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Pakistan

Caretaker govt hikes prices of 146 life-saving drugs

Pharma companies allowed to set price of 116 medicine

Published 21 Feb, 2024 04:21pm

Pakistan

Govt approves increase in prices of 146 life-saving medicines

PM advises authorities to accelerate action against drug smugglers and hoarders

Published 02 Feb, 2024 11:30am

Life & Style

Indian engineer develops pill that could reduce food intake by 40%

The developer says the capsule could treat obesity

Published 03 Jan, 2024 10:05pm

Pakistan

WHO says Pakistani company making contaminated medicine

The medicines include syrup and suspension medicines

Published 07 Dec, 2023 10:10pm

Pakistan

WHO stresses for vaccination amid rising cases of Influenza in Pakistan

Medical experts say pregnant women, health workers are at higher risk

Published 22 Nov, 2023 08:34pm

Pakistan

Committee to probe alleged supply of substandard medicines to hospitals in Okara

Four sacked for alleged supply of substandard medicines to hospitals in Okara

Published 14 Nov, 2023 01:29am

Pakistan

Several patients lose vision after receiving Avastin injection in Punjab’s Burewala

Punjab banned use of the drug until quality check results were obtained

Published 26 Sep, 2023 09:50am

Life & Style

Punjab bans injection allegedly causing loss of vision

Interim CM Mohsin Naqvi announces free treatment for infected patients

Updated 24 Sep, 2023 10:53pm

Life & Style

Eyedrops shortage exacerbates conjunctivitis crisis in Lahore

Pharmacists attribute the shortfall to price hike tactics

Updated 22 Sep, 2023 02:58pm

Pakistan

DRAP increases maximum prices for 25 life-saving drugs

olivy injections can now be priced upto Rs320,000

Published 23 Aug, 2023 10:32pm

Business & Economy

ECC gives nod to fixing maximum price of 49 drugs

Also approves Rs9500m for Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway

Updated 05 Jun, 2023 11:26pm

Pakistan

PMDC revokes doctors’ licences for patients’ deaths

The regulatory body imposes heavy fines on dozens of practitioners

Published 03 Jun, 2023 08:58pm

Pakistan

An eye for an arm: Abbottabad doctor performs surgery on wrong body part

Authorities shut down the private hospital as the staff claim higher moral ground because they "did not hide their mistake"

Published 03 Jun, 2023 07:44pm

Pakistan

Prices of life-saving medicines to be increased by 14%

Prices could drop if value of rupee improves

Published 19 May, 2023 10:22pm

Business & Economy

Pakistan hikes drug prices by 20%, manufacturers want more

Inflation is already at a record 35% percent

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 05:47pm

Life & Style

Pakistan defers decision on drug price rise as pharma firms struggle

It was unclear when the matter would be discussed again, say officials

Published 27 Mar, 2023 09:03pm

Pakistan

Health ministry raises alarm over medicine shortage

Price disputes have led to many companies stopping production of medicine

Published 03 Mar, 2023 09:53pm

Pakistan

Medicine prices could increase by over 300%

A summary for the approval of new prices has been sent to the cabinet

Published 07 Feb, 2023 02:22pm

Technology

Health startup MedznMore raises $11.5million in pre-series A funding

The company intends to tackle fundamental problems pertaining to purchasing medicines and wellness products

Updated 12 May, 2022 07:06pm

Health

Covid treatments: still struggling for mass uptake

Wealthy countries have had far greater access to treatments against Covid than poorer nations.

Published 30 Apr, 2022 09:12pm

Life & Style

A Sikh man’s Ramazan remedies in KP

Traditionally associated with Islam, the Unani Tibb is widely practised in South East Asia and uses eight methods to diagnose ailments

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:31pm

انسانی تھوک کے ٹیسٹ سے کینسر سمیت کئی بیماریوں کا پتہ لگ سکتا ہے، تحقیق

نئی تحقیق میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ 1 انسان روزانہ 2 لٹر تھوک پیدا کرتا ہے

Published 09 Feb, 2022 03:48pm

Pakistan

Mysterious dengue-like fever spreading in Karachi

Doctors advise precautionary measures against diseases with blood banks already overburdened

Published 12 Nov, 2021 05:55pm

Health

Nobel Medicine Prize for COVID-19 vaccine? It may be too soon

By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM:Scientists behind COVID-19 vaccines could be in the running to win the Nobel Prize for...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 01:35pm

سندھ کابینہ نے پولیس اہلکاروں کی ویکسی نیشن کیلئےعمرکی حد ختم کردی

کراچی :سندھ کابینہ نے پولیس اہلکاروں کی ویکسی نیشن کیلئے عمر کی...

Published 25 May, 2021 03:02pm