Offences Under Chapter IV Of Drugs And Cosmetics Act Triable Only By Sessions Court, Not Magistrate: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court held that offences relating to manufacture and sale of drugs under Chapter IV of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 cannot be tried by a…

Drug Inspector, Aide Caught By ACB Taking ₹20,000 Bribe

KAKINADA: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Friday caught Drug Inspector Kampa Suresh Kumar of Jangareddygudem and his alleged private aide, Tadikamalla Siva Ramakrishna, red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹20,000.…

Ayush Ministry Busts Illegal Ayurvedic Drug Factory in Dehradun: Over Rs 1 Crore Cash, Fake Medicines Seized in Major Raid

Dehradun– In a significant crackdown on counterfeit pharmaceuticals, a joint team from the Central Ministry of Ayush and state authorities raided an unlicensed Ayurvedic drug manufacturing unit in Dehradun, uncovering…

Maha govt seeks ₹26.5 crore for state-wide drug tracking system amid spurious medicine crackdown

MUMBAI:  Against the backdrop of rising cases of counterfeit and spurious drugs, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a state-wide “Track and Trace” system to the Central…

Punjab and Haryana HC refuses bail to pharma owner in Rs 600 crore drugs diversion case

Chandigarh: In a significant order underlining the seriousness of large-scale diversion of prescription narcotics, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on February 16 dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Parshotam…

Galgotia Outrage in AI Expo evokes SOS from Domestic MedTech Industry

Chinese ‘Made in India’ Fakes brazening out with Impunity in Here too New Delhi: Chinese slur on AI Expo, thanks to Galgotia fiasco, has hit a raw nerve in domestic…

Kanpur police busts fake degree racket spread across 9 states

Kanpur:  Police on Thursday busted a fake degree racket spread across nine states and seized nearly 900 forged marksheets and documents linked to 14 universities, officials said here. Four persons…

Iron-folic acid batch fails test after 5 Nurpur students fall ill

94,400 tablets seized; case to be filed against M’rashtra-based firm The iron-folic acid tablets supplied to a private school at Raja Ka Bagh in Nurpur have failed laboratory testing after…

NHRC Directs Centre, ICMR To File Report on Improper Drug Trials in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Union health ministry, and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) to investigate the case involving a drug trial in…

MAHA MedTech Mission aims to position India as global exporter of medical technologies

New Delhi: The MAHA MedTech Mission aims for India to emerge as an exporter of medical technologies, focusing on providing scalable solutions to low-income and middle-income countries. This objective marks…