these Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC) drugs are medicines that contain…

New Delhi: Gurugram Police on Friday busted a gang of cheats who duped people on the pretext of selling 'herbal medicines' that would 'boost' sexual health through a fake call centre in Udyog Vihar Phase-5 with the arrest of 14 persons,…