Cadila launches beta-blocker Biscado for treatment of cardiovascular diseases

Bisoprolol is a highly cardioselective beta-1 adrenergic blocker used to manage high blood pressure Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited, one of India’s most respected and innovation-driven pharmaceutical companies, has announced the launch…

AMTZ moves to build ‘Device’ to rate Buildings on Accessibility Quotient

Disable Friendly building scheme- Born in Vizag today Visakhapatnam:  All buildings in the making must factor in accessibility aspect for disabled persons. AMTZ (Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone), the biggest world…

Eye stroke alert: Ozempic linked to rare vision-loss condition

If you’re on Ozempic or Wegovy to manage type 2 diabetes—or to shed some pounds—there’s something new you should have on your radar. Doctors are now flagging a rare but…

Glenmark to launch cancer drug Zanubrutinib in India

New Delhi:  Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Monday said it will launch cancer treatment drug zanubrutinib in India following approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). Zanubrutinib will be marketed…

Drug smuggling racket busted inside Ropar jail; ASI, head constable, among others arrested

Ropar police today busted a drug smuggling racket inside Ropar jail. SSP Ropar, Gulneet Singh Khurana, said that a gang involved in smuggling drugs and other prohibited items into Ropar…

Nepal ex-PM under fire for alleged corruption over Patanjali-linked land deal, fined $1 million

Authorities in Nepal have charged former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal with corruption and demanded a million-dollar fine over the purchase of land by a firm owned by Indian yoga…

NCB seizes Rs 9.2 crore assets of ‘prime accused’ in transnational drugs trafficking case from Noida

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday said it has attached a flat and a factory premises worth ₹9.20 crore in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida of a “prime” accused involved in…

Wockhardt’s novel antibiotic Zaynich eyes $9 billion global market

Mumbai-based pharma major Wockhardt, which is all set to launch its new class of antibiotic Zaynich targeted at treating complicated gram-negative infections in India this year, estimates that the drug…

Fake cosmetics racket busted in Bhubaneswar’s Unit-1 Market

In a joint crackdown, Odisha’s Drugs Control administration and Crime Branch Special Task Force (STF) raided Unit-1 Market in Bhubaneswar on Thursday, seizing duplicate cosmetic products sold under top brand…

Illegally stocked drugs worth Rs 5.21 lakh seized

HYDERABAD:  The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) raided the residence of a habitual offender in Moosarambagh, Malakpet, and seized spurious drugs worth Rs 5.21 lakh. The accused, Puvvada Lakshmana, is a…