Phensedyl worth Rs 3 crore seized near Tripura border
Karimganj (Assam) : A large quantity of cough syrup Phensedyl has been recovered from the theft on the Assam-Tripura inter-state border in the district. The value of the seized cough…
3 held for selling fake herbal meds
Delhi Police have arrested three accused persons involved in a deceitful scheme that preyed on vulnerable families seeking herbal treatments for incurable diseases. The fraudsters were taken into custody by…
Pharma makers get a year for GMP implementation, Mandaviya warns action on defaults
In a bid to augment the good manufacturing practices (GMP) in both large and small pharmaceutical manufacturing units across the country, the Centre on August 2 said drug makers will have…
MP: 40 People Fall Ill After Consuming ‘Bhang’
Agar (Madhya Pradesh) : As many as 40 people fell ill after they consumed ‘Bhang’, distributed during Lord Mahadev’s sawari (procession). The matter was reported on Monday late in the evening…
DCGI Asks Manufacturers Not To Submit Same Batch Of Cough Syrup To More Than One Lab
New Delhi : The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has directed the manufacturers not to submit the same batch of cough syrup to more than one laboratory at a time,…
Packages of top drug brands to have QR codes from today
India’s top 300 brands of drugs including widely-used analgesics, pain relievers, anti-platelet, vitamin supplements, blood-sugar lowering medicines and contraceptive tablets will have to put QR codes on their packages from August 1. The move…
With the spurt in pharma R&D, there will be a growing need for contract manufacturers: Sandeep Jain, Akums
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Sandeep Jain, Joint M.D, Akums Drugs & Pharmaceutical, to know more about the challenges and opportunities associated with contract manufacturing of drugs. Contract manufacturing in the pharma…
FSSAI Cracks Down On Use Of Chemicals, Pesticides In Vegetables
NEW DELHI : The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed all states and union territories to intensify surveillance of fresh produce due to mounting concerns over high concentrations…
Bulk Drugs And Drug Intermediates Exports Grow 13.6% In 2022-23
New Delhi : Even as the overall pharmaceutical exports from the country has registered around six per cent growth in 2022-23 as compared to the previous year, the exports of bulk…
NPPA writes to UT over 1,000% margin on medicines
CHANDIGARH: Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) replied to the UT health department after it came to fore that the MRPs of a few medicines not under its…
