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Trump working on new system to promote competition in drug industry
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that his administration is working a new system that would promote competition in the drug industry and bring down the cost of medicines for Americans.
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Patients with chronic pain prefer marijuana over prescribed drugs: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 28 (ANI): Canadian researchers revealed many people with chronic pain and those taking mental health medicines prefer cannabis over their prescribed medication.
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Alarm over rise in 'natural deaths' of inmates in Karachi jail
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb. 11 (ANI): Judicial authorities and provincial drug inspectors took samples of 26 'suspected drugs and medicines' at the Karachi central jail's health facility on Friday following a recent wave of "natural deaths" of inmates at the prison.
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Punjab Govt. opens 2000 free medicine and 660 free diagnostic centers acro
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI-NewsVoir): A major step towards providing social security to citizens, the Punjab Government has set up 2000 free medicine centers to provide free-of-cost medicines prescribed by government doctors. Out of these, 660 centers also provide free medical testing fa
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HC to pronounce verdict on Centre's ban on 344 FDC medicines today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on 454 petitions filed by drug and healthcare majors challenging the Centre's decision to ban 344 fixed dose combination (FDC) medicines today.
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Certain medicines could lead to falls in elderly
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Nov. 28 (ANI): A recent study categorized certain medications as high risk for elders, consuming which could lead them to fall.
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Ministry of Health's AMRIT scheme completes one year
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.16 (ANI): The flagship programme of the Union Health ministry - AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment) - to provide affordable life-saving cancer, cardiac drugs and medical disposables has successfully completed its first year, serving over f
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Stop buying medicines if you are not going to have it as prescribed
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI- Business Wire India): How often have you said this or heard people saying it? We forget many things in our daily lives, but there is a difference when we forget to take our prescribed medicines. If you missed yesterday's medicines, you can't take the
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Nationwide chemist One Day Bandh High Court serious on online sales of med
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI-NewsVoir): All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) is an apex body of about eight lakh members involved in sale and distribution of medicines across the country.
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Nawaz has 'Panama kay aansoon': Imran
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad (Pakistan), Oct. 21 (ANI): After Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif choked up while talking about "gareeb mareez" (poor patients) who earn barely enough to eat much less medicines, taking a swipe at him within a few hours, Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Friday said
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Indigenous technology to bring down costs of life-saving medicines
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Oct. 17 (ANI): Scientists at CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH) have developed a technology to produce biotherapeutic proteins like Erythropoietin and Streptokinase.
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Improving access to healthcare and medicines in India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 6 (ANI-Business Wire India): A roundtable was hosted by India Council on Competitiveness in association with Institute for Competitiveness, Shared Value Initiative India and Social Progress to identify the challenges and solutions for improving access to overall hea
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