New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- In a bid to raise the bar for medical education and patient care, the government is preparing a quality overhaul of all 808 medical colleges across India. According to senior offi... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Amid recurrent outbreaks, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sought to collaborate with Indian pharmaceutical companies to develop and manufacture monoclonal antib... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Driven by the escalating risks of rapid industrial expansion, India is rolling out major new public health measures to combat chemical emergencies, which significantly enhance ho... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- India plans to enforce strict action against applicants who submit fake or misleading documents to obtain drug licences-a move that could reshape compliance norms in the country'... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The government is set to soon roll out a digital revamp of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) to improve delivery of medicines to its 4.7 million beneficiaries. The init... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- In what has sounded warning bells among Indian public policy makers, the Union government has been getting reports of children in some states starting to use tobacco as early as ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- India plans to bring the new generation of medical treatments involving gene and stem cell therapies under strict governmental control as the market for such treatments grows. T... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- More Indian men die by suicide than women, according to a recent study by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) reviewed by Mint. Critically, the study also showed that s... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- India is set to tighten rules on the sale and distribution of four crucial life-saving medicine categories-vaccines, antimicrobials, narcotic and psychotropic drugs, and anti-can... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) is set to launch a 'traffic light' warning system to shield its 4,000 or so member companies from payment defau... Read More