Government's expert panel recommends 'first come, first served' policy for registering new drugs

Activists accuse panel of pitching for pharma industry and ignoring patients' interest

Parliament committee indicts drugs regulatory authority

Drugs which are banned in developed countries are approved in India without clinical trials

Supreme Court issues notices on unethical drug trials

1,727 persons have died during drug trials between 2007 and 2010, says public interest petition

Will appellate body uphold grant of compulsory licence to cancer drug?

Hearing on Bayer's appeal against manufacture of generic version of Nexavar to conclude this week

Audit of India's water bodies confirms their polluted status

CAG assessment reveals governments' inaction in curbing water pollution

'Chhattisgarh's PPP model for diagnostic services flawed'

Team of experts deputed by Centre says state's plan could lead to denial of services to poor patients and filing of false claims

'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'

India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report

Troubled minds

In spite of a National Mental Health Programme being in place, very few people suffering from mental illnesses in India get treatment, either …

Gutkha sympathiser

Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others

Health ministry forms committee to investigate charges by parliamentary standing committee

It will also suggest ways to improve grant of statutory approvals for drugs and functioning of the CDSCO

Free food body of corporate influence

Supreme Court asks food regulator to form new scientific panels

Ganguly panel confirms pesticide in soft drinks

Ban likely on junk food in schools

Food safety authority asks states to consider prohibition

How vulnerable are we to mental disorders?

FSSAI's scientific panel reconstituted

But members of the panel now designated as “independent consultants” were a part of the panel as representatives of the industry till …

Incorrect manufacturing date on painkiller strip creates a flutter on social media

The incident shows lack of regulation on the part of Indian drug authorities, say medical representatives and controllers

2014 is International Year of Family Farming

Smallholder farming which is the predominant form of agriculture in the food production sector faces various challenges at governance and …

Push to prevent cancer, strokes

Government wakes up to threat of non-communicable diseases

Government backtracks on decision to have bigger pictorial warnings on tobacco products

Health activists and experts believe the government has succumbed to pressure from industry

A simple yet rare solution

Iron deficiency in newborns can be checked if doctors wait for two minutes before cutting the umbilical cord

New formula proposed for compensating victims of drug trials

For the purpose of monetary compensation, injuries and adverse effect of clinical drug trials will be classified into four types

Policy draft backs new vaccines

Health experts say new vaccines not essential enough to be in the national programme

Shifting care

Proposed national health policy favours private sector, reluctant to increase public health expenditure

SC slams health ministry for unchecked clinical trials

Says trials of all new drugs must be supervised by health secretary

‘South-East Asia must remain polio-free after certification’

Poonam Khetrapal Singh became the first woman to assume the office of WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia on February 1, 2014. Her priority …