PM Dahal instructs NDL to immediately commence drug manufacturing PM Dahal emphasized initiating production with 20 generic medicines, with a focus on improving both quality and quantity in the future. Nepal 14 Jan, 2024
Meera secures FDI Meera Biotech Pvt Ltd has secured a second round of foreign direct investment (FDI) equity funding from South Korea-based My Bio Co, Ltd. Business 19 Jan, 2023
Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site Rescuers are still searching the debris, which is scattered down a 300-meter (984-foot) gorge, for the three missing people who are believed to be dead. Nepal 16 Jan, 2023
Efforts on to make anti-cancer drugs more accessible Essential anti-cancer drugs have been introduced in the country to make them easily available to patients battling the deadly non-communicable disease. Nepal 17 Feb, 2022
Anti-cancer drugs being manufactured for first time A pharmaceutical company has started manufacturing anti-cancer drugs for the first time in the country. Nepal 20 Jul, 2021
Govt to inoculate 60-64 age group with Vero Cell from June 8 The government has decided to use the second lot of Vero cell donated by the Chinese government to inoculate people in 60-64 age groups throughout the country from June 8. Nepal 02 Jun, 2021
India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country's vaccine factories and the patience of its 1.4 billion people. World 02 May, 2021
EU to purchase 100 million more vaccine doses Pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer say they will provide 100 million more doses of their coronavirus vaccine to the European Union this year. World 19 Apr, 2021
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine batch fails quality check A batch of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine failed quality standards and can’t be used, the drug giant said Wednesday. World 01 Apr, 2021
South Korea accuses Pyongyang of hacking Pfizer for information North Korea has been blamed of hacking the COVID-19 vaccine making pharmaceutical company--Pfizer, to scout for information on the infection and its treatment. World 16 Feb, 2021
UK's Johnson warns of more lockdown measures as virus soars LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday that more onerous lockdown restrictions in England are likely as the country reels from a new coronavirus variant that has pushed infection rates to their highest recorded... Women 03 Jan, 2021
EU eyes Dec 29 approval for 1st virus vaccine, later than US BERLIN: The European Union drug agency said Tuesday it may need four more weeks to approve its first coronavirus vaccine, even as authorities in the United States and Britain continue to aim for a green light before Christmas. The European Medicines... Environment 02 Dec, 2020
