Global Health

MSD Inaugurates New Technology Centre in Hyderabad to Drive Global Healthcare Innovation and Digital Capabilities

MSD (Merck & Co., Inc.), one of the world's leading global life sciences companies, has officially inaugurated its new state-of-the-art Technology Centre in Hyderabad, marking a significant milestone in...

Bharat Technology Announces BT-PHARMACON 2K26 with Focus on Indigenous Pharma Innovation

Bharat Technology is set to organise BT-PHARMACON 2K26, an ANRF-sponsored national conference on September 26–27, 2026, at the Eastern Zonal...

ChrysCapital to Acquire 20-25% Stake in Linux Laboratories for ₹600 Crore

Private equity firm ChrysCapital is all set to acquire a strategic stake in Linux Laboratories, a Chennai-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on central nervous...

India Spotlights Massive Health Workforce Expansion at WHO RC79; SEARO Adopts Historic Dili Declaration

The Ministerial Roundtable addressing on"Human Resources for Health: Equity in Specialized Care" at the 79th Session of the WHO Regional...

Johnson & Johnson Presents New Clinical Data Across Bipolar Mania, Depression and Schizophrenia

Johnson & Johnson announced the presentation of comprehensive new clinical and real-world data across its industry-leading neuropsychiatry portfolio...

FSSAI Bans Use of Metallic Pins and Wires in Food Packaging

India's food regulatory authority, FSSAI, has issued a strict advisory directing all Food Business Operators (FBOs) across the country to halt the use of...

Novo Nordisk Hit by an IT Security Breach: Pharma Giant Confronts Cyber Threats

Novo Nordisk (Novo Nordisk A/S) the Danish multinational pharmaceutical major, earlier this week announced that the company had identified an IT security incident involving unauthorised access to a limited number of internal IT...

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Sanofi’s Tzield® for Pediatric Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to Sanofi's Tzield® (teplizumab-mzwv) for children aged 8 to 17 years recently diagnosed with stage...

​The FDA has outlined its updated strategy for generic drug oversight

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its modernized framework for generic drug oversight, highlighting a dual focus on enforcing rigorous quality standards...

India Dispatches 20,000 Vaccine Doses to Support Maldives’ Measles Outbreak Response

In a decisive demonstration of regional solidarity, the Government of India has dispatched 20,000 measles vaccine doses to the Republic of Maldives as the...

Kerala on High Alert as Shigella Outbreak Spreads; ‘Operation Clean Kerala’ Intensified

Kerala has declared a health alert following a surge in Shigella infections, with 93 confirmed cases and two fatalities recorded statewide as of June 8, 2026. The outbreak,...