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Govt plans unified quality checklist for medical colleges, critical care labs

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


India seeks pharma firms partnership to develop indigenous Nipah virus antibody

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


India prepares hospitals to deal with chemical emergencies such as Bhopal gas leak

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


Drug firms to now face bans for fake claims, as govt to tweak rules

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


Medicine availability tracker, smooth dispensing in the works for CGHS users

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


Children in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and TN using tobacco as early as seven years

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


India plans strict rules for gene, stem cell therapies

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


India suicide crisis: More men die than women, mean age at death estimated at 36 years, PHFI survey shows

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


Vaccines, antibiotics, and anti-cancer drugs may soon carry QR codes-here's why

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


Mint Explainer: 'Traffic light' warning system aims to shield Indian drug exporters from payment delays, defaults

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