Australian team creates IVF history with ovarian tissue transplant
Melbourne: In a world first, an infertile Australian woman has conceived after growing new eggs in ovarian tissue transplanted into her abdomen, a breakthrough doctors say has the potential to revolu
Substandard medicines: SC dismisses plea against Ranbaxy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking a probe against Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd for allegedly manufacturing and selling substandard medicines due to lack of evidence against
Novartis sued for healthcare fraud
New York: The U.S. government sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. on Tuesday, claiming it gave kickbacks to pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients from competitors’ drugs to its own.
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End to AIDS in sight, says UN report
As the numbers infected with incurable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) keeps falling, experts are hopeful that AIDS could be eradicated in future due to better access to drugs that can both treat a
New drug from Himalayan tree to heal bones faster
Bone fractures will now heal faster thanks to drug molecules developed by a team of Indian scientists from a tree that thrives in the Himalayas. The drug molecules stimulates bone formation, filling u
India considers price controls for patented drugs
India is planning to rein in prices of expensive patented drugs to make medicines affordable to its predominantly poor population, a top government official said on Friday.
Indian govt to give free medicine to hundreds of millions
Indian government has put in place a $5.4 billion policy to provide free medicine to its people, a decision that could change the lives of hundreds of millions, but a ban on branded drugs stands to cu
Manmohan Singh prescribes medical reforms
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed concern over deterioration in quality of medical education in the country and said a credible regulatory and institutional mechanism should be put in place.
Indian drug firms okay with US law on enhanced inspection
The Indian generic drug industry is generally receptive to the proposed US law on medicine even though it seeks to enhance US-FDA inspection of the manufacturing facilities globally for a fee.
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One-year rural posting made mandatory for MBBS students
Aspiring doctors will have to spend a year working in rural areas before getting their MBBS degrees, as the government has decided to make rural posting compulsory for them.
In a letter to the