The total medicines traded in India are worth around $20 billion. Of which 90% is run by standalone pharmacies. Learn from Aastha Dusad how her ... Mar 24
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in India. 90% of glaucoma cases are undiagnosed. 12 million people are affected by the ... Mar 22
1 in 4 Indians will suffer from diseases like diabetes, lung diseases, stroke or cancer before they cross the age of 70. Learn how the ... Mar 15
The Department of Pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has released a scheme ‘Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry (SPI) under which they will disperse ... Mar 15
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0.5% of deaths in India are caused due to nutritional deficiencies. Happy Ratio want to change this and make India nutritionally rich with its ... Feb 14
Switch to dry powder inhaler more than halves carbon footprint of asthma treatment ... Feb 11
With over $42 billion worth, the Indian domestic pharmaceutical market is highly fragmented. 90% of the business is run by standalone pharmacies. To make it ... Feb 09
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China launched its emergency programme in July, having communicated with the WHO in late June, according to Zheng Zhongwei, a National Health Commission official.... Sep 26
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Infectious-disease doctors are urging people to get a flu vaccine to lower their risk of contracting influenza viruses and helping them to spread.... Sep 21
California's worst-ever wildfires, which began a month ago and have blanketed the state with a nearly unrelenting layer of dense smoke, have affected ... Sep 19
Moderna's vaccine candidate - mRNA-1273 - is nearing the finish line in its push to enroll 30,000 individuals in a late-stage trial of ... Sep 18
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In her first annual State of the European Union address, Ursula von der Leyen said the coronavirus pandemic ... Sep 17
As part of the expanded agreement, Serum Institute will also manufacture the antigen component of the vaccine dubbed NVX-CoV2373.... Sep 16
The report said the "widest-ranging catastrophe" - the one that has hit every country regardless of the actual spread of the disease - is economic.... Sep 16
A WHO report on efforts by Mauritius to curbs COVID-19... Sep 05
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