Healthcare
J&J may have to pay up to Rs1.23 cr for defective hip implant
30 Nov 2018
As per the formula approved by the union health ministry, Johnson & Johnson will have to pay compensation varying from Rs1,23 crore for those young patients (20 years and less) with over 50 per cent deformity to Rs30 lakh for the elderly (65 years and over) with up to 30 per cent deformity
IRDAI recommends exclusion of 17 ailments from insurance cover
05 Nov 2018
The standardised list of 17 permanent exclusions include epilepsy, congenital heart disease, cerebral stroke, chronic liver and kidney diseases, hepatitis B, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, HIV and AIDS, loss of hearing, and physical disabilities, among others
CCI proposes regulatory framework for affordable healthcare
25 Oct 2018
In a policy note, the regulator has suggested ways to better regulate the healthcare and pharmaceuticals sector through a system that would allow patients make choices through informed product differentiation
US, Japanese scientists share 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine
01 Oct 2018
Their discoveries led to the creation of a multibillion-dollar market for new cancer medicines, particularly drugs targeting PD-1 blockade that are given as infusions, whose sales are expected to reach some $15 billion this year
Govt scraps MCI, appoints 7-member panel in place
27 Sep 2018
The government was decided to set up an interim committee in place of the “corrupt” Medical Council of India ahead of the setting up of the proposed National Medical Commission (NMC)
PM launches universal health insurance programme Ayushman Bharat
24 Sep 2018
Claimed to be the world’s largest health insurance programme, covering 500 million people, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) will provide a cover of up to Rs5 lakh per family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation
