US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the country's top health research and funding......
A tiny dead snake was allegedly found in a packet distributed under the mid-day meal scheme meant for children aged between six months and three years at an anganwadi or a government-run nursery......
The country's food safety regulator has issued a show cause notice to a Tamil Nadu-based firm for allegedly supplying substandard ghee to temple authority Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam even as the......
Amid the ongoing controversy over Tirupati laddu, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare on Monday said her department will consider additional measures to monitor ghee quality in the market only......
'They are attacking my wife; they are attacking our 13-month-old daughter. They are saying that I do drugs.' 'I'm giving an open challenge to Mr Nawab Malik and Ms Sana Malik let's go to the labs......
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received US Food and Drug Authority approval for Benazepril Hydrochloride, a high blood pressure drug.The company has received the approval for various dosage forms from......
Maharashtra-based Bliss GVS Pharma is in trouble. The company has been alleged by African nation Ghana's health watchdog to be supplying ‘fake’ medicines in the country. Food and Drug......
Advantage Johnson & Johnson (J&J) could mean loss for Sun Pharma. The Mumbai-based drug maker might soon have to stop exporting its cancer drug, Lipodox, to the US, as J&J is preparing a comeback......
Even as the domestic pharmaceutical industry is exploring new markets in Latin America and the Commonwealth of Independent States, exports to countries in Africa are declining. An important reason......
The National Drug Authority, the centralised drug licensing agency proposed by the Task Force for Drug Standardisation and Quality Control under R A Mashelkar, is expected to come into effect this......
Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Worms are daily crawling......