'Even if Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech were successful in ramping up production overnight, what happens to the capacity after the demand from India is met?' asks Sanjeev Nayyar.
The test named the "SARS-CoV-2 DETECTR" is easy to implement and to interpret, and requires no specialised equipment, said researchers from the University of California, San Francisco in the US.
The Centre has also contacted five domestic and three multinational vaccine makers to understand how soon a candidate vaccine against Covid-19 will be ready.
'If people are not cooperating and do not follow policies laid down by the government or follow scientific infection control management, then all will be lost.'
Sun Pharmaceutical's acquisition of Ranbaxy has received final approvals.
Viveka Kumar lists the factors you need to keep in mind.
Making healthy alterations to your diet will help starve cancer cells, suggests oncologist Dr Rakesh Bhade.
This is to take head on big American pharmaceutical giants, which in the recent past had launched a strong anti-India campaign against efforts of such companies to provide affordable health care not only to people in India, but also in the third world countries.
The ICMR is working on a war footing to develop the testing ecosystem -- especially for the screening blood tests. NIV, Pune, is in the process of validating antibody-based screening kits.
According to an official statement, the FDA has determined that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has met the statutory criteria for issuance of an emergency use authorisation (EUA).
On the men's side, the fields have already been divided into two ATP 250 tournaments.
Three stockmarket experts give their best picks for the New Year.
Singh said the nation and the society as a whole are gradually getting conditioned to look at things in the eye instead of getting confused by duplicities.
The World Health Organisation and the International Pharmaceutical Federation have joined hands with the Indian Pharmaceutical Association -- the national body of pharmacists in the country -- to upgrade the quality of services of 5.5 lakh pharmacies
'It is a big historical moment for Indian content.'
'If you transform your talent into determination to perform, no one can stop India from becoming a superpower,' Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh tells youngsters at the closing ceremony of the 19th National Youth Festival in Guwahati.
Sun Pharma open to large acquisitions post Ranbaxy.
A single-member commission under retired judge Anita Jha was constituted on Firday to probe the botched sterilisation surgeries at Bilaspur's government-run medical camps, which have so far claimed lives of 13 young women and left nearly 138 ill, and asked to submit its report within three months.
Mankind has presence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania.
US District Judge Beryl Howell in Minneapolis denied Ranbaxy's request, the court filing showed.
The European Medicines Agency's review is the second setback to Alkem Laboratories
Company is among the few companies in the sector getting pulled up by FDA for violations at its factories in India.
Tele/video-consults have been effective for patients requiring post-hospitalisation follow-up, especially if they are from outside the city; patients with chronic diseases that need periodic monitoring; and pregnant women who require routine checkup with minimum exposure.
India needs to sustain a GDP growth rate of 8 per cent to become a five trillion dollar economy by 2025, the Economic Survey has stated.
Dr Anthony Fauci has been named as Chief Medical Adviser to the President on COVID-19, while Dr Rochelle Walensky has been named as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith as COVID-19 Equity Task Force Chair.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Chairman Dilip Shanghvi said he expects Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd to become profitable in the short term.
The FDA issued the letter on October 15, and has given the company 15 days to respond.
Dr Reddy's gets warning from US health regulator
Yet only a few people discuss their sexual problems with their doctors.
Though the government has been pushing for exports of high-value manufactured goods across major markets in place of raw materials and input goods, India's top exports to China remain in the raw materials category.
Rediff.com takes a look at the marvel of engineering, criminal ingenuity and dauntless malefaction with which 'El Chapo' escaped from his confinement.
Ranbaxy, which is 63.5 per cent-owned by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co and gets more than 40 per cent of its sales from the United States, did not immediately respond to a request on Wednesday for comment on the FDA observations.
'India has the potential to reduce its trade deficit with China by $8.4 billion in FY21.'
Details on prices sought as 10 generic drugs become up to 83 times costlier in 6 months
Vardhan said the ICMR is actively researching on reports of COVID-19 reinfection and although the number of such cases is negligible at this moment, the government is fully seized of the importance of the matter, the health ministry said in a statement.
Seven people have been arrested after anti-narcotics sleuths and Haryana police busted a suspected Christmas-eve rave party being held at a farmhouse in Mewat district on the outskirts of Delhi.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal unveiled the party's manifesto for the youth. The party, which is aiming to capture power in the state, will come out with separate manifestos for different sections of society.
The Social Dilemma shows how social media is turning human beings into lab rats and zombies, notes Chintan Girish Modi.
Consultants are working with various teams on manufacturing, R&D, etc, to assess per-month productivity of each department.
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