Consumer Activists cut short Attempts to take Shortcut for Marketing Medicines
New Delhi: Renowned consumer activists have caught Biosimilar Makers candid. The makers of this genre of medicines are batting for relaxation of conditions for marketing approval. The activists have said…
Govt stops production of drugs at 31 firms over quality norms
New Delhi: The Centre has stopped production of drugs at 31 firms and cancelled or suspended the product licenses of 50 firms on finding non-adherence to quality control norms. In…
Govt to bring recruitment rules for appointment of MD inspectors to implement new MD regime from October 1
The Union health ministry will bring recruitment rules for the appointment of medical device inspectors as the country is on its course to implement the new medical device (MD) regulations,…
Import Of Cancer Drug For Personal Use Exempted From GST, Council Reduces Tax On Food Served In Cinema Halls
The GST council in its 50th meeting decided to reduce tax rates on the cancer drug Dinutuximab and Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP) used in the treatment of rare…
Poisoned Cough Syrup Traced To India Reveals Lapses In Regulation
New Delhi : Ebrima Sagnia was frantic as he carried his son through the doors of a hospital one evening last September. A few days earlier, Lamin had been a rambunctious…
Centralised Procurement System To Be Set Up At AIIMS Delhi
New Delhi : The AIIMS here will establish a centralised procurement system to streamline the procurement process and promote uniformity and transparency. At present, a decentralised procurement system exists wherein various…
850 sedative injections seized from a medical shop at Burma Camp in Visakhapatnam, five arrested
The City Task Force (CTF) officials, in coordination with the Kancharapalem police, raided a medical shop at Burma Camp and seized around 850 Pentazocine Lactate Injections which are generally used…
HMD Foundation injects Power into Amrita Hospital’s Rural Outreach
Faridabad/ New Delhi: HMD, the renowned syringe and medical device maker, has empowered Amrita Hospital Faridabad in its rural outreach for providing people quality healthcare. Under its CSR initiative, it has…
Med stores in Odisha’s Angul sealed for dealing in spurious drugs
CUTTACK: A Special Task Force (STF) of the Drug Enforcement Squad on Thursday sealed Maa Budhi Medicine Store, a retail outlet at Kadampadia and Ganapati Enterprisers, a wholesale medicine firm at…
ICMR issues list of technologies supported under ICMR- MDMS to foster indigenous manufacturing of medical devices
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued list of technologies supported under ICMR-Medical Device and Diagnostics Mission (MDMS) Secretariat to foster indigenous manufacturing of medical devices and diagnostics.…
