Parliamentary panel objects to policy of allowing sale of selling branded generics at high prices.  
 If You Can Not Beat Them, Join Them - Pharma Goes Generic  
 Public health expenditure likely to achieve targeted level by 2012  
 India to lose $160 bn in 5 yrs due to chronic diseases, says Assocham study  
 IMS forecasts global pharma market to grow to US$ 825 bn by 2010  
  Benefits Of Probiotic Drinks Exaggerated. (Sunday, October 04, 2009)  
  Health Minister Moots Affordable Diabetic Test Kits for Villagers Over 35. (05.10.2009)  
 Export of pharma, fine chemicals up by 29% in 2008-09: Anand Sharma  
 US Bans Flavored Cigarettes to Cut Smoking Among Kids  
 Public Smoking Bans Can Tremendously Reduce Heart Attack  
  US Experts Say Soft Drinks Must be Taxed to Prevent Obesity  
 Genzyme product Synvisc-One injection gives relief in knee pain for 6-8 months without side effects  
 Steroid intake putting teens at risk  
 Orbis Flying Eye Hospital to conduct eye care training in Rajasthan. 21.09.2009  
 SK Group opens first of its kind warehouse in India  
 Merck arm to sell cheap diabetes drug - 21.09.09  
 Govt begin efforts to establish Indian pharmacy chains in Africa.  
 Flaxseeds may Help Fight Prostate Cancer.  
 Reducing Sodium Intake Could Save US $18 Billion Annually in Health Costs  
 Stem cell therapy cures girl of thalassemia - 17.09.2009  
 NPPA revises prices of five bulk drugs and 240 formulation packs (17.09.2009)  
 New GoM formed to decide National Pharmaceutical Policy  
 HealthHiway gets fund infusion of US$4 mn from Greylock Partner  
 DCGI to take over WHO Certification Scheme, to issue CoPP from October 1  
 Standing committees on health, chemicals, science and technology reconstituted  
 FMRAI to meet Azad demanding measures to reduce price of essential drugs  
 Several drugs banned in US, Europe freely marketed in India.  
 Mylan begins marketing generic BenzaClin to treat acne  
 Karnataka drugs control dept seizes stocks of 5 substandard drugs from retail chemists  
 HCG launches Sarva Cancer Chikitsa Yojana to fight the deadly disease  
 Current patent regime poses new challenges for health agenda; says Dinesh Trivedi