Doctor not liable for prescribing costly drug: HC
Cuttack: Orissa high court has ruled that a doctor should not be held criminally liable for prescribing a particular drug of any pharmaceutical company for treatment of a disease like…
878 Tramadol capsules being smuggled in Scorpio seized, three arrested
Bansur: Narayanpur police station has busted a drug smuggling racket. Police have recovered 878 Tramadol capsules from a Scorpio. Three people have been arrested in this case. According to police station…
Doctor not criminally liable for prescribing costly drug: Orissa High Court
CUTTACK: Orissa high court has ruled that a doctor should not be held criminally liable for prescribing a particular drug of any pharmaceutical company for treatment of a disease like…
Merger of Suven Pharma, Cohance Lifesciences to take effect from May 1
Mumbai: Suven Pharmaceuticals Limited, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that it has received final approval from the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,…
Dr Lal PathLabs Q4 profit rises 81% on volume growth, geographic expansion
India’s largest diagnostics service provider, Dr Lal PathLabs (DLPL), on Friday reported an 81.4 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in consolidated net profit for the March quarter of financial year…
Lupin-led price cut slashes cost of key TB drug pretomanid by 25%
Global access to tuberculosis (TB) medicine pretomanid received a shot in the arm, as its price saw a 25 per cent drop, thanks to a third licensed partner, Mumbai-based drugmaker…
250% rally in one year! Multibagger pharma stock jumps despite stock market crash
Stock Marke: With 250% rally in one year the Multibagger pharma stock gained further on the BSE on Friday, during the intraday trades despite stock market crash. The Sudarshan Pharma…
Laurus Labs Q4 net surges to Rs 234 cr. on higher CDMO revenue
Drugmaker Laurus Labs reported consolidated net profit for the March quarter surged to ₹233.87 crore from ₹75.32 crore a year earlier on a 19% increase in the revenue. Revenue from…
Relief for pharma cos as Delhi HC says cough syrup ban applies prospectively
New Delhi: In a relief to pharma companies, including Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Zuventus Healthcare, the Delhi High Court on Thursday held that the government’s April 15 notification that prohibited the…
Novo Nordisk to phase out country’s largest insulin brand
In a move which could shake up the diabetes market, Novo Nordisk is discontinuing the country’s largest selling insulin, Human Mixtard, among other older insulin brands in India. Human Mixtard…
18 drugs found substandard in Telangana
Hyderabad: As many as 18 drugs, including painkillers, antibiotics and cough syrups, were found to be ‘not of standard quality’ in Telangana by the Union health ministry’s Central Drugs Standard…
Chennai police arrest two from Maharashtra for smuggling drugs, seize 300 kg of ganja
The Tambaram City Police on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) arrested two drug peddlers and seized 300 kg of ganja, which they had allegedly smuggled from Andhra Pradesh. On receiving information…
‘Naak ka Sawal’ : Rhinoplasty is the Answer
New Delhi: Needless to say Nose is a ‘non-negotiable’ aspect of your life. Nose is inalienable for both your honour and charm offensive. Appeal of your face is the function…
With Largest Ambulance Network @ beck & call, DelhiNCR becomes Emergency Ready
New Delhi: With emergency cases escalating after COVID and no let up in road accidents in Delhi NCR, the dire need of ambulance service can never be overstated. The largest…
Pharma stock jumps 5% after receiving USFDA approval to manufacture cancer-treating drug
The shares of the Mid-Cap company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of generic pharmaceuticals, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and branded specialty pharmaceuticals globally, jumped upto 5 percent following…
Ramdev to take down Rooh Afza videos after High Court rap on ‘sharbat jihad’
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday agreed to take down videos and social media posts featuring comments about the popular drink Rooh Afza that invited the ire of the Delhi…
Ban Advised On Nimesulide Doses Above 100 Mg For Adults, Black Box Warning On All Packs: ICMR Report
All formulations of the popular painkiller Nimesulide above 100 milligrams should be banned, and a “black box” warning made mandatory on all products containing the drug, says the report prepared…
Early combination treatment can prevent heart attacks and save lives
Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all. This is according to a…
Teen dies after being injected with painkiller medicine; two held in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two persons who sold painkiller pills without prescription to three teenagers were arrested here as one of them died, police said on Monday. The painkiller tablets were sold to…
Himachal govt rebuts Nadda’s claims on Medical Device Park
A day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president and Union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda accused the Congress-led Himachal Pradesh government of scrapping the Medical Device Park project, the…
