Health

In wake of the increasing misuse of certain drugs as psychotropic substances, a major chemists’ body has written to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya, demanding “strict measures” to check the online sale of drugs without a doctor’s prescription. All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), which represents more than 8 lakh chemists, in a …

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India’s first intranasal anti-Covid vaccine, manufactured by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biocon, has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI). The vaccine can be used for primary immunization in emergency situations in people above 18 years of age, as per the Ministry of Health. “This step will further strengthen our collective fight against the pandemic. India …

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The CBI charge sheet in the bribery case states that the WhatsApp chat between senior Biocon Biologics Limited official L Praveen Kumar and Guljit Sethi aka Guljit Chaudhary has revealed that the pharma giant was trying to waive off the trial of the Insulin Aspart injection

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the ‘School Hygiene Education Program’ across schools in Uttarakhand in Dehradun on Tuesday.

Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) on Monday said that it has completed the phase III trials and booster doses for the Covaxin Intranasal Covid-19 vaccine.

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state health department will soon include mobile Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) vans that will be deployed for the ongoing awareness campaign about HIV/AIDS across the state. “The ICTC vans will be used for testing, spreading awareness and counselling of HIV patients. Various programmes are being conducted in the state through the …

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KOLKATA: In the wake of rising cases of Covid-19, the Centre on Saturday asked the governments of Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana to ramp up vaccination and testing. In a letter to health secretaries of seven worst-affected states, the Union health ministry cautioned them against the rise of Covid infections further …

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KOLKATA: Japan has approved the booster shot of Covaxin, the anti-Covid vaccine developed by India’s Bharat Biotech, for travellers, the drug maker announced on Friday. “We are proud to announce that Japan has approved COVAXIN booster dose for travellers. Another global recognition of the effectiveness of our universal COVID vaccine,” Bharat Biotech stated. Earlier in April, …

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SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated the 150-bedded Ujala Cygnus Kashmir Superspeciality Hospital in Nowgam. The Lt Governor said that the new state-of-the-art hospital, equipped with all the advanced medical facilities, will strengthen the government’s efforts of ensuring quality healthcare services to the people of J&K, besides generating employment opportunities for the locals. …

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JAIPUR: Expressing concerns over lumpy skin disease spreading amongst animals in various districts of the state, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot assured that the state government is taking all possible measures to control the disease by taking awareness and sensitivity toward bovine animals. He urged the Central Government to provide financial and necessary assistance to save …

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