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Govt scraps essential medicines list, drug pricing policy

The Cabinet says the 2026 list and pricing framework were adopted without consulting the National Drug Advisory Council, as required under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2023.

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Deadly poisonous flowers may help develop new medicines, scientists find

Nazirabazar Maternity Hospital. File Photo: TBS

C-sections suspended at Nazirabazar maternity hospital amid specialist, medicine shortages

Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals must collaborate with MNCs to improve their capacity in research, development and other critical manufacturing arenas. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Drug pricing deadlock stalls hundreds of new medicines, strands investment

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Requirements for studying medicine in Australia

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Iran Strait closure raises concerns over US generic drug supplies

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As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts

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Govt adds 135 new medicines to essential drug list, prices fixing soon

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Explainer: The quiet revolution in immunology that earned this year's Nobel Prize

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announce the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on 6 October 2025, in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: TT News Agency/Claudio Bresciani via Reuters

Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi win 2025 Nobel medicine prize for immune tolerance discoveries

Musawath Shams Zahedee. Sketch: TBS

Novartis medicines to retain same names and quality under Nevian: MD Musawath

Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant on Finance Ministry Anisuzzaman Chowdhury. File Photo

Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC won’t put impact on medicine prices: Anisuzzaman

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Bangladesh’s healthcare at crossroads: Progress stalled by policy failures