Mumbai: Cipla has informed in a BSE filing that the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has classified the routine current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) inspection at the Company’s Kurkumbh manufacturing facility as Voluntary Action Indicated (“VAI”). VAI means objectionable conditions or practices were found, but the agency is not prepared to take or recommend any administrative or regulatory […]
Nagpur: Demanding parity in stipend for the MBBS interns in private and government medical colleges, a group of medical graduates from a city-based private medical college have filed a plea before the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court. The medicos, who pursued their medical education from NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences (NKPIMS), pointed out that […]
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Medical Council has asked a doctor to submit an explanation for advertising Dermatology drugs/medicines on social media, which is a violation of the Code of Medical Ethics. The popularity of social media led to a rise in influencers giving health advice to users, meanwhile, doctors also joined the platforms for myth-busting and giving […]
Mumbai: Global pharma major Lupin Limited has announced that the Company has received the Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) for its manufacturing facility located in Dabhasa, Gujarat. The EIR was issued post the last inspection of the facility conducted from April 8 to April 12, 2024. The […]
Mumbai: In another case highlighting the escalating threat of cybercrime, a female doctor allegedly lost Rs 28 lakh after trusting a cyber fraudster who posed as an Irish oncologist-cum-plastic surgeon on LinkedIn. The scam began in June last year when the doctor, a 57-year-old single mother was contacted on LinkedIn by an individual who introduced […]
New Delhi: 58 year old male patient presented to us with heaviness and distension of abdomen more on the right side of abdomen which he noticed only 2 weeks back. He met a physician and was asked for a CECT whole abdomen (15.6.2024) after examination. He was absolutely unaware of the fact that he was […]
Chandimandir: The Western Command hospital in Haryana’s Chandimandir has achieved a significant milestone in organ donation by successfully harvesting kidneys from a donor post-cardiac death and transplanting them to needy recipients, as shared by the Indian Army. Taking to X, Additional Directorate General Public Information of the Indian Army shared, “The Transplant team of Command Hospital […]
Chandimandir: The Western Command hospital in Haryana’s Chandimandir has achieved a significant milestone in organ donation by successfully harvesting kidneys from a donor post-cardiac death and transplanting them to needy recipients, as shared by the Indian Army. Taking to X, Additional Directorate General Public Information of the Indian Army shared, “The Transplant team of Command Hospital […]
Puducherry- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) invited proposals for the Intramural Research Fund. The proposal is invited from all the faculty members of JIPMER, MD, MS, DM, MCh, MDS, MPH, PhD, Fellowship and MSc students with faculty guidance. The deadline to submit the porposals ends on July 15th. To participate in […]
USA: A comprehensive systematic review has shed light on cardiac rupture (CR) as a life-threatening outcome of Takotsubo syndrome (TS). The review compiled and analyzed the existing literature to better understand this rare but serious complication of TS. The study, published in the International Journal of Cardiology, stated that cardiac rupture related to Takotsubo syndrome […]