Anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics, vaccines set to become cheaper

Several anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics and vaccines will now become more affordable as they are among 34 new additions to the national list of essential medicines, with the government saying this......

US Firms Back Trump's India Tariffs

Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.IMAGE: A large container vessel arrive at New Mangalore Port. Photograph: ANI Photo   Industry associations and......

USTR Report Intensifies Trade Tensions With India

The US Trade Representative noted that India's average applied tariff rate stood at 17% per cent, the highest of any major world economy. Kindly note the image has been posted only for......

Killer heatwave: 110 dead, over 40k cases of stroke reported

The unrelenting heatwave sweeping large parts of the country has claimed at least 114 lives and left more than 40,984 people grappling with suspected heatstroke between March 1 and June 18 this......

Govt to Monitor Non-Essential Drug Prices

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority will monitor how companies are increasing prices of non-scheduled drugs. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.......

Drugmakers look to fill Rs 600 cr Novo vacuum

Indian drugmakers Eris Lifesciences, Wockhardt and Lupin are prepping to cash in when Danish company Novo Nordisk bows out of the human insulin pen market by the end of this year and creates an......

Essential drugs list to be expanded

The government has begun work on expanding the country's National List of Essential Medicines, which was last revised in 2003. The government closely monitors the prices of these essential......

All essential drugs may come under price control

The Union ministry of chemicals and fertilisers has initiated a move to bring all essential medicines sold in the country under a price cap. The move, if successful, will give the drug price......