US to ask Canada, UK to extradite online pharmacy officials Pooja10 Nov 2015 9:43 AM ISTHELENA, Mont. - U.S. prosecutors plan to ask the Canadian and British governments to extradite officials with an online pharmacy on charges of...
SeQuent unit gets establishment inspection report from USFDA Pooja10 Nov 2015 9:38 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Drug firm SeQuent Scientific today said it has received a report from the US health regulator, indicating closure of inspection of its...
Government releases funds for cancer care in Himachal Pooja9 Nov 2015 12:41 PM ISTThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is reported to have granted a whopping 14 crore for Tertiary Care Cancer Centre at Indira Gandhi Institute...
Punjab Medical Council requests MCI to investigate state private medical colleges Pooja9 Nov 2015 9:59 AM ISTTaking note of the emerging details of the reported case of unethical practices adopted by Adesh Hospital in Kurukshestra, the President of the Punjab...
CPI demands CBI probe into alleged malpractices in govt run medical colleges Pooja9 Nov 2015 9:52 AM ISTSecretary of CPI Puducherry State committee R Viswanathan has demanded a probe into a serious allegation on the government run medical college- Gandhi...
New smartphone app to help cardiac arrest victims Pooja9 Nov 2015 9:45 AM ISTTokyo: Japanese researchers have developed a new smartphone app that alerts rescuers with lifesaving AEDs when an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
Cytokinetics, Amgen drug shows promise in heart failure study Pooja9 Nov 2015 9:35 AM ISTOrlando: An experimental heart failure drug being developed by Cytokinetics Inc and Amgen Inc demonstrated several beneficial cardiac function effects...
Novo Nordisk diabetes drug fails to help heart failure -study Pooja9 Nov 2015 9:30 AM ISTOrlando :The Novo Nordisk diabetes drug Victoza failed to improve clinical stability or delay death in patients suffering from advanced heart failure,...
Soon, eye drops to clear up cataracts Pooja9 Nov 2015 9:25 AM ISTWashington:Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have discovered a new chemical that could be added to eye drops to help clear up cataracts, the...
US agencies investigate Merck, Lilly drug pricing Meghna A Singhania8 Nov 2015 11:25 AM ISTU.S. drugmakers Merck & Co and Eli Lilly & Co are being investigated by federal prosecutors over their drug-pricing practices, the companies...
China to curb rapidly rising medical expenses Meghna A Singhania8 Nov 2015 11:17 AM ISTBeijing: China has issued guidelines for curbing rapidly rising medical expenses in the country's public hospital system, the media reported on...
WHO officially declares Sierra Leone Ebola-free Meghna A Singhania8 Nov 2015 11:05 AM ISTThe World Health Organization is set to announce Saturday that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone has beaten an epidemic that killed almost 4,000 of its...
