NPPA clarifies on implementation of prices fixed and notified under provisions of DPCO, 2013
Mumbai The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has clarified on implementation of prices fixed and notified under provisions of DPCO, 2013 and also on recalling or re-labelling or re-stickering on…
IMA asks doctors not to advertise ‘guaranteed treatment’
New Delhi The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has issued a circular to all its 2.5 lakh members warning them not to advertise “No Cure No Payment” or “guaranteed cure” stating…
Pharma Industry Faults NPPA’s Latest Move to Cut Drug Prices
The Indian government and the drug industry are headed for yet another collision course after the acrimonious legal tussle over the approval of hundreds of drugs based on fixed dose…
Karnataka pharma companies get relief from Karnataka High Court for Centre’s ban on 344 FDCs
Bengaluru Karnataka based pharma companies like Embiotic Laboratories, Juggat Pharma and Anglo French have been granted interim relief by Karnataka High Court for the ban imposed by the Centre on…
Forum fines Chennai hospital for poor treatment at birth causing mental illness to boy
Chennai The family of an 11-year-old-boy who was disabled after errors made by maternity staff and doctors at a private hospital has been awarded 5 lakh as compensation by the…
Chhattisgarh Medical Services Corp blacklists 4 pharma firms
Raipur Chhattisgarh Medical Services Corporation black-listed four renowned medicine manufacturing companies, accused of supplying poor quality drugs. The ban has been imposed for three years on each of them. It…
Two drug rackets operating in Delhi busted
New Delhi With the arrest of two persons and recovery of drugs like pseudoephedrine and hashish worth crores of rupees, Delhi Police today claimed to have busted two drug rackets…
Drugs worth Rs 270 crore seized from Gujarat factory
Ahmedabad The officials of Ahmedabad City Crime Branch and Anti-Terrorist Squad on late Thursday night seized about 1,300 kg of chemical ephedrine from a factory in Ahmedabad district. Pegged at…
Medical devices worth over Rs 2 cr being sold illegally
JAMMU Medical devices worth over Rs 2 crore being sold illegally near Government Super Speciality Hospital (SSH), Jammu were seized on Wednesday by Bakshi Nagar police, which after interrogation of…
Indian pharma market growing at over Rs.2 lakh crore
New Delhi India’s pharmaceutical industry, with a market size of over Rs.2 lakh crore, ranks third in volume and 13th in value across the globe, it was announced on Sunday.…
