Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA (Glenmark) has been granted final approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) for Dimethyl Fumarate Delayed-Release Capsules, 120 mg and 240 mg, the generic version of Tecfidera1 Delayed-Release Capsules, 120 mg and 240 mg, of Biogen, Inc. According
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Government of India launched the vaccine portal for COVID-19 and National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 today developed by ICMR. Dr. Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR and other dignitaries from ICMR were present at the inauguration
Starting on March 24th, 2020 as one of the first private labs to be authorised by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct Covid-19 testing in India, Suburban Diagnostics - a pioneer in the medical diagnostics arena now completes six months, testing over 3,00,000 patients for
The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) bestowed a lifetime achievement award to Indian business icon Ratan Tata, as part of their recent global leadership awards. Tata, who grew the revenues for India's largest conglomerate, The Tata Group to nearly a $100 billion by 2011-12, remains
PureTech Health plc (LSE: PRTC) (“PureTech”), a clinical stage biotherapeutics company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercialising highly differentiated medicines for devastating diseases, today announced the appointment of biotech entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw to its board of directors. Ms Shaw is an industry trailblazer who has spent
Dr V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, yesterday said that the pandemic had laid bare some of the stark realities of the Indian healthcare system. “Investment in healthcare must be given its due importance. We need a strong healthcare system that comprises both the public
Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO, AB-PMJAY and the National Health Authority (NHA), GoI today said that the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) blueprint was developed over the last two years, which aims to provide a unique health id to every citizen and link them together with electronic health
Wipro GE Healthcare today announced the appointment of Dr. Shravan Subramanyam as President & CEO, GE Healthcare India & South Asia and Managing Director, Wipro GE Healthcare, effective 1 October, 2020. Shravan joins us from Roche Diagnostics where he was their Managing Director, India and Neighbouring Markets, responsible for
Since its recognition in December 2019, Covid-19 has rapidly spread globally causing a pandemic. Pre-existing comorbidities such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are associated with a greater severity and higher fatality rate of covid-19. Furthermore, COVID-19 contributes to cardiovascular complications, including acute myocardial
The organization launched the microsite https://www.ournew.earth/ in end-May 2020 to coach people to transition to the ‘New Normal’ living and help them cope up with the pandemic constructively, with a focus on the different roles that they play within a society as Self, a Family Member,
