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India Asks States To Halt Online Drug Sales

India is yet to finalise regulations for online drug sales, or e-pharmacies, but the growth of several online sellers such as Medlife, Netmeds, Temasek-backed PharmEasy and Sequoia Capital-backed 1mg has threatened traditional drug-store businesses.

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Bharat Biotech Launches New Rotavirus Vaccine To Tackle Diarrhoea

Rotovac 5D will be affordable and potent even at higher temperatures

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Amar Ujala Buys Major Stakes of Rs 130 crore in Cygnus Medicare

The company plan to have a total of 20 hospitals in three years. The idea is to create more access points and make it more inclusive with the hub and spoke model.

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Cipla Arm To Acquire Remaining Stake In Cipla Pharma Lanka

The acquisition of 40 per cent stake is for a cash consideration of four lakh Sri Lankan rupees (about Rs 1.5 lakh) to be paid on closing of the transaction

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How Well Are We Segregating Plastic Waste In India

With recent announcements on single-use plastic ban, various companies are taking relevant steps to turn towards greener solution while preaching the concept of source segregation primarily.

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Through Portea, We Aim To Provide A Holistic Solution To Diabetes Management: Meena Ganesh

India has over 50.9 million people suffering from diabetes and likely to go up to 80 million by 2025, India is on road to becoming the 'Diabetes Capital' of the world, says Meena Ganesh, Co-Founder, MD & CEO, Portea Medical. She speaks with BW Businessworld on critical factors like credible information sources, poor access to medical advice and overall ignorance about the disease were the reasons that Portea InControl was introduced to address such issues.

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WHO Could Identify Online Shopping As Addictive Disorder By 2024: Gartner

By 2023, up to 30 per cent of world news and video content will be authenticated to counter deepfake technology, the report said.

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Healthcare Financing: Women Discriminated Against In Indian Households

Gender disparity in health care expenditure and financing strategy in Indian households.

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