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 …