Affordable TB Testing Technology Developed By ICMR’s Regional Centre
New Delhi: An affordable tuberculosis testing technology that can detect the disease using a patient’s sputum for just Rs 35 has been developed by apex medical research body ICMR’s regional…
World Class ‘Made in India’ Coronary Stent faces ‘Blockage’ of Gangism in Europe
New Delhi: As ‘Make in India’ comes of age in medical device domain, it has started raising hackles of MNCs ruling the roost so far. Fear of losing market in…
DCGI Plans To Make It Easier To Manufacture Disinfectants
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) may make it easier for companies to manufacture disinfectants, whose market has grown exponentially since the covid-19 pandemic. DCGI may exclude disinfectants…
FDC Ban: Drug Makers Seek Time, Look At Legal Recourse
Mumbai: The Centre’s ongoing efforts to remove ‘irrational’ combination drugs from the market has reignited the discussion on science versus commerce. While some companies are seeking time to recall existing…
Viral Infections Drive Up Medicine Sales
Ahmedabad: The rise in viral infections across the state in June and July led to a corresponding rise in medicine sales. According to data by Pharmarack, the sale of drugs…
Fake Call Centre Selling Sex Drugs To US Nationals Busted In Raigad
Navi Mumbai: Raigad police have busted a fake call centre selling sex drugs to US nationals, which was being operated illegally from a resort in Alibaug on late Thursday evening.…
JP Nadda Launches NMR Portal For Registering All MBBS Doctors
New Delhi: Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, officially launched the National Medical Register (NMR) Portal of the National Medical Commission (NMC) today. The NMR…
Indonesia Court Finds Drugmakers At Fault Over Toxic Cough Syrup, Awards Compansation
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to each family whose children died of an acute kidney injury or were seriously…
Govt bans 156 cocktail medicines that include antibiotics, painkillers and multivitamins
The government on Thursday banned 156 fixed-dose combination medicines, including antibiotics used for fever and colds, painkillers, and multivitamins, saying that they are ‘likely to involve risk to human beings’ Fixed-dose combination…
DCGI’s Latest Guidelines On Recall Lack Teeth, Legal Backing, Have Too Many ‘Loopholes’
New Delhi: Despite growing demands for laws mandating recall of drugs found ineffective or unsafe after reaching the market, latest norms by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)—the country’s apex…
