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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Drug Inspector Arrested In Bribery Sting
Ahmedabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Drug Inspector Mahesh Bakshi of the Food and Drugs Department, Vastrapur, for allegedly demanding Rs 8,000 from a medical store owner. Bakshi threatened to…

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