• Pharma
  • September 6, 2024
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DCGI Seeks Explanation From Entod Pharma Claiming Eye Drops Can Cure Eyesight

NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator has asked for an explanation from the Mumbai-based pharma company, which had claimed that their new eye drop could help people reduce dependency on reading glasses…

  • Pharma
  • September 6, 2024
  • 425 views
India Starts Making Key API Clavulanic Acid

New Delhi: India has started producing blockbuster clavulanic acid for the first time in what could reduce its dependence on China for APIs. Mumbai-based Kinvan has started producing clavulanic acid that goes into…

  • Pharma
  • September 6, 2024
  • 416 views
IPC Flags ADR Linked To Metronidazole

New Delhi: The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), through its recently issued drug safety alert for the month of August, has revealed that the popular antibiotic Metronidazole is linked with adverse drug reactions (ADRs)…

  • Pharma
  • September 5, 2024
  • 323 views
ICMR To Build Algorithms For Antibiotic Use In Common Illnesses To Curb Misuse

New Delhi: India’s apex bio-medical research agency, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is working to develop the country’s first ever set of guidelines on the empirical use of…

  • Pharma
  • September 5, 2024
  • 385 views
Karnataka DC Launches Real-Time Database For Tapentadol Stocks To Curb Misuse

Bengaluru: The database enables enforcement officers, who must update the portal after collecting stock data from drug distributors every day, tally the demand and supply numbers between wholesalers and retailers…

  • Pharma
  • September 5, 2024
  • 400 views
NCB Seizes Large Quantity Of Narcotics, 4 Arrested

JAMMU: In a significant crackdown, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Jammu Zonal Unit has seized a large quantity of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in two separate operations. The seizures have…

  • Pharma
  • September 5, 2024
  • 348 views
Govt Mulls Over New Category For Advanced Coronary Stents, Ceiling Price Increase To Attract Manufacturers

New Delhi: The government is mulling creating a separate category for advanced coronary stents and raising the price ceiling to woo stent makers who have shelved plans to launch their next…

  • Pharma
  • September 4, 2024
  • 252 views
Expired Food Items, Cosmetics Worth Rs 1.25 Crore Seized In Thane District

Thane:  Police have seized expired food items, cosmetics and other products worth more than Rs 1.25 crore during a raid in Bhiwandi in the district, an official said on Tuesday.…

  • Pharma
  • September 4, 2024
  • 334 views
DCA Seizes Physician’s Samples, Expired Drugs Worth Rs 55,000

Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, raided the retail outlet Kandar Medicals on the premises of Kandar Diabetic Centre in Tarnaka, Secunderabad, and seized physician’s samples and expired drugs…

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  • September 4, 2024
  • 400 views
In Odisha, Shop Supplying Duplicate Medicines To Chhattisgarh Raided

BALANGIR: A joint team of Titlagarh and Chhattisgarh police raided a medicine shop in Bolangir district late last night for allegedly selling duplicate medicines. The crackdown from the police came…