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Horsham: Johnson & Johnson has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CARVYKTI (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior line of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent, and are refractory to lenalidomide. “With this […]

New Delhi: With the condition to be sold by retail under the prescription of a Gynaecologist only, pharmaceutical major Sun Pharma Industries has got a go-ahead from the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) functional under the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation CDSCO to manufacture and market Elagolix tablets 150mg and 200mg. However, this nod is subjected […]

Bengaluru: As many as 47 medicos from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) have been hospitalised after they complained of loose stools and dehydration. The students have been diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis. According to Dr Ramesh Krishna, Dean and Director of BMCRI, 47 students from the Institute’s girls hostel were admitted to Victoria Hospital […]

Granting relief to a group of doctors employed at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the Delhi High Court bench recently held that an individual holding the post of Assistant Professor in a Central University, requiring an MBBS degree as an essential qualification, would also be entitled to a Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA). “The rationale behind grant of […]

Here are the top health stories for the day: FMGE rescheduled; NBEMS revises exam calendar for NEET PG, other medical tests Through a recent notice, the National Board of Examinations (NBE), NBEMS has released the tentative exam calendar of its forthcoming examinations including NEET PG 2024, FMGE June 2024 along with GPAT, PDCET, DPEE, FNB […]