[ad_1] New Delhi: The All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) have directed all its 1.2 million members, particularly, stockists, wholesalers and retailers to maintain adequate stocks life-saving drugs and pharmaceutical items in border states. Also Read | Trumpâs drug-price cut plan triggers share drop: Will Indian pharma be impacted? AIOCD has asked its…
[ad_1] New Delhi: India plans to increase the production of combat medicines, including drugs to treat burns, blood replenishers for treatment of trauma injuries such as gunshot wounds, and orthopedic implants. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has been tasked to come up with a list of such medicines and ensure an increase in their production to…
[ad_1] In India, the Nifty 50 plunged over 5% in four days post tariff announcement, while the India Volatility Index (VIX) shot up 65.7% to 22.8 on 7 April âits sharpest single-day spike since 2007. Though US President Donald Trump partially rolled back tariffs on 9 April, offering a 90-day pause for most nations (excluding…
[ad_1] It may just be a coincidence that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the rate-cut decision of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on 9 April, the day that the US imposed âreciprocal tariffsâ: i.e., additional ad-valorem import duties at higher-than-baseline rates aimed at a group of targeted countries, including India. Yet, this global…
[ad_1] Although these are early days in the negotiations for a multi-sectoral bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between India and the US, the final outcome is already being envisaged as the âmother of all dealsâ and a âgrand trade deal.â Both countries are expected to negotiate hard for finalizing an agreement that maximizes benefits for their…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The government has sought expressions of interest (EoI) for research & development (R&D) projects to develop novel technologies in medicine, including medical devices and drugs for communicable and non-communicable diseases. The focus will be on drug discovery for hypertension, lung disease, cancer, diabetes and rare diseases. The EoIs have been floated by…
[ad_1] New Delhi: A total of 103 applications have been approved for Central financial assistance to MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) drug firms wishing to upgrade to international standards, the government said, addressing an impediment to Indiaâs pharma export ambitions. The total financial support under the governmentâs revamped Pharmaceutical Technology Upgradation Assistance Scheme amounted…
[ad_1] Bangladeshi patients make up the largest chunk of international visitors checking into Indian hospitals for procedures, but numbers dipped sharply last year after political crisis gripped the neighbouring country. While hospitals like Apollo and Manipalâwhich were among the most impacted â are expecting a gradual uptick, the focus is now on bringing in more…
[ad_1] The big day is here! FM Sitharaman will deliver her 8th Budget speech at 11 a.m. Even though itâs a Saturday, stock markets (BSE and NSE) will remain open. This will be her second full Budget under Modi 3.0 and her eighth overall, including six annual and two interim Budgets during the NDA tenure….
[ad_1] The startup, co-founded by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, was the first company in India to conduct CAR T-cell therapy trials in 2022. The therapy, called Qartemi, is used to treat adult B-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma, and has been licensed from the Hospital ClĂnic de Barcelona (HCB) of Spain. CAR T-cell therapy involves genetically engineering a patientâs T…
