FDA engages stakeholders on opportunities to improve hearing aid usage savita9 Jan 2016 12:25 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced new efforts to better understand how the agency can appropriately balance patient safety while...
Northern Ireland medics fear prison over abortion advice savita7 Jan 2016 12:35 PM ISTEdinburgh: Medical staff in Northern Ireland are operating in a "climate of fear", worried about the threat of imprisonment if they offer advice to...
China set to advocate 'one couple, two children' policy savita22 Dec 2015 1:48 PM ISTBeijing: China, the world's most populous nation, is set to amend its controversial family planning policy to allow couples to have two children...
FDA delays BioMarin drug approval, gives investors hope savita20 Dec 2015 11:44 AM ISTBy Vidya L NathanThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration pushed back its deadline to decide on drug developer BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc's lead drug,...
UK bans Syrian Surgeon for racial comments against Indian Doctors Meghna A Singhania17 Dec 2015 4:48 PM ISTLondon: UK government has taken stern action against the Syrian Surgeon Dr Ragheb Nouman, who allegedly made racial comments against the Indian...
Pfizer receives Prestigious Dr Charles A. Sanders Life Sciences Award Pooja14 Dec 2015 10:25 AM ISTThe CEO Roundtable on Cancer presented the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology and Pfizer with the 2015 Dr. Charles A. Sanders Life Sciences...
Biotech startup Kallyope snags $44 mln Series A Pooja12 Dec 2015 9:37 AM ISTNEW YORK, December 10, 2015 – Kallyope Inc. (“Kallyope”), a biotechnology company focused on harnessing the potential of the gut-brain axis, today...
Gavi to give $500 mn to India for immunisation programme savita10 Dec 2015 11:12 AM ISTNEW DELHI: A global agency has committed to offer $500 million to the Indian government over the next five years for supporting immunisation programme...
FDA Clears Cold Cap To Save Hair During Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Pooja10 Dec 2015 9:52 AM ISTWASHINGTON (AP) -Hair loss is one of the most despised side effects of chemotherapy, and now breast cancer patients are getting a new way to try to...
Organizations issue joint guidelines for breast cancer survivors Pooja9 Dec 2015 9:59 AM ISTn"(Reuters Health) - Most breast cancer survivors require routine mammograms and physical exams to check for new tumors, but they don't need...
State policies deter doctors from reporting drug-endangered babies savita8 Dec 2015 11:23 AM ISTBy Duff Wilson and John ShiffmanWASHINGTON - When Congress adopted the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act in 2003, the intent - spelled out in the...
UPDATE 2-Merck KGaA, Threshold drug fails in late-stage cancer trials Pooja8 Dec 2015 10:52 AM ISTFRANKFURT, Dec 7 Germany's Merck KGaA and development partner Threshold Pharmaceuticals said their experimental cancer drug evofosfamide failed to...
