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Covid-19: Vestige Ramps up Supply of Immunity and Hygiene Products

Immunity Building, Home Care & Hygiene products witness double digit growth in March’20. Vestige Marketing Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading Indian companies providing world-class health and wellness products is witnessing a sharp spike in demand growth for its immunity building as well as its home and personal hygiene products…

April 27, 2020

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Paree Launches #SheFirst, to Make Menstrual Hygiene Available for All During Pandemic

The sanitary napkin brand is distributing sanitary pads to needy women across states – Delhi, Gurgaon, Punjab and others every day, to help them maintain hygiene. With the world fighting the COVID 19 pandemic, hygiene products that keep people safe and help them maintain their hygiene are as essential as food. While everyone is receiving essentials…

April 24, 2020

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Researchers to Test Nicotine Patches on Coronavirus Patients after Study Suggests Lower Rates of Infection in Smokers

A French study found that only 4.4% of 350 coronavirus patients hospitalized were regular smokers while 5.3% of 130 released home smoked. Researchers in France are planning to test nicotine patches in coronavirus patients and healthcare workers to determine whether nicotine helps to prevent or lessen the effects of coronavirus.…

April 23, 2020

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Vedanta Iron Ore Distributes Medical Kits and Emergency Facilities

250 Personal Protective kits, 5,000 hand gloves to the Chitradurga District Police; 100 masks along with sanitizer bottles to the Regional Transport Office (RTO) - Chitradurga and 150 cotton masks to the Department of Mines & Geology (DMG) Chitradurga District were provided. In line with Vedanta philosophy of care and…

April 22, 2020

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Takeda India Stands United for Hemophilia on World Hemophilia Day

With the ongoing government support, standards of care have improved in the country. On World Hemophilia Day, Takeda India pledged to stand united to support patients for a better life and brighter future. Takeda is committed to driving awareness and conversations around Hemophilia to ensure an increased number of diagnoses and,…

April 17, 2020

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MCI BoG Issues Telemedicine Practice Guidelines for Virtual Consultations

The practice of telemedicine is aimed at providing remote consultation to patients through phone or online healthcare services amid the coronavirus outbreak. Owing to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, The Medical Council of India Board of Governors ( MCI BOG) have sanctioned the use of telemedicine by registered doctors in the…

March 25, 2020

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Allergan, Sightsavers & the IAPB Announce the ‘Keep Sight’ Initiative to Address Glaucoma in Odisha

A unique initiative which joins an innovative eyecare biopharma leader with international charities to train healthcare professionals to diagnose and treat patients with glaucoma. Allergan, Sightsavers and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) have announced the launch of its unique joint initiative - ‘Keep Sight India’ – a community based glaucoma screening progamme to prevent glaucoma-related…

March 4, 2020

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Takeda Pharmaceuticals Initiates Plasma-Derived Therapy for COVID-19

An anti-SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal hyperimmune globulin (H-IG) is being developed by the company to treat infected, high-risk individuals. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. has said it will share with members of the United States Congress the development of an anti-SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal hyperimmune globulin (H-IG) to treat high-risk individuals with coronavirus outbreak, while…

March 4, 2020

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Takeda Appoints New Area Head for India, C.I.S., Middle East, Turkey, and Africa

Dr. Mahender Nayak will continue to increase patient access to Takeda’s portfolio of highly innovative medicines. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. (“Takeda”), has announced the appointment of Dr. Mahender Nayak as Area Head for the Company’s ICMEA (India, C.I.S., Middle East, Turkey, and Africa) Area. In his current capacity, Dr. Nayak…

February 25, 2020

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The Work Done in India Towards Leprosy is the Most Advanced as Any Other Country: Yohei Sasakawa

Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of the Nippon Foundation, and the World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, was in India recently as part of the Sasakawa- India Leprosy Foundation's (S-ILF) Anti Leprosy day event 2020. Mr. Sasakawa spoke to News Ripples about the conditions of leprosy in India, its challenges…

February 3, 2020