Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) today initiated a process of developing low- cost indigenous testing kits for swine flu. Top scientists and senior government officials met here to discuss steps to develop the low-cost kits, officials said. The meeting, attended by ICMR chief V M Katoch, National Institute …
In April, the company had announced that it had got the World Health Organisation contract to develop and manufacture the vaccine. The company is in talks with both the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to bring down the administrative time lag. …
The work on manufacturing of vaccines for H1N1 (swine flu) has begun in India, and now the World Health Oraganisation (WHO) is looking at it for the production of vaccines for the rest of the world as well. Speaking to The Indian Express, WHO Representative to India Dr S J …
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will soon have a separate mechanism for reviewing and monitoring stem cell research in the country. This will ensure that patients are not being mislead in the name of stem cell therapy or miracle cure. Over two years after the guidelines were first …
Swine Flu Primer What is H1N1? It's a virus which has gene segments from the swine, avian and human flu virus. Scientists have christened it influenza-a (h1n1) virus, commonly known as swine flu. What's A Pandemic? An epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through human populations across a large region. …
THE government may soon bring in a national policy on vaccines that will create a separate vaccine regulatory authority and also reserve the right to manufacture vaccines for the national immunisation programme with public sector undertakings (PSUs). The ministry of health and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are …
Trials Must Be Registered With Indian Council Of Medical Research Sushmi Dey NEW DELHI THE government has mandated all human clinical trials being done in the country to be registered with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), thus bringing the $389-million industry under regulatory purview.
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated steps to produce an indigenous vaccine for the A(H1N1) influenza and it expects the vaccine to be available in four to six months at affordable rates.
To be taken up by Indian Council of Medical Research THOUGHT-PROVOKING: V.M. Katoch, ICMR Director General, delivering an address after inaugurating biosafety training course in the city on Tuesday. MADURAI: The link between climate change and eye complications will be studied through national level projects to be taken up by …
Bangalore: In a significant move aimed at making clinical trials on human beings more ethical and transparent, the Drugs Controller of India has ruled for the first time that all clinical trials taking place across the country in all areas of health
Canada Reports First Reverse Transmission; India Not Worried New Delhi: Ironically, a virus believed to have originated from pigs is now being found to be jumping from humans to swines. On a day when the World Health Organisation announced a surge of confirmed H1N1 flu cases among humans
Oseltamivir or Tamiflu, the wonder drug that cures avian influenza as well as the new H1N1 flu, would be distributed in India only through the government machinery as experts have warned that its indiscriminate use can result in the virus developing resistance to the medicine. Briefing reporters here today, Ministry …
New Delhi: Following the spread of swine influenza in the United States, the Centre has swung into action. Experts at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) along with the Health Ministry officials will hold a high-level meeting on Monday to discuss the level of preparedness in the country.
Indians are not guinea pigs INDIA has become an attractive destination for clinical research and drug trials. On an average in a month 25 to 30 companies seek the drug controllers
Fruitful discussions between leading policymakers and representatives of international agencies NEW DELHI: Representatives of the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Central Department of Bio-technology and the International Vaccine Institute have been engaged in fruitful discussions with leading policymakers on ways to …
