India Cracks Down On Ads For Weight-Loss Drugs Like GLP-1 In New Advisory
Ludhiana police seize 56 kg ganja; courier warehouse under scanner
AsterDMHealthcare-QCIL Merger mirrors Overwhelming Trust in Leadership
DCGI asks drugmakers to stop GLP-1 obesity awareness ad campaigns
Beware- Glaucoma might steal Your Eyesight Unawares!
Telangana DCA launches SMS alert system to notify NSQ drugs
Centre of Excellence in Nutraceuticals inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala
ATS Busts Drug Export Racket: 22 Kg Etomidate Seized, Two Arrested Including Nikunj
Iran War Pushes Up Prices Of Raw Material In Pharma Industries: Will Vitamins, Antibiotics Be Costlier?
Maharashtra, Gujarat & Uttarakhand lead in action against misleading ads
Code for pharma marketing practices may be enforced soon
New Delhi: A revised final draft of a code regulating promotional practices in the pharmaceuticals industry, such as offering gifts to medical professionals, has been sent to the law ministry…
Anti-Snake Venom Production is now a main focus of BIRAC
According to the reports, India is estimated to have the highest snakebite mortality in the world and with this regard, BIRAC took an initiative to research for developing novel tools,…
New Rules set by NPPA to stop misuse of stents
In February 2017 The National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) reduced stent prices up to 80% for all drug-eluting stents and bioresorbable vascular scaffolds, But the generated invoices of angioplasty surgery…
DCGI asked to stop over-the-counter sale of nicotine gums by the Delhi government
The Delhi government’s health department sent written request to the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) to stop the over-the-counter sale of nicotine gums and lozenges without an authorized prescription.…
By George, Universal Healthcare is a work in progress in India
New Delhi: The very first line of the Foreword to the book released by The George Institute of Global Health’s India chapter-Access to essential healthcare remains at best in progress,…
Govt asked Censor Board to postpone the release of movie “Umeed”
After watching the trials of the upcoming movie “Umeed”, government lodges a complaint to the censor board, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The Union ministry of health and…
On arrest in a case for selling substandard chemotherapy drugs, Owner Absconding
Taj Pharmaceuticals Ltd, based in Mumbai was found guilty of selling mislabelled and substandard chemotherapy injections to a company in Israel. The crime branch has made the first arrest after…
The tree of life: Moringa Oleifera
Yes, it is a tree highly spoken of as the Tree of Life or the Miracle Tree. The Nepali word for it is Sheetal Chini and Shobhaanjan or more commonly…
Pharma advertisements not following Drugs and Magic Remedies Act
A number of pharma and ayurvedic companies have booked by the Telangana drug control authorities because of advertising remedies that can give magical results like emergency contraceptive pills, blood purifier…
KIMS enters hi-tech lane for high risk Heart & Lung patients
Bhubaneswar (Orissa): Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) is fast evolving into a high tech hospital catering to all high risk conditions. With installation of ECMO, first in Orissa and…
