New Delhi: Citing lack of sufficient efficacy and safety data to prove that the dose requirement in the Indian population is adequate, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC), functioning under the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), has rejected Zydus Lifesciences’ proposal to conduct a phase III clinical trial of Voclosporin capsule 7.9 mg. This came […]
Ahmedabad: A major cyber fraud has come to light after criminals set up fake websites using the name of Torrent Pharmaceuticals to lure investors with promises of unusually high returns. The scam was exposed when a resident of Surendranagar contacted Torrent Pharma’s official helpline to inquire about “profits” he was promised from one such investment […]
Nashik: The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) is going to close the application process for its Fellowship in Integrated Family Medicine course for the academic year 2025-26 tomorrow. The last date for submitting applications online is September 14. According to University Registrar Dr Rajendra Bangal, the new fellowship was launched on the concept of […]
Vadodara: Alembic Pharma has announced that the Company has received Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) for the inspection carried out by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) at its API – I & API – II Facility located at Panelav. The EIR follows the inspection conducted from 26th May, 2025 to 31st May, 2025. During the inspection, the […]
A recent study published in The Lancet reveals a worrying trend: the risk of dying from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has increased in India, unlike the global decline observed in most countries. NCDs such as heart disease, chronic respiratory illnesses, and cancers pose growing challenges, particularly affecting Indian women over 40 and men over 55. Between […]
Here are the top health stories of the day: NEET PG 2025: Supreme Court postpones hearing by 2 weeks The Supreme Court of India has postponed the hearing of the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2025 examination-related case hearing. The top court bench was supposed to take up all the pending matters related to NEET […]
New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi Employees State Insurance Hospital (IG ESI Hospital Jhilmil) has announced vacancies for the Senior Resident posts in different departments in this medical institute. ESI is a statutory body constituted under an Act of Parliament (ESI Act, 1948) and works under the administrative control of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, […]
Srinagar: Demanding a stipend hike for the MBBS interns in Jammu and Kashmir, the doctors have urged the Chief Minister, Health Minister, and Director of Health Services of Jammu and Kashmir to intervene. Currently, the MBBS interns in the Union Territory receive Rs 12,000 per month as their stipend. Highlighting the “urgent need for a significant […]
Acute myocardial infarction and acute kidney injury are life-threatening conditions caused by ischemia, resulting from reduced or blocked blood flow to organs. Although early restoration of blood flow improves survival, many patients still develop chronic heart or kidney failure. The mechanisms driving this transition from acute tissue injury to chronic dysfunction remain poorly understood, and […]
China: A new study has revealed that AOPT-LTL therapy significantly improves melasma by reducing melanogenesis, inflammation, angiogenesis, mast cell infiltration, and collagen degeneration, likely via inhibition of the SCF/c-KIT signaling pathway. The study, led by Bingrong Zhou and colleagues from the Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China, was published […]