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 […]

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 […]

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.