Higher Exports, Domestic Demand To Put Pharma SMEs In Pink Of Health

Mumbai: Robust domestic demand and exports to regulated markets will likely provide a booster dose to pharmaceutical sector revenue this fiscal despite tepid export demand from semi-regulated markets on account…

18% GST Applicable On F-18 Drug Used For Cancer Diagnosis: AAR

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that 18% GST is applicable on F-18 drugs used for cancer diagnosis. The bench of Amit Kumar and Harilal…

Metro And Pharma city project not scrapped

Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday put to rest speculation over the likelihood of Airport Metro rail and Pharma City projects being scrapped and made it clear that the Congress government is only remodelling…

Unqualified Practitioner’s Clinic In Hyderabad Raided, Stock Worth Rs.1.65 Lakhs Seized

Hyderabad: Acting on credible information, Drugs Control Administration officials of Shameerpet zone, raided the premises of a quack, Gouraram Venkatesh of Uddemarri Village, Medchal-Malkajgiri district, who claiming to be a…

Centre Spells Out Rules For ICU Admissions

NEW DELHI: In a first, the government has come up with “Guidelines for Intensive Care Unit Admission and Discharge Criteria”  to decide on the need of a patient for treatment under the…

Gujarat on a high: 93K kg of drugs seized in 5 yrs, no. of addicts 19L

AHMEDABAD:  Drug incidents have been rising in Gujarat over the recent years. Government data reveals that, in the past five years, authorities in Gujarat have confiscated 93,691 kg of drugs,…

‘Fake’ Drugs Case: Saurabh Bharadwaj Seeks Action Against 2 Officials

New Delhi: Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday requested the Central government to suspend two senior health officials to allow an “impartial inquiry” into the alleged supply of substandard drugs to…

India’s First Oral Chemo Drug For Leukaemia Developed By Tata Memorial Hospital

Mumbai: Physicians from Tata Memorial Hospital and Advanced Centre for Training Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), in collaboration with IDRS Labs, Bangalore, have developed India’s first oral suspension of the…

Assam: Karimganj Police Seize 50 Packets Of Yaba Tablets Worth Rs 5 Crore, Arrest Two Smugglers

Karimganj: In a significant operation led by Karimganj Superintendent of Police, Partha Pratim Das, drugs worth Rs 5 crore were seized, leading to the arrest of two smugglers from outside the…

Bengal STF seizes banned cough syrup worth Rs 2 cr, one arrested

Kolkata: State Police Special Task Force (STF) seized banned cough syrup Phensedyl worth about Rs two crore from Raghunathganj in Murshidabad on Wednesday evening. According to STF officials, acting on…