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Centre gives custom cushion to supply strained Pharma, MedTech manufacturers

New Delhi:  In an effort to curb the incremental cost burden arising from the in West Asia, the Centre has announced customs duty exemptions on 40 petrochemical inputs, providing relief…

Delhi man arrested for running online racket selling counterfeit Ayurvedic products

Bengaluru: Tumakuru, Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a 56-year-old man from Delhi for allegedly manufacturing and selling counterfeit weight loss powder and spurious Ayurvedic products via e-commerce platforms…

Customs Duty Exemption on Petrochemicals, AiMeD welcomes but Dil ‘Mange More’

Association of Medical Device Industry reiterates Call for Temporary GST Relief on Raw Materials New Delhi: The Association of Indian Medical Devices Industry (AiMeD) extends its sincere gratitude to the…

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Launches Dialysis Center in Gurgaon for advanced care

This is Part of Expansion to facilitate Easy Access to affordable high quality Dialysis Care Gurgaon: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has announced the launch of the Sir Ganga Ram Dialysis…

3-month relief: Final call for 10,000 pharmacists to renew registration

At least 70,000 pharmacists are registered in Haryana; of these, about 10,000 — whose registrations expired on December 31, 2020, — have not yet renewed The Haryana State Pharmacy Council…

Marksans Pharma gets USFDA nod for generic Benzonatate capsules

Marksans Pharma Ltd on Wednesday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for its generic version of Benzonatate capsules indicated for treatment of persistent cough, bronchitis,…

Greatest Defender of Consumer Rights doesn’t like Sound of Patient as ‘GRAHAK’

Must be Music to Ears of Doctors’ Community, desperate to be out of Consumer Protection Act New Delhi: In Constitution Club, it was the occasion of official launch of best…

Roche launches the cobas MPX-E assay, a new 4-in-1 donor screening test

Basel- Roche announced today that the cobas® MPX-E assay, a qualitative in-vitro test for the detection and discrimination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV 1 and 2) and Hepatitis C, B,…

Haryana Mandates Real-Time Medicine Tracking In Govt Hospitals

Chandigarh: In a major push to strengthen public healthcare, the Haryana Government has directed all government hospitals to maintain medicine stock records on a real-time centralised portal, ensuring transparency and…

Parliamentary Panel Recommends Decentralisation Of Approval Of All Medical Devices

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Panel on Health and Family Welfare has recommended various significant regulatory changes in the regulation of medical devices, including decentralisation of approval for all medical devices…

Diabetic drug metformin found to act on brain

NEW DELHI:  Cheap, effective and widely trusted, metformin has long been the first choice for treating type 2 diabetes. Now, scientists say the drug works in a way few had…

Hetero debuts semaglutide generic in emerging markets

New Delhi: Hyderabad-based drugmaker Hetero has announced the launch of its generic semaglutide portfolio in emerging international markets. In a phased global push, the company plans to roll out its…

LB Pharma Begins Pivotal Phase 3 Schizophrenia Trial

Phase 2 results for LB-102 showed statistically significant reductions in PANSS total score across all doses with onset by week 1 and sustained through study end, alongside low rates of…

Check manufacturing, sale of 26 unapproved drugs, central regulator tells state authority

After substandard drug manufacturing, the state drug firms are once again under the scanner of the central government for manufacture and sale of unapproved fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs which…

Stem cell therapy for autism illegal: NMC advisory

New Delhi:  The National Medical Commission (NMC) issued a strict advisory on March 25, 2026, declaring stem cell therapy illegal for treating Autism Spectrum Disorder and cerebral palsy in routine…

India’s Essential Medicines Prices To Increase Marginally From 1 April Under Annual Pricing Framework

Prices of nearly 900 essential medicines, including painkillers and antibiotics, are set to rise by around 0.65 per cent starting 1 April following a directive from India’s drug pricing regulator.…

Delhi HC Asks Dr Reddy’s To Halt Olymviq Sales; Flags Similarity With Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic

The court also asked Dr Reddy’s to inform it by Friday whether it is willing to drop the “Olymviq” brand name, as the matter centres around alleged trademark similarity with…

NPPA allows 0.64% hike in MRP of essential drugs in line with WPI rise

New Delhi:  The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on Wednesday announced that manufacturers may increase prices of scheduled formulations included in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) by 0.64…

Govt Outlines AYUSH Heavy Metal Monitoring Steps In Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: The Ministry of AYUSH has detailed its regulatory framework and ongoing initiatives to monitor heavy metal content in traditional medicines, responding to parliamentary concerns over quality and safety…

Regulation Of Hair Transplant And Cosmetic Clinics Under The Purview Of States, No Plans To Create A Central Database Or Registry: Govt In RS

New Delhi: The Union Government has clarified that the regulation, licensing, and oversight of hair transplant and cosmetic surgery clinics remain primarily the responsibility of State Governments and Union Territories,…