Action taken against pharma cos following reports of deaths, injuries due to their substandard drugs abroad: Government
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation in coordination with state authorities initiated action against pharma companies following reports of deaths and injuries due to their substandard drugs in the Gambia and Uzbekistan,…
21 Tata Hospital Staffers Booked For Referring Cancer Patients To Private Lab For Commission
Mumbai : 21 TATA hospital staffers booked for allegedly referring poor patients to a Parel-based private lab for various medical tests to pocket commissions, police said Tuesday. The police have booked…
Portal To Collate Data On Spurious Drugs In Works
New Delhi : India’s drug regulatory organization is planning to launch a unified portal to develop a digital drugs regulatory system. The system will maintain a database of drugs that are…
Punjab News: Barnala Police Busts Major Drug Racket, 13.7 Lakh Alcoholic Capsules Seized
Punjab News: In a significant development, Barnala Police detained two individuals and found alcoholic capsules and tablets worth Rs. 13.7 lakh. Police in Barnala took significant action against Pharma Opioids and…
Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts Common Among Patients Starting Buprenorphine: Study
Philadelphia : There is a high prevalence of suicidal thoughts and attempts among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) initiating buprenorphine, according to a study published online June 1 in Addiction Science…
Three Indian Firms Line Up To Make TB Drug Bedaquiline As Patent Expires
Mumbai : As the primary patent on Tuberculosis drug Bedaquiline expires in India and other countries on Tuesday, at least three Indian companies — Lupin, Natco and Macleods — are poised…
Spurious Drugs Case: Baddi Firm Owner Fails To Join Probe
Solan : Mukesh Saini, proprietor of Magnatek Enterprises, a pharmaceutical firm allegedly involved in the production of spurious drugs, failed to join the investigation at Baddi today. The authorities sealed…
DCGI Issues Drug Alert On Usage Of Cough And Cold Medicine Pholcodine
New Delhi : The Drugs Controller General (India) (DCGI) has issued an advisory to the doctors, healthcare professionals and consumers to stop usage of opioid medicine pholcodine, which is used in…
Regulator should look at factors behind failing of a drug during sample test and share more details: Expert
The drug regulator should look at the various factors that go behind failing of a drug during pharma company sample test before finalising the list of Not of Standard Quality…
Fake diabetes, multivitamin medicines worth Rs 55 lakh for sale in Delhi, Haryana seized in Himachal Pradesh’s Baddi
Solan : Exposing yet another alleged laxity of the officers of the drug control department, a spurious drugs consignment having costing Rs 55 lakh was seized by a team of drug officials…
