75 crore Covid vaccine doses administered; WHO hails feat

New Delhi: India has crossed the landmark of administering 75 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Monday. More than 71 lakh doses were administered on Monday till 7 PM,…

WHO nod for Covaxin likely this month

New Delhi: The World Health Organization’s approval for the indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, developed by the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, is likely to come this month, official sources said Monday. The WHO has so…

CDSCO Fixes Timelines For Clearance Of Imported Consignments At Port Offices

Mumbai : In a bid to promote ease of doing business, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has fixed timelines for its port offices to issue no objection certificate for…

Govt Job for Pharmacy Professionals under Directorate of PPQ&S

Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine and Storage was established in the year 1946 on the recommendation of Woodhead Commission as an apex organization for advising the Government of India and…

India reports 28,591 new Covid cases, 338 deaths

India saw a single-day rise of 28,591 coronavirus infections, taking the overall tally to 3,32,36,921, even as active cases declined by nearly 6,600 in a day to stand at 3,84,921, according…

Jharkhand Rolls Out New Industrial Policy With Priority For Pharma Sector

Chennai : With a noble vision to make Jharkhand as the “Pharmacy of East India”, the government of Jharkhand has rolled out the Jharkhand Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (JIIPP) 2021…

Govt Job for M.Pharm as Pharmacopoeial Associate at IPC

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is an Autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. IPC is created to set standards of drugs in the country. Its basic…

PM chairs key Covid meet as festival season starts

New Delhi: Amid concerns about resurgence of Covid-19 cases in some cities in the wake of the festival season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed on the need for constant genome sequencing to monitor emergence of…

Novavax expects to make available at least 2 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2022

Vaccine developer Novavax Inc said on Friday at least 2 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine would be available in 2022. The company, which in June announced its vaccine was more than 90% effective in…

Fake Cancer Drugs Racket Trail Leads Cops To Karnal

New Delhi : The investigation done by Delhi Police in a fake cancer drugs racket has led to a manufacturing unit of such medicines in Karnal. Investigators said they were verifying…