Drug smuggling racket busted inside Ropar jail; ASI, head constable, among others arrested
Ropar police today busted a drug smuggling racket inside Ropar jail. SSP Ropar, Gulneet Singh Khurana, said that a gang involved in smuggling drugs and other prohibited items into Ropar…
Nepal ex-PM under fire for alleged corruption over Patanjali-linked land deal, fined $1 million
Authorities in Nepal have charged former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal with corruption and demanded a million-dollar fine over the purchase of land by a firm owned by Indian yoga…
NCB seizes Rs 9.2 crore assets of ‘prime accused’ in transnational drugs trafficking case from Noida
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday said it has attached a flat and a factory premises worth ₹9.20 crore in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida of a “prime” accused involved in…
Wockhardt’s novel antibiotic Zaynich eyes $9 billion global market
Mumbai-based pharma major Wockhardt, which is all set to launch its new class of antibiotic Zaynich targeted at treating complicated gram-negative infections in India this year, estimates that the drug…
Fake cosmetics racket busted in Bhubaneswar’s Unit-1 Market
In a joint crackdown, Odisha’s Drugs Control administration and Crime Branch Special Task Force (STF) raided Unit-1 Market in Bhubaneswar on Thursday, seizing duplicate cosmetic products sold under top brand…
Illegally stocked drugs worth Rs 5.21 lakh seized
HYDERABAD: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) raided the residence of a habitual offender in Moosarambagh, Malakpet, and seized spurious drugs worth Rs 5.21 lakh. The accused, Puvvada Lakshmana, is a…
Patanjali and AIIMS Bhopal partner to develop holistic treatment solutions
AIIMS Bhopal has taken a historic step toward integrating Indian systems of medicine with modern healthcare through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Patanjali Research Foundation Trust. This…
NPPA fixes retail prices for 41 drug combinations, including empagliflozin
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the retail prices of 41 drug combinations, including 18 variants of the off-patent diabetes drug empagliflozin, originally developed by German pharmaceutical company…
Drug Inspector Dismissed After Rs 4 Crore Cash Found in Sacks; Linked to Illegal Sale of Pharmacist Degrees
Patna: A drug inspector in Bihar has been dismissed from service following the discovery of Rs 4 crore in cash during a raid in 2022, along with evidence of extensive corruption,…
Delhi Crime branch cracks down on fake cancer drug sellers, arrest six individuals
New Delhi : The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has busted a racket selling spurious cancer medicines and injections, arresting six individuals and seizing several high-value spurious cancer drugs on…
‘Made in India’ Surgical Robot SSI Mantra’s Hallowed NASDAQ Moment in New York
New Delhi: It was a hallowed moment of pride for surgical robot SSI Mantra, its architect and robotic surgery wizard Dr Sudheer Srivastava, entire Indian Medtech Industry and ‘Make in…
Zydus to acquire 2 biologics manufacturing units in U.S. from Agenus for $125 million
Zydus Lifesciences plans to acquire Nasdaq-listed clinical-stage immuno-oncology firm Agenus’s two biologics manufacturing facilities in California, U.S. for $125 million to enter the global biologics contract development and manufacturing organization…
Ananda Pharma advances CBD drug with Phase 1 study listing
LONDON – Ananda Pharma PLC (AQSE:ANA), a UK-based biopharmaceutical company, has announced the publication of its Phase 1 pharmacokinetic study on the clinical trial registry clinicaltrials.gov, with the reference number…
With Advent of Level Playing Field, Domestic MedTech Industry exclaims ‘Eureka!’
AiMed showers unqualified praise on Government for jettisoning foreign favoritism New Delhi: Rajiv Nath, one of the greatest champions of Make in India and no nonsense leader of domestic medical…
Govt supports indigenous manufacturing of complex pharma excipients by Nitika Pharmaceutical Specialties
For commercial-scale production of 14 complex excipients The Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India has extended financial support to Nitika Pharmaceutical Specialties Private…
Medical representatives barred from govt hospitals to stop pharma influence
Medical representatives will no longer be permitted to meet doctors directly within central government hospitals, following a directive from the Centre aimed at putting an end to the nexus between…
Generic drugs can bring hope for SMA patients’
Dr Ann Agnes Mathew, a consultant paediatric neurologist and neuromuscular specialist based in Bengaluru, treats nearly 600 SMA patients from across India. In an interview with DH’s Udbhavi Balakrishna, she…
47% of pharma MOUs from VGGS 2024 commissioned
Gandhinagar: The state govt said that 47% of MoUs signed in the pharmaceutical sector in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2024 have been commissioned. It said on Friday that…
I-Sec downgrades Aurobindo Pharma to Add, target price Rs 1,330
ICICI Securities has downgraded Aurobindo Pharma to Add (from Buy earlier) with a revised target price of Rs 1,330 (earlier Rs 1,445). The current market price of Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.…
AstraZeneca gets CDSCO nod for lung cancer drug
New Delhi: AstraZeneca India Pharma on Thursday said it has received approval from the government authority for the import, sale, and distribution of a medication used in treating non-small cell…
