Torrent Pharma recalls 14 lots of blood pressure drug from US
New Delhi: Drug firm Torrent Pharmaceuticals is recalling 14 lots of tablets used for treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure from the US market due to presence of…
Price of J&J’s TB drug to drop by more than half
In what will come as good news for tuberculosis (TB) patients, life-saving drug bedaquiline by US pharma company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is now being offered at $400 per patient…
Jubilant Life Sciences plans Rs 550-cr capex in FY19
MUMBAI: Pharma company Jubilant Life Sciences has earmarked Rs 550 crore for capital expenditure (capex) in the current financial year, a top company official said. It is also planning to…
Illegal internet drugs pharmacy busted in Delhi, 4 held
New Delhi: An illegal internet pharmacy, allegedly shipping drugs to overseas locations like the US and Canada, based in Delhi has been busted by the NCB with the apprehension of…
Serum Institute to launch dengue vaccine in South America next year
The country’s largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, will be launching its dengue vaccine in South America next year, as the company prepares to file for regulatory approvals in…
AstraZeneca Pharma India gets DCGI nod to market cancer drug in India
New Delhi: Drug firm AstraZeneca Pharma India today said it has received permission from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to import and market olaparib tablets used for the…
Nationwide alert in China for the faulty rabies vaccine
The second largest drug manufacturing company “ Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences” were found guilty for violated national standards including usage of expired fluids and falsified production dates to produce rabies…
Spurious medicines prevalent in India
Recently Spurious Drugs have been seized in Zirakpur and In Tripura. In Tripura, the Local court has sent 9 persons accused of manufacturing adulterated drugs to the 5 days police…
Doctor’s medical negligence leads to toddler’s death
Vijay Kumar Tiwari, 40 years old doctor arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly prescribing wrong medicine to a one and half-year-old girl which leads to her death in southwest…
Chemists’ Association decided not to sell Five Life-Saving drugs
To curbs, the sale of habit-forming de-addiction drugs, Amritsar’s chemists have decided to stop selling five life-saving medicines, including tramadol. General Secretary of the Amritsar Chemist Association, Piyush Sharma sent…
