E-commerce players brace for big battle over online pharma
Bengaluru: Online pharma retail is becoming the next battleground for ecommerce players seeking to build a high-frequency play in India. Flipkart, Amazon, BigBasket and Swiggy are all in exploratory talks…
India launches probe as China co recalls BP drug
MUMBAI: India’s drug controller has initiated an investigation on Thursday against all companies importing key raw material valsartan for commonly used hypertension drugs from Chinese manufacturer Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals. This…
Post GST, contract pharma manufacturers throng Gujarat
AHMEDABAD: With numerous companies choosing Gujarat to set up their new pharmaceutical plants following the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) contract manufacturers are also making a beeline to…
Govt plans two new labs to test drug samples
NEW DELHI: In a move to ensure safer medicines, the Centre plans to designate two new laboratories — in Mumbai and Chennai — as ‘appellate testing laboratories’, to check drug…
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for acne treatment topical solution
New Delhi: Drug firm Zydus Cadila Tuesday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator to market Clindamycin Phosphate Topical Solution, used to treat acne. The company…
Immediate Implementation Of Packaged Commodity Rules desired by the Indian Medical Device Manufacturers
To ensure the product quality and the protection of the consumers’ interest, the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AiMeD) seeking immediate implementation of the Packaged Commodity Rules. Indian Medical…
12 Years of imprisonment to the Pharmacist For Diluting Cancer Drugs
Western Germany court finally announced 12 years of imprisonment as a punishment to the pharmacist. He has been found guilty of 14,500 counts of violating drug laws and 59 counts…
Oxytocin Smuggling, Buyer Apprehended
Oxytocin sale is completely banned in India from retail stores and people are using illegal methods to supply oxytocin because of its high demand. Two persons arrested recently by the…
Patent Challenge To US based Gilead Sciences for Hepatitis-C Medicines
Two oppositions in the Indian patent office are filed by the Patients’ rights advocates in India, challenging patent claims by the US pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences for its medicines sofosbuvir…
CCI penalises Glenmark Pharma, other entities for unfair business practices
The Competition Commission on Friday imposed penalties totalling nearly Rs 47 crore on Glenmark Pharmaceutical, its three officials, two other pharma companies and four Gujarat-based chemists associations for indulging in…
