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Communicable Diseases Rise 32 Per Cent In Five Years

There has been a steady increase in the incidence of communicable diseases over the last five years, except malaria which saw a 14 per cent decline

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Cadila's Shares Fall After WHO Faults Vaccines Plant Standards

Cadila Healthcare's shares fell on Wednesday after the World Health Organization cited violations of manufacturing and clinical standards at one of the drugmaker's vaccines factory in Gujarat

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Government Defends Right To Issue Drug 'Compulsory Licences'

India has defended its right to grant licences allowing local firms to override patents and make cheaper copies of drugs discovered by big Western drugmakers, and said reports to the contrary were 'factually incorrect'

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WHO Suspends TB Drugs From Big India Supplier On Quality Fears

The UN agency said it had suspended all TB products made at Svizera's Mumbai site because manufacturing standards and quality management were unreliable

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Emcure Pharma Gets US FDA Warning Letter; Indian Drug Industry Vows For Quality Excellence

The US Food and Drug Administration has warned Indian generic drugmaker Emcure Pharmaceuticals, saying it repeatedly fudged test records at its plant at Pune

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Vicks Action 500 Extra, Phensedyl Sales To Resume

Many companies have approached the court challenging a decision by the Health Ministry to ban over 340 fixed dose combination drugs

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Medikoe Ties Up With Manipal For Emergency Services

The new SOS feature on Medikoe's app allows the customer to alert 5 people about a medical emergency as well as get automatically directed to the first level emergency consultation by Manipal doctors

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P&G Stops Selling Vicks Action 500 Extra In India After Ban

The drug was one of 344 drug combinations including several antibiotics and analgesics that India ordered to be prohibited

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