A study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London has found that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may help reverse changes in the immune system caused by menopause, potentially booting immune health. The research reveals new evidence that menopause significantly alters women’s immune system, increasing their vulnerability to infections. The study, published in Aging […]
Indore: The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College, Indore, has received permission from the National Medical Commission (NMC) to start the MBBS course with 50 seats from the academic session 2025-26. On Friday, ESIC Medical College, Indore, announced that it has received the coveted Letter of Permission (LOP) from the NMC to start the […]
Chandigarh: Raising strong objections to the state government’s decision to assign medical officers the responsibility of collecting food samples and checking adulteration under the Food Safety and Standards Act, the Haryana Civil Medical Services (HCMS) Association has refused to accept this decision, stating that doctors are neither trained nor equipped to perform such legally sensitive […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite the approval for establishing an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Kinaloor in Kozhikode district, which is the site already earmarked by the state government. Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Vijayan confirmed that he had also made a request to Union Health Minister JP […]
Uttar Pradesh: The Directorate General of Medical Education and Training (DGME) Uttar Pradesh has revised the state NEET 3rd round Counselling schedule for the academic year 2025 for admission to MBBS and BDS courses under the state quota in government, private medical, and dental colleges. The UPDGME has released the revised schedule on its official website. According […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Union of India, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), and several leading pharmaceutical companies, including Bharat Serum and Vaccines, Cipla, Sun Pharma, Emcure, and Natco Pharma, on a public interest litigation questioning the continued manufacture and sale of Liposomal Amphotericin B, a drug originally […]
New Delhi: Amid a chilling surge in child deaths linked to contaminated cough syrups, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has ordered all State governments to submit a list of cough syrup manufacturers and launched a joint audit of these companies, a senior Health Ministry official confirmed on Thursday, October 9, 2025. As per […]
New Delhi: The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has opined that Novo Nordisk India should submit further clarifications and supporting data for its proposed Phase IIIb clinical study for IcoSema (700 U/ml plus 2 mg/ml) Insulin Icodec 700 U/ml plus Semaglutide 2.0 mg/ml. This came after the drug […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Swiss drug major F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and its Indian arm, challenging the order of a Single Judge that refused to restrain Natco Pharma Limited from manufacturing and selling Risdiplam, a drug used to treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). The Division Bench of […]
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sanctioned a grant of Rs 12.84 crore to the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) to establish the ICMR–MAHE Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) at the Manipal Hospice and Respite Centre (MHRC). The Centre will be led by Dr. Naveen Salins, Professor and Head of the Department […]