One arrested in spurious rabies vaccine racket: Govt tells RS
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization along with State Licensing Authority has investigated the circulation of batch specific spurious rabies vaccine in India, resulting in the arrest of…
Drug testing lab at Baddi under lens over chronic delays, missed deadlines
Solan: Inordinate delays in testing drug samples at the Baddi-based Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) have brought the functioning of the high-profile facility under sharp scrutiny. Set up with an investment…
Already Nursery for Specialists, Sir Ganga Ram is Medical College in the Making
Annual CME of Iconic Hospital proved a Milestone Medical Event New Delhi: 930 bedded iconic Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is fully equipped to take on the mantle of a premier…
IISER Pune scientists uncover bacteria’s new survival secret
Pune: A recent study at the Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, found that Escherichia coli can quickly survive antibiotics by temporarily making extra copies of a key…
NPPA fixes retail price of 36 new drugs
New Delhi: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed and notified the retail price of 37 new drugs in its recent meeting, under the provisions of the Drugs Prices…
Budget 2026: 17 cancer medicines to become cheaper as Sitharaman announces basic customs duty exemption
In a relief for cancer patients, 17 life-saving drugs have been fully exempted from basic customs duty, while seven more diseases have been added to the list. The move, announced…
State warns blood banks over unethical profit through bulk transfers
State Blood Transfusion Council issues warning to blood banks against collecting excess blood and transferring it in bulk to other states for profit Pune: The State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC)…
Healthcare Leaders lauds India’s Union Budget 2026 in no uncertain terms
It evinces Union Government’s Resolve to groom India as Global Leader in all aspects of Healthcare New Delhi: Union Budget 2026 seems to have mighty impressed healthcare leaders. They have…
Minimum import price set for Penicillin G, salts
New Delhi: The Union government has set a minimum import price (MIP) for some key pharmaceutical inputs like penicillin G and its salts, 6 APA and amoxicillin. According to a…
Rajasthan: Probe ordered as video of nurses dancing in ICU goes viral
ALWAR: A video has gone viral in which employees of government-run Rajiv Gandhi Hospital in Alwar are seen dancing to the tunes of songs in a surgical ICU. Taking action…
Norms notified to skip test licences for R&D to boost pharma research
The amendment is in line with the directions of PM Narendra Modi to reduce regulatory burden and promote ease of doing business, the ministry said in a statement. NEW DELHI: …
India-EU FTA deal could make life-saving drugs cheaper
In a landmark move, the sealing of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) is expected to bring relief to India’s healthcare landscape, eliminating 11 per…
FDI equity inflow into pharma sector grows to $1.27 billion in H1 FY26
New Delhi: The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflow into the drugs and pharmaceuticals sector in the country has reported over two-fold growth during the first half of the fiscal…
Patient dies after ambulance door gets jammed at Madhya Pradesh hospital’s gate
A 67-year-old man being referred to Satna district hospital died after getting trapped inside a 108 ambulance whose rear door jammed at the hospital gate. The health department claimed the…
Man arrested for illegal sale of steroid injections in Hyderabad
The Commissioner’s Task Force, West Zone, arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly illegally procuring and selling steroid injections without a valid licence or medical prescription and seized drugs and equipment…
Sun Pharma, Cipla, Zydus, Graviti recall drugs in U.S. market
Drugmakers Sun Pharma, Cipla, Zydus and Graviti Pharmaceuticals are recalling different products in the U.S., most of them over manufacturing issues, according to latest U.S FDA enforcement reports. Sun Pharma…
16 states and 6 UTs did not submit NSQ data in December to CDSCO
New Delhi: Even as the drug regulators in the country have announced a total of 167 drug samples tested during the month of December as Not of Standard Quality (NSQ),…
Maha to manufacture goatpox vaccine at its Pune institute
PUNE: The Maharashtra animal husbandry department will begin manufacturing goatpox vaccine at its Pune-based Institute of Veterinary Biological Products (IVBP), making it the first government-run institute in India to develop…
Unnecessary use of steroid leads to risk of severe fungal infections: Doctors
Pune: After the use of steroids for routine viral fevers and mild respiratory infections has grown among people, doctors in the city warned that it could increase the risk of…
Spurious cosmetic packaging factory busted in northwest Delhi
New Delhi: In a significant breakthrough under ‘Operation Kavach,’ the Cyber Cell of the Crime Branch, Delhi, has unearthed a major illegal manufacturing unit involved in the fabrication of empty…
