Packages of top drug brands to have QR codes from today
India’s top 300 brands of drugs including widely-used analgesics, pain relievers, anti-platelet, vitamin supplements, blood-sugar lowering medicines and contraceptive tablets will have to put QR codes on their packages from August 1. The move…
With the spurt in pharma R&D, there will be a growing need for contract manufacturers: Sandeep Jain, Akums
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Sandeep Jain, Joint M.D, Akums Drugs & Pharmaceutical, to know more about the challenges and opportunities associated with contract manufacturing of drugs. Contract manufacturing in the pharma…
FSSAI Cracks Down On Use Of Chemicals, Pesticides In Vegetables
NEW DELHI : The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed all states and union territories to intensify surveillance of fresh produce due to mounting concerns over high concentrations…
Bulk Drugs And Drug Intermediates Exports Grow 13.6% In 2022-23
New Delhi : Even as the overall pharmaceutical exports from the country has registered around six per cent growth in 2022-23 as compared to the previous year, the exports of bulk…
NPPA writes to UT over 1,000% margin on medicines
CHANDIGARH: Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) replied to the UT health department after it came to fore that the MRPs of a few medicines not under its…
Physical & Chemical Attributes Affect Functionality, Performance & Drug Quality
Mumbai : Experts discuss how important physical and chemical attributes like particle size and surface area affect excipient functionality, performance and hence drug quality. This discussion bears relevance in the…
Top Drugmakers Bet On Trade Generics To Grow Beyond Metros
Mumbai : Trade generics is seeing a lot of action in recent times with the entry of large domestic pharmaceutical companies, who want to expand beyond metros and other top…
Govt issues notice to two hospitals for MPJAY scheme violation
PUNE : DY Patil Hospital and Bharati Hospital in Pune have been served show cause notices for flouting provisions under the State government’s cashless insurance scheme – Mahatma Jyotiba Phule…
Cipla clarifies on promoter stake sale; for personal and philanthropic purposes
Drugmaker Cipla has said that its promoters Dr Y K Hamied, Chairman and MK Hamied, Vice Chairman who are Non-Executive Directors, have sold 2.5 percent stake in the company for…
Indian-made cold syrup sent to Iraq contains poison, test shows
A cold medication made in India and sold in Iraq is tainted with toxic chemicals, a test commissioned by Bloomberg News shows, the latest in a series of alarming revelations about syrup medicines used by children…
