Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts Common Among Patients Starting Buprenorphine: Study
Philadelphia : There is a high prevalence of suicidal thoughts and attempts among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) initiating buprenorphine, according to a study published online June 1 in Addiction Science…
Three Indian Firms Line Up To Make TB Drug Bedaquiline As Patent Expires
Mumbai : As the primary patent on Tuberculosis drug Bedaquiline expires in India and other countries on Tuesday, at least three Indian companies — Lupin, Natco and Macleods — are poised…
Spurious Drugs Case: Baddi Firm Owner Fails To Join Probe
Solan : Mukesh Saini, proprietor of Magnatek Enterprises, a pharmaceutical firm allegedly involved in the production of spurious drugs, failed to join the investigation at Baddi today. The authorities sealed…
DCGI Issues Drug Alert On Usage Of Cough And Cold Medicine Pholcodine
New Delhi : The Drugs Controller General (India) (DCGI) has issued an advisory to the doctors, healthcare professionals and consumers to stop usage of opioid medicine pholcodine, which is used in…
Regulator should look at factors behind failing of a drug during sample test and share more details: Expert
The drug regulator should look at the various factors that go behind failing of a drug during pharma company sample test before finalising the list of Not of Standard Quality…
Fake diabetes, multivitamin medicines worth Rs 55 lakh for sale in Delhi, Haryana seized in Himachal Pradesh’s Baddi
Solan : Exposing yet another alleged laxity of the officers of the drug control department, a spurious drugs consignment having costing Rs 55 lakh was seized by a team of drug officials…
DCGI Warns Of Stringent Action For Quality Lapses As International Community Started Doubting Indian Drugs
Chennai : Hailing the stellar performance of the Indian pharmaceutical industry on one side but raising quality concerns on the other in the wake of quality alerts issued by WHO on…
TS Pharma Firm Penalised Rs 45 Lakh For Pollution
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) has imposed an environmental compensation penalty of Rs 45 lakh on Brundavan Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company, for violating environmental regulations. The pharmaceutical…
Exports Of Medical Devices Grew 16 Per Cent In 2022-23: AiMeD
New Delhi : India’s exports of medical devices has registered a 16.15 per cent growth during the fiscal year 2022-23 at Rs. 27,818 crore as compared to the Rs. 23,950 crore…
Adulterated Sanitizers: Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail To Accused
Chandigarh : The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to two persons who are alleged to have been involved in manufacturing, sale and distributing hand…
