Govt To Revise Guidelines For Tackling NSQ Drugs

New Delhi: The pharmaceutical regulators will soon get more teeth to deal with poor-quality medications that are manufactured and marketed in India. A government proposal to revise the guidelines for…

New TB drugs now safe for kids: WHO

MUMBAI: While India is still to make newer anti-tuberculosis drugs such as bedaquiline and delamanid widely available to patients suffering from drug-resistant TB, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced…

US FDA warns Genetech for marketing dangerous stem cell products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Genetech, Inc. of San Diego, California and its president, Edwin N. Pinos for marketing stem cell products without FDA approval and for…

U.S. FDA approves Alexion Pharma’s rare blood disorder drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc’s rare blood disorder drug Ultomiris, nearly two months earlier than expected. The drug’s sales are expected to reach…

Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for hypokalemia treatment drug

New Delhi : Aurobindo Pharma Friday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator to manufacture and market Potassium Chloride extended release tablets, used in the treatment…

Sun Pharma arm gets USFDA nod for epilepsy drug

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Friday said one of its subsidiaries has received approval from the US health regulator to market Elepsia XR, an antiepileptic drug. The United States Food and…

India wants China to allow import of drugs cleared by US, Europe

NEW DELHI: India has requested China to allow imports of Indian drugs cleared by the drug administrators of the United States, European Union and Japan, as China recognises these approvals.…

Gujarat Technological University to host country’s first pharma hackathon

AHMEDABAD: In a breakthrough initiative, Gujarat Technological University (GTU) is set to host the world’s first pharma hackathon in Ahmedabad. While hackathon events are held globally across the design, engineering…

Novartis appoints Susanne Schaffert to lead oncology business

ZURICH: Novartis said it appointed company veteran Susanne Schaffert to lead its oncology unit from Jan. 1, replacing Liz Barrett who is stepping down to return to the United States.…

Asbestos scare: CDSCO draws samples of J&J’s baby powder from HP plant

New Delhi: The country’s top drug regulator, the CDSCO, drew samples of Johnson and Johnson’s baby powder from the company’s Baddi plant in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday amid reports that…