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The National Health Protection Mission is the Government of India's program intended to provide health care access to the economically backward and weaker sections of the society ...

The Office of the Registrar General, India, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has released special Sample Registration System (SRS) Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2014-2016.

In a recent decision, the Government of India has decided to ban e-cigarettes over growing fears of health risks.

The strategy was adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2015.

On July 31, 2019, Indian Council of Medical Research announced expansion of their programme India Hypertension Control Initiative together in collaboration with WHO and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

In a significant move, the MoHFW on March 25, 2020 has issued the Telemedicine Practice Guidelines for enabling Registered Medical Practitioners to provide healthcare using telemedicine.

On 26 March 2020, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Health Ministry) legalised the doorstep delivery of certain drugs which are ordinarily sold by way of prescription only (Notification).

India is a global pharmaceuticals hub and exports medicines to more than 200 nations.

HLH is a condition in which the body's immune cells do not work properly.

Few public health problems are as quietly dangerous as antimicrobial resistance. It builds slowly, out of sight, in farms and feedlots as much as in hospitals, until the medicines that once saved lives begin to fail. On 3 September 2026, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare took a notable step against this slow-motion crisis, issuing a draft notification that proposes to prohibit the import, manufacture, sale, and distribution of two specific groups of antibiotics intended for use in animals.

On October 01, 2018, the World Health Organization has prequalified the thermostable rotavirus vaccine, ROTASIILR manufactured by Serum Institute of India.

Bajaj Healthcare has made a request to the Indian Patent Office for a Compulsory License to manufacture a drug named Baricitinib. The request is made under Section 92 of the Patents Act, 1970...

The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act of 2021 specifies eligibility requirements for both commissioning parties and donors.

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) on 10 May 2016 has passed a landmark decision setting aside the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) decision in P K Krishnan v Paul Madavana and Ors.

On June 20, 2019, CCI penalised Jalgaon District Medicine Dealers Association (‘JDMDA') as well as its office bearers, i.e., the President and Secretary of JDMDA

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ("FSSAI") is a statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 ("FSS Act").

This segment of the newsletter focusses on sharing the recent regulatory reforms and updates on Healthcare and Pharmaceutical domain from World Health Organization (WHO).

Find a way to incentivise innovators developing medicines and vaccines, yet ensure access to the innovation is for all.