Pharma exporters body suspends membership of Maiden Pharmaceuticals

Pharma exporters body suspends membership of Maiden Pharmaceuticals

Pharmexcil had sought details after WHO named the firm in a medical product alert Pharmexcil had sought details after WHO named the firm in a medical product alert Pharma exporters body Pharmexcil has suspended the membership of Maiden Pharmaceuticals, the Delhi-based drugmaker facing a probe after the World Health Organization (WHO) red-flagged four products following […]

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Fact check: WHO debunks dubious claims made in fake BBC monkeypox graphic

Fact check: WHO debunks dubious claims made in fake BBC monkeypox graphic

Close on the heels of the World Health Organisation declaring monkeypox a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’, a post containing various dubious claims about the disease has gone viral on social media. Close on the heels of the World Health Organisation declaring monkeypox a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’, a post containing various […]

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Monkeypox taskforce recommends sprucing up research infrastructure for developing indigenous vaccine

Monkeypox taskforce recommends sprucing up research infrastructure for developing indigenous vaccine

Experts reckoned that monkeypox was unlikely to immediately require mass vaccination, said a senior government official. Experts reckoned that monkeypox was unlikely to immediately require mass vaccination, said a senior government official. With at least eight cases of the monkeypox virus reported out of India, a task force of the experts constituted by the Centre […]

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Devastating earthquake | India says ready to provide assistance, support to people of Afghanistan

Devastating earthquake | India says ready to provide assistance, support to people of Afghanistan

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that the first consignment of India’s earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that the first consignment of India’s earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul. India has said it is […]

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