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Pakistan Published 21 Feb, 2024 04:21pm

Caretaker govt hikes prices of 146 life-saving drugs

Pharma companies allowed to set price of 116 medicine

Pakistan Published 02 Feb, 2024 11:30am

Govt approves increase in prices of 146 life-saving medicines

PM advises authorities to accelerate action against drug smugglers and hoarders

Life & Style Published 03 Jan, 2024 10:05pm

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

The developer says the capsule could treat obesity

Pakistan Published 07 Dec, 2023 10:10pm

WHO says Pakistani company making contaminated medicine

The medicines include syrup and suspension medicines

Pakistan Published 22 Nov, 2023 08:34pm

WHO stresses for vaccination amid rising cases of Influenza in Pakistan

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

Pakistan Published 14 Nov, 2023 01:29am

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

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

Pakistan Published 26 Sep, 2023 09:50am

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

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

Pakistan Updated 24 Sep, 2023 10:53pm

Punjab bans injection allegedly causing loss of vision

Interim CM Mohsin Naqvi announces free treatment for infected patients

Life & Style Updated 22 Sep, 2023 02:58pm

Eyedrops shortage exacerbates conjunctivitis crisis in Lahore

Pharmacists attribute the shortfall to price hike tactics

Pakistan Published 23 Aug, 2023 10:32pm

DRAP increases maximum prices for 25 life-saving drugs

olivy injections can now be priced upto Rs320,000

Business & Economy Updated 05 Jun, 2023 11:26pm

ECC gives nod to fixing maximum price of 49 drugs

Also approves Rs9500m for Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway

Pakistan Published 03 Jun, 2023 08:58pm

PMDC revokes doctors’ licences for patients’ deaths

The regulatory body imposes heavy fines on dozens of practitioners

Pakistan Published 03 Jun, 2023 07:44pm

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"

Pakistan Published 19 May, 2023 10:22pm

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

Prices could drop if value of rupee improves

Business & Economy Updated 28 Apr, 2023 05:47pm

Pakistan hikes drug prices by 20%, manufacturers want more

Inflation is already at a record 35% percent

Life & Style Published 27 Mar, 2023 09:03pm

Pakistan defers decision on drug price rise as pharma firms struggle

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

Pakistan Published 03 Mar, 2023 09:53pm

Health ministry raises alarm over medicine shortage

Price disputes have led to many companies stopping production of medicine

Pakistan Published 07 Feb, 2023 02:22pm

Medicine prices could increase by over 300%

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

Technology Updated 12 May, 2022 07:06pm

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

Health Published 30 Apr, 2022 09:12pm

Covid treatments: still struggling for mass uptake

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

Life & Style Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:31pm

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

Pakistan Published 12 Nov, 2021 05:55pm

Mysterious dengue-like fever spreading in Karachi

Doctors advise precautionary measures against diseases with blood banks already overburdened

Health Published 01 Oct, 2021 01:35pm

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...