Medicine

Quality Control Board authorised to initiate crackdown against medicine mafia

The apex decision-making body of the Khyber Medical University on Thursday decided to revise annual budget estimates

Mayo Hospital Medical Superintendent led the team providing diagnostics, treatment and medicines

Antihypertensive medicine from Zheijiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals was suspected of containing cancer causing agent

Provincial Pharmacovigilance Center Punjab alerted manufacturers to review their sources of materials of Valsartan

Valsartan was banned by DRAP after it was found to be carcinogenic

The Punjab government removed Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC) Principal Dr Muhammad Rashid Zia

The test is scheduled for Sunday, July 15 2018

DRAP chief says drug pricing policy is also being revised

Patient who had lost both kidneys receives an organ from his mother

PSA appeals to provincial government to ensure timely supply of drugs

Says hospital staff not providing complete range of medicines

ICT Quality Control Board took legal action against 15 clinics and medical stores running in violation of the Drug Act

Traditional medicine is a complex subject and is being regulated in low and middle income countries

CJ Saqib Nisar expresses annoyance over patients lying in corridors

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences has allocated Rs200 million to its cardiac centre for free treatment for all

Comedian Dr Patch Adams clowns around with patients at AKUH’s Children’s Hospital

Manufacturing, supplying, and procuring substandard and spurious medicines among offences listed

Bahria University Medical and Dental College graduates told to sacrifice personal gains for national interests

Experts count antibiotic resistance as among the biggest threats to global health

The reduction in medicine prices will facilitate thousands of people

Urges people to alert the authority is they have knowledge of fake drugs

Far-UVC light is not a human health hazard and can kill viruses and bacteria

Health unit will provide medical facilities to urology and kidney patients

Three-year effort to support CHD patients raised over Rs 247 million from various partners

High level meeting also reviewes the overall performance of District Quality Control Boards

The main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC

The time has come for scientists to initiate efforts to reduce the sufferings of the common man says HEC chairperson

Despite Rs80b budget, patients allegedly being told to purchase medicine

Chief minister directs health dept to make bulk purchases, ensure supply by week end

Statins also reduced overall risk of death by coronary heart disease by 28%

Decision was taken in IQCB meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Commissioner Zulfiqar Haider

Usman secured third position in matriculation exams in the district

The purpose of observing of this day was to raise awareness about the disease in an effective manner

Recovered medicines were to be used in hospital

Pharma industry calls on PM to sign summaries sent by drug committee

He is improving as he undergoes therapy to increase his hand function, and special support to help with his surgery

Health minister says govt will provide free medicines to patients at public sector hospitals

DC warns that no store should run without drug sale licence

Such a comprehensive exercise has to be backed by national awareness and understanding of the plan

The news comes days after investigators unearthed a scam in which lizard parts were being passed off as the plant

The government would soon announce special packages for drug inspectors.

Significant downside of using the drug was that it doubled the risk of amputation of a toe, foot or leg

The country has around one dermatologist per million people

Online application and forum bridges gap between patients and medical practitioners

Report also traced the destruction of plants by analysing satellite imagery

Global Tibetan diaspora has helped spread awareness about its unique alternative medicine

hauhan directed officers to perform their duties efficiently and improve the quality of monitoring reports.

Only when patients were told they were taking a statin that people started complaining of muscle ailments

SC gives health ministry, DRAP till 27th to devise policy