1 Arrested With Banned Drugs Worth Rs 5.22 Lakh From Valsad, Gujarat
Mira Bhayandar: Just under a month following the arrest of an individual caught with restricted drugs valued at Rs. 3.66 lakh in Kashimira, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai…
Patients on Dozee Beds can doze off on their Vitals easily
New Delhi /India: Patients in Indian hospitals may one day soon start lying down on such intelligent beds as they could doze off on their vitals easily and safely. This…
Nagaland Gets New Drug Control Administration Complex
Kohima: Minister of Health and Family Welfare, P. Paiwang Konyak, on Friday, inaugurated the office complex of Drug Control Administration and Nagaland Drug Laboratory at the Directorate of Health and Family…
India Joins Mission To Harmonise Pharmacopoeial Standards
New Delhi: The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is now a member the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG). As the Indian pharmaceutical industry is “a major manufacturer of the world’s medicines,” Jaap…
Norris Medicines Recalls Toxic Cough Syrups, Says Only Sold In India
New Delhi: India’s Norris Medicines has recalled a cough syrup and an allergy syrup that the country’s federal drugs regulator had found to be toxic, its managing director said on…
Illegal Drug De-Addiction Centre Busted In Gurugram, Operator Arrested
Gurugram: A joint team of the chief minister’s flying squad and the health department busted a drug de-addiction centre being run illegally here and arrested one of its operators, police…
Diabetes Drug Among 48 To Fail Quality Test
NEW DELHI: The drug regulator said it found 48 critical medicines, meant for domestic consumption, as “not of standard quality” in August. The samples were collected across the country. Some of…
Allahabad HC Puts On Hold UP’s Order To Suspend Sanjay Gandhi Hospital’s Licence
Lucknow/Amethi: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the Uttar Pradesh government’s order suspending the licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi. A division bench of Justices Vivek…
SPEED fame Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Aashish Chaudhry bags Distinguished Honor
New Delhi: Dr Aashish Chaudhry, MD of Aakash Healthcare, whose unique algorithm SPEED has brought about a paradigm shift in the quality of knee replacement surgery, has bagged Distinguished Entrepreneur…
Tobacco Cessation may grind to a halt, if Prescription Proposal goes through
New Delhi: Prescription proposal looms large over Nicotine Replacement therapy (NRT), most effective intervention in Tobacco Cessation campaign. In the prescription versus OTC debate, the latter clearly wins approval of…
