CDSCO Releases Draft Standard Evaluation Protocols For Issuing License For IVDs

New Delhi:  The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have together released the draft standard evaluation protocols for the purpose of issuing license for in-vitro…

CDRI Research A Ray Of Hope For Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients

Lucknow:  In a ray of hope for patients of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), the scientists have found that administration of a drug on a specific enzyme found in the…

Aster Volunteers’ 50th Mobile Clinic Milestone, unmatched in Medical Philanthropy

New Delhi: Aster DM Healthcare’ s love for poor and marginalized patients knows no bounds, its medical philanthropy consistently moving towards proverbial north. Its initiative Aster Volunteers clinic, which has…

Licences of 36 TN drug stores revoked

Chennai:  The Tamil Nadu drug control administration has revoked the licences of 36 retailers and wholesalers across the state for selling habit-forming drugs, opioid-based formulations used for anxiety or pain…

Dabur India expects low single-digit revenue growth in Q3

Dabur India on Friday said it expects to garner “low single-digit growth” in terms of consolidated revenue during the December quarter and a “flattish” operating profit growth. The company also…

Pharma teachers faking profiles at multiple institutions, face being blacklisted

New Delhi: In what has alarmed the government, the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has found widespread data faking on the government’s DIGI-PHARMed portal for teachers. As many as 45,355…

Biocon arm Biocon Pharma receives approval for Tacrolimus capsules in China

Biotechnology firm Biocon Ltd on Thursday (January 2) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Biocon Pharma Ltd, has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China for…

Small-cap pharma stock Sigachi Industries jumps after CARE reaffirms credit rating

Small-cap pharma stock Sigachi Industries gained over 2 per cent in intra-day trade on Friday, January 3, after CARE Ratings reaffirmed its rating action on the company. In an exchange filing on…

Kwality Pharma gains on securing RCGM approval for Erythropoietin

Kwality Pharmaceuticals rose 3.19% to Rs 895 after the company secured approval from the Review Committee on Genetic Manipulation (RCGM) to begin pre-clinical toxicity studies for the recombinant Erythropoietin product,…

Sun Pharma sells entire stake in Japanese arm to Zaza Industrial Holdings

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has announced the 100 per cent sale of its step-down subsidiary, Sun Pharma Japan Technical Operations, to Zaza Industrial Holdings K.K., Japan. The decision marks a strategic…