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'None of the existing vaccines can prevent emerging variants of Omicron'

'We seem to be in a situation where we can do little, and nothing needs to be done anyway.' Photograph: ANI Photo As India's COVID-19 daily case count dips below the 100-mark, approvals for......

Why Govt Wants To Ban These Cough Meds

Codeine-based formulations are under the scanner for misuse as a narcotic product. IMAGE: In July, the government for the first time allowed a private company, Bajaj Healthcare, to process opium......

Govt panel recommends reducing Covid booster dose gap to 6 months

The Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) on Thursday recommended reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of......

Are You Eligible For A Booster Shot?

'Someone may have diabetes, but at what level the disease qualifies as a comorbid condition is something a doctor will decide upon and certify accordingly.' IMAGE: COVID-19 vaccination in Jaipur,......

Covaxin has shown good response in kids: Govt panel doc

Covaxin has shown that it has a very good immune response in children in trials, Dr N K Arora, chairman of Covid Task Force working group, National Technical Advisory Group on......

Medical devices to be treated as drugs from next fiscal

The new regime aims to bring in ease of doing business, as the NITI Aayog has proposed to do away with the need to have manufacturing licences to register medical devices or to get a certificate of......

Saridon, Piriton and 2 other drugs kept out of banned list

The Delhi high court had earlier allowed Indian pharma major Wockhardt to sell its Ace Proxyvon tablets, which is a mixture of three salts -- aceclofenac, paracetamol and rabeprazol -- a......

328 fixed-dose combination drugs banned on safety grounds

The original list had named 349 drugs, but 15 drugs, which include cough and cold medicines Phensedyl and Tixylix, approved prior to 1988, have been kept outside the purview of the ban The health......

Over 340 drugs to go off the shelves soon

Some of the popular brands that would be impacted include Phensedyl (Abbott), Tixylix (Abbott), Gluconorm PG (Lupin), Ascoril D (Glenmark), Solvin Cold (Ipca), D Cold Total (Paras Pharma). The......

Why govt's drive to promote generic drugs is flawed

Experts believe the move will have little impact given limited production of generic drugs and authority of doctors in prescribing medicines. The government has made it mandatory for all chemists......

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'None of the existing vaccines can prevent emerging variants of Omicron'

Why Govt Wants To Ban These Cough Meds

Govt panel recommends reducing Covid booster dose gap to 6 months

Are You Eligible For A Booster Shot?

Covaxin has shown good response in kids: Govt panel doc

Medical devices to be treated as drugs from next fiscal

Saridon, Piriton and 2 other drugs kept out of banned list

328 fixed-dose combination drugs banned on safety grounds

Over 340 drugs to go off the shelves soon

Why govt's drive to promote generic drugs is flawed

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