Deadline fails

Corporal lab

Trial by error

Indian universities lag behind in scientific research: study

Findings of publishing house Elsevier presented at science meet

Legally modified

Government plans for GM food labelling in India

Half a cervical cancer vaccine

Tests for early detection are more important in India

Endosulfan ban to continue

Supreme Court appointed committee fails to submit interim report    

Hunt on for toxins in toys

Committee set to test toxicity in toys in India

New, affordable kits for diabetic patients to hit market soon

Kits developed by IIT-Bombay and BITS-Pilani will cost Rs 500 to Rs 800, and reduce cost of diabetes management

Experts contest new vaccine policy document

Say they were not consulted

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on HPV vaccines for cervical cancer

Gardasil and Cervarix were approved by drugs controller even though they are unproven and hazardous, alleges petition

Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial drug

It has an efficacy rate of over 95 per cent, claims company

Supreme Court criticized for giving clearance to Bt Brinjal

ICMR launches three new diagnostic kits

They will help reduce costs of detecting pathogens in food, estimating iron levels in blood and determining vitamin A levels in blood under …

Can endosulfan be exported?

Supreme Court asks panel to explore possibilities of disposing of the pesticide  

Brief

Supreme Court issues notices on unethical drug trials

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

Scientists get legal notice for highlighting health hazards of endosulfan

Excel Crop Care asks them to withdraw report, apologise publicly by July 28

Endosulfan: India in denial

Agriculture minister claims several states had asked him not to ban the pesticide

India’s diabetes burden likely to increase

First phase nation-wide study finds diabetes prevalence highest in Chandigarh

Bihar deputy CM stirs up a storm with remarks on asbestos

Minister misquotes court ruling; gives views that contradict party stand

‘Policies will infuse objectivity in health research’

Several health and research policies in the country are either in draft stage or just recommendatory in nature. This hampers regulation of …

Drug trials: Irked NHRC issues notices to Centre and Andhra Pradesh government

Says respond else face action

SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

HPV vaccine deaths: Parliament panel indicts PATH, health officials

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded agency bypassed ethics and rules while conducting clinical trials for vaccine which was administered to …