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mandaviya: Indian medical devices sector to emerge as global leader in manufacturing, innovation in 25 yrs: Mansukh Mandaviya
[ad_1] Backed by growing healthcare needs and the government’s commitment to facilitate growth, the Indian medical devices industry has the power to emerge as the global leader in manufacturing and innovation in the next 25 years, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday.The medical devices sector is an essential and integral constituent of India‘s ...
Cough syrup export: India considers testing cough syrups before export: Report
[ad_1] India’s drug regulator has proposed testing cough syrups in government laboratories before they are exported, media report said on Tuesday, after Indian-made syrups were linked to dozens of deaths in Gambia and Uzbekistan last year. India’s health ministry received the proposal from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO) this month and is considering it, ...
maternity leave: Private and public sectors should consider increasing maternity leave to 9 months: NITI Aayog member
[ad_1] NITI Aayog member V K Paul on Monday said that both the private and public sectors should consider enhancing the the maternity leave for women workers from six months to nine months. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was passed by the Parliament in 2017 entitling paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from ...
Government makes unique ID mandatory for doctors
[ad_1] Doctors will now have to get a Unique Identification Number (UID) to be able to practice medicine in the country, as per the new regulations by the National Medical Commission (NMC). The UID will be generated centrally by the NMC ethics board and thereby grant the practitioner, registration in NMR and eligibility to practice ...
aakash healthcare: Aakash Healthcare lines up Rs 100 crore to set up specialised orthopaedics facilities
[ad_1] Aakash Healthcare plans to come up with specialised orthopaedic hospitals in Tier II cities across the country over the next three years entailing an investment of around Rs 100 crore, according to Managing Director Aashish Chaudhry. The healthcare provider, which currently runs a 230-bed hospital in Dwarka and has also forayed into Uzbekistan last ...
Prices of drugs going off patent to be slashed to 50%
[ad_1] The ceiling price of the drugs going off patent will be reduced to 50%, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) notified on Thursday, in a bid to curb profiteering by the pharmaceutical companies. After one year, the drug pricing regulator will take the market data and fix a new price, the notification further said. ...
Regulator plans to cap prices of similar drugs of same pharma company
[ad_1] India‘s drug pricing regulator is asking pharmaceutical companies that sell multiple brands of one formulation at different prices to cap prices of all similar brands at the price of the lowest-priced brand. In a bid to reduce the prices of these essential medicines, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has devised a new formula ...
AYUSH: ICMR, AYUSH ministry sign MoU for collaboration on health research
[ad_1] The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the AYUSH ministry have signed an agreement for collaboration and cooperation for research in the field of integrated medicine. Integrated medicine refers to using alternative medicine systems such as ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy with orthodox systems as part of a treatment plan. The ...
Sanofi India: Sanofi India board OKs demerger of consumer health business
[ad_1] Sanofi India on Wednesday said its board has approved demerger of consumer health business into its proposed wholly owned subsidiary Sanofi Consumer Healthcare India (SCHIL), subject to approval of Sanofi India’s shareholders and regulators. Upon completion of the proposed demerger, Sanofi will continue to own 60.4% stake in both entities and Sanofi India shareholders ...
delhi: I-T dept raids Mankind Pharma premises in Delhi over tax evasion allegation
[ad_1] The Income Tax department on Thursday conducted searches on the premises of Mankind Pharma over allegations of tax evasion, official sources said. The department is searching the company premises in Delhi and nearby locations, documents are being checked and people are being questioned, they said. The company made its debut on the stock exchanges ...