by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 17, 2021 | Indian News, Pension & Social Security
Mumbai: PFRDA has registered a 24 percent jump in its subscribers' base under two flagship pension schemes to more than 4.35 crore at the end of June. "The number of subscribers in various schemes under the National Pension System (NPS) rose to 435.36...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Alcohol consumption was associated with 62,100 or five per cent of newly diagnosed cancer cases last year in India, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology journal which shows alcohol use is on the rise in the country. Globally, the researchers found...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 16, 2021 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Pfizer Inc has agreed to pay $345 million to resolve claims by consumers who claim they overpaid for EpiPens due to anti-competitive and unfair practices by the drugmaker and the company that markets the emergency allergy treatment, Mylan. The proposed class action...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
The rollout of Biogen Inc's Alzheimer's drug is hitting new roadblocks as some large hospitals decide not to use it and many health insurers await coverage terms from Medicare, the U.S. health plan for people aged 65 and older, before setting their own...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Pension & Social Security, Policy
London: Britain may have overpaid more than 8 billion pounds ($11 billion) in welfare payments as fraud and error reached record levels during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, the government's spending watchdog said. The National Audit Office (NAO) said...
