Viagra, the "wonder drug" that cures erectile dysfunction or male impotencu, will be introduced in India in January, subject to the approval of the drug controller of

An Indian variant of viagra would hit the market in March next with the claim that it would not hit the customer's pocket much. Penigra, being manufactured by pharmaceutical gaint Cadla Healthcare

An ayurvedic drug to treat diabetes without any side effects has been identified by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) scientists. "Vijaysar", a bark extract of a plant Pterocarpus

The rate of population growth has edged downward from 2.5 per cent to around 2.2 per cent while the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) has risen from 8 per cent to 45 per cent during the last 18

As the rural poor have streamed into India's great metropolis in recent years, the"indigenous practitioners" in the polite terminology of health experts or quacks in other words, have come along

The Government has stopped issuing no objection certificate (NOC) for export of new molecules for drugs and has referred the case to the Law Ministry for examining the legality of such exports under

The lobby against the UK based cigarette manufacturer, Rothmans International, has become active again, with its proposal for setting up a 100 per cent Indian subsidiary, coming up for consideration

The British government inaugurate a cattle passport system that it hopes will lead to the lifting of the worldwide ban imposed on exports of British beef by the end of this year. A computer system

The international opinion of India's agricultural bounty is not as rosy as projected within the country, or so it seems from the latest report ' Beyond Malthus: Sixteen Dimensions of the Population

The $450-million private sector pharma major in China, Shanghai, Fortune Industrial Company Ltd, has decided to put up a plant in India. If everything goes well, the venture will be the maiden