Punjab Police Busts Illegal Pharma Opioids Network, Arrests 4 With 2.10 Lakh Prohibited Tablets

Fazilka:  In a crackdown on illegal drug supply networks, Punjab Police arrested four individuals in Fazilka and seized over 2.10 lakh prohibited tablets, said an official on Tuesday. The operation…

AACI is acing Accreditation Race in Indian Healthcare arena

New Delhi:  Is J CI (Joint Commission International) passé in India? AACI, its competitor, calling shots in domain of accreditation in healthcare suggests as much. The dip in craze for…

Centre raises alarm on adverse reaction caused by widely used life-saving beta blocker drugs

Concerned over the widely used life-saving beta blocker drugs causing adverse drug reactions, the government’s Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has issued an alert about the same. An adverse drug reaction…

CSIR’s indigenously developed Paracetamol announced by Dr Jitendra Singh

Addressing the 40th Foundation Day of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at Dr Ambedkar International Centre here, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for…

Cipla rolls out mobile application for asthma screening

Drug firm Cipla on Monday said it has launched a mobile application designed to enable the first line of screening for asthma in India. According to the Global Burden of Disease report,…

Pharma Stock Soars 4 per cent Following FDA Approval and Strategic Partnership with Leading US Company

Zydus Lifesciences has announced a significant agreement with CVS Caremark, a CVS Health company, to include Zituvio™, Zituvimet™, and Zituvimet™ XR in its template formulary starting January 2025. These products,…

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…