Cipla completes stake sale in Biomab Holding savita23 Jan 2016 11:54 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Drug major Cipla announced completion of selling its entire holding in Hong Kong-based Biomab Holding to Biomab Brilliant for $ 2.5...
Diabetes therapy to cost 80% less savita22 Jan 2016 2:27 PM ISTA new drug based on the recently discovered molecule teneligliptin in the gliptin family is expected to bring down the cost of anti-diabetes therapy...
Nationwide campaign on safe disposal of syringes savita18 Jan 2016 10:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: Health experts across the country have decided to launch a nationwide drive to prevent the needle-stick injuries caused by unsafe disposal...
Diabetes drug slows down growth of pancreatic cancer savita18 Jan 2016 8:06 AM ISTResearchers are likely to have uncovered a novel mechanism behind the ability of the common diabetes drug metformin to inhibit the progression of...
Insulin producing pancreatic cells successfully created in lab savita11 Jan 2016 11:29 AM ISTWashington: Fully functional pancreatic cells have been cultured by scientists from human skin cells, potentially meaning the end of daily insulin...
US scientists create insulin-producing pancreatic cells from human skin cells savita8 Jan 2016 12:13 PM ISTNew York: Scientists at a US university have successfully converted human skin cells into fully-functional pancreatic cells.The new cells produced...
Sugar cut in fizzy drinks can prevent 3 lakh diabetes cases: Lancet savita8 Jan 2016 12:01 PM ISTWashington:Â Cutting sugar in sweetened drinks by 40 percent can prevent over three lakh obesity-related Type 2 diabetes over the next two decades, a...
Health ministry plans social media campaign for HIV Pooja6 Jan 2016 10:48 AM ISTSet with a strong objective to do away with the social stigma associated with HIV, the ministry of health and family welfare is now resorting to...
Bigchemist.com to launch in Mumbai in 2016 Pooja29 Dec 2015 1:00 PM ISTBigChemist.com, an integrated online market place for healthcare products and services, is planning to enter in Mumbai and other key metros by March...
Sanofi submits new diabetes drug application to US regulator savita24 Dec 2015 10:40 AM ISTParis: French drugmaker Sanofi said it had submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a single daily insulin injection...
Bengaluru: Medi Assist invests US$1 million in MobieFit Pooja23 Dec 2015 12:03 PM ISTA Bengaluru based healthcare company Medi Assist has announced an investment of US$ 1 million in a mobile fitness company MobieFit. Targeted at the...
Gum disease can increase breast cancer risk savita22 Dec 2015 12:24 PM ISTNew York: Postmenopausal women with periodontal or gum disease are more likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not have the chronic...
