Medicine

Pricing panel has not approved hike in Rocephin price

Fall comes as people are unable to visit doctors due to lockdown

Minister claims medicine produces good results at experimental level

The moves comes in wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Researchers discover that people’s immune systems respond to coronavirus in the same way it typically fights flu

Education minister says facility will benefit 1,000 students this year

Scientists at MIT and Harvard trained a machine-learning algorithm to analyse chemical compounds

More than 800 dead in China, 37,000 infected

Dr  Memon says the ancient treatment methods and remedies of Eastern medicine are also effective

Cabinet decides not to remove Maryam Nawaz’s name from ECL

Health department teams raided 91 areas in district

The traditional Chinese medicine has passed a one-year trial against a competitor antibiotic drug

Move is aimed at boosting national development as part of Vision 2030

Nearly 5 million donkey skins are used every year to make a gel which is a remedy for colds and ageing, says report

It is sickening to learn that some unscrupulous elements could stoop so low to play with the life of fellow citizens

Speakers at a symposium stress need to take steps to better understand and address AMR

A major objective of the symposium is to bring together global experts of molecular medicine

Official letter for constructing facility has been sent to building department

He says the medical profession is useless without it

SAPM on health says strict action will be taken against people selling overpriced medicines

Their research has paved the way for promising new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and many other diseases

The youngest laureate so far is Malala Yousafzai, who won the 2014 Peace Prize at the age of 17

In the absence of preventative vaccine

Negligence, poor coordination have given way to a full-blown epidemic

MPA says it is ironic that cancer patients are dying in Imran Khan’s term as PM

'Future Medicine’ conference was organised by the faculty of medical and health sciences at the University of Sargodha

Saudi health ministry claims MS/MD programmes of Pakistani universities lack structured training programmes

Citizens urge management to ensure equipment is handled by trained staff

Pharmaceutical firms and drug manufacturers say DRAP’s sluggish procedure is responsible for shortage

Enrollment phase of new global clinical trial underway

Dr Zafar Mirza says govt to present new policy; revamp hospitals in Islamabad

AIDS is becoming an epidemic in Sindh, says PTI Sindh's president

Tadrees will reduce duplication in training records

Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal takes notice of accusations of corruption

Chemists and pharmacies had hiked prices illegally

A viral FB post claims dramatic increase in prices of an antibiotic

Rises 7.2% due to increase in prices of utilities, medicines, expansionary fiscal policy

AEBi uses combination of several cancer-targeting peptides combined with a strong peptide toxin

IA Rehman calls for link between cultural diversity, tolerance in healthcare

Petitioner said government has raised medicine prices from 9% to 15%

ED Dr Hanif hopes funds can be provided in next budget

With govt approval, it allows 9% increase in life-saving drugs

According to research firm GlobalData Plc, worldwide sales of many targeted treatments topped $28 billion last year

Across the province

District health authorities are directed to adopt standards set by govt

LSD attracts renewed clinical interest, evidence it can help treat anxiety and depression

Dr Shafqat Bokhari says brain tumours now treatable thanks to scientific advances

Also lacks necessary medical equipment in emergency ward

Indian government had in 2016 banned about 350 such drugs

Marri announces fresh appointments at Trauma Centre