Say heavy penalties for medical errors might raise health care costs and make practitioners too cautious, says Sushmi Dey Doctors and hospitals are a worried lot after the Supreme Court on Thursday......
The fear of epidemic outbreak will grow severe in around a month and once the rainy season gets over, reports Sushmi Dey Decaying bodies and debris flowing in streams and rivers from Uttarakhand......
No Ebola case detected in the country so far; experts say a robust preparedness plan to fight the virus missing. Sushmi Dey reportsThe first Ebola fatality in America has heightened anxiety across......
Ten days after the devastating floods in Uttarakhand, the Union health ministry has swung into action, with a high-level team heading to the state to review public health measures. According to the......
At a time India-made medicines appear to be losing sheen the world over, the country’s top regulator, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), is struggling to ensure quality of drugs in......
His identity had been kept guarded for close to nine years and, in May this year, he walked away with a $49-million reward for exposing the alleged fraud at India’s first multinational pharma......
After US, India to probe Ranbaxy’s documents SUSHMI DEY New Delhi, 22 May Health ministry tells DCGI to examine past dossiers, drug applications In what could be the beginning of fresh......
Last week, Ranbaxy, India's largest drug maker by sales, recalled batches of the generic version of cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor from the US market, after it suspected the presence of foreign......
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has put its foot down and said 'labelling requirements will not be relaxed' for any packaged food supplier, as these are very 'sensitive' products.......