Stringent Steps Needed To Keep India Label Safe From Fly-By-Night Operators
New Delhi: Last month, the national drug regulator’s report on not-of-standard-quality (NSQ) drugs had many worriedly check the medicines they consume. Around the same time, though, another report emerged from…
DTAB Agrees With Proposal To Amend ND & CT Rules To Ease Registration Process Of Ethics Committees
New Delhi: The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has given its nod to a proposal to amend the New Drugs and Clinical Trials (ND & CT) Rules, 2019 to do…
Fake Ashoka Bark Being Used In Ayurvedic Medicines
Ghaziabad : Scientists of the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy examined Ashoka bark available in the market. Out of these, more than 15 percent were found to be fake.…
One Smuggler Arrested With 188 Injections
Balrampur/Raipur: On the instructions of SP Vaibhav Banker, a campaign against drug smuggling is being conducted at various places in the district. Ramanujganj Police has achieved great success during this campaign.…
Meghalaya BSF Intercepts Phensedyl Smuggling Attempt
Shillong : BSF troops stationed in East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, successfully foiled a smuggling attempt along the India-Bangladesh border. Acting on suspicious activity, the 172 Battalion of the Border Security…
Big Revelation In Death Of Four Pregnant Women In Damoh Hospital
Damoh: The investigation report of the case of death of four women in the caesarean operation done for delivery in Damoh District Hospital has come out. A shocking revelation has…
Study Shows Bacterial Vaccine May Serve As Cancer Immunotherapy Treatment
New Delhi: Columbia researchers developed probiotic bacteria that train the immune system to eliminate cancer cells, paving the way for a new class of cancer vaccinations that take advantage of…
Medical Store Opening Made Easy In UP
Lucknow: While granting a license to open a pharmaceutical company and sell medicines, entrepreneurs will no longer be subjected to rules like size of the firm, investment, domestic or foreign…
PIL Filed On Illegal Import Of Refurbished Medical Devices
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Patient Safety and Access Initiative of India Foundation (PSAIIF) has raised serious concerns over the illegal import of refurbished medical…
Union Health Ministry Official is undercutting PM Modi’s ‘Make in India’ Mantra
New Delhi: Import of Refurbished Da Vinci surgical robots is on allegedly violating norms with impunity. Besides safety of patient concern, it is alleged that it is also killing the…
Fake Blood Unit Sold To Patient For Rs 7,000 At UP Medical College, FIR Registered
Hardoi: A shocking case of illegal blood trade has come to light at the Hardoi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh, raising serious concerns about patient safety and the integrity of…
CSIR-NIIST To Establish Centres Of Excellence In Ayurveda, Performance Chemicals
Thiruvananthapuram: The Centre of Excellence in Ayurveda Research to be established on the campus of the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) at Pappanamcode here is envisaged as…
India, Uzbekistan Discuss Ways To Ensure Quality, Safety In Pharma Sector
New Delhi: A delegation from Uzbekistan met officials from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation and discussed areas of collaboration, including the development of a pharmacovigilance system and reducing adverse…
Health Worker Arrested For Mixing TB Patient’s Sputum In Doctor’s Food
Baghpat (UP): A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to kill the deputy chief medical officer of Baghpat by mixing the sputum of a critical tuberculosis patient and…
Cipla, Alkem Eye Rs 4,000 Crore Stake In India’s Largest Stent Manufacturer
New Delhi: Cipla and Alkem Laboratories have emerged as the leading contenders to acquire a controlling stake in Mumbai-based Sahajanand Medical Technologies (SMT), India’s largest cardiac stent manufacturer. This comes…
DTAB Recommends To Do Away With Toxicity Studies For Intravenous Infusions And Injectables
New Delhi: In line with the Centre’s efforts to reduce the use of animals in research, especially in drug testing, the central drug regulatory authority may look at removing the…
Delhi-Gujarat Haul: Drugs Brought From S America, Purified In Ankleshwar
New Delhi: Amid a series of drug busts in Delhi and Gujarat, police here on Monday said that around 1,300 kg of narcotics was brought from countries in South America…
Patent For HIV Drug Rejected
NEW DELHI: The Indian Patent Office has rejected the grant of a patent for dolutegravir, a crucial HIV drug marketed by Viiv Healthcare, facilitating the entry of generics and expanding…
AMTZ is Hub of Best Ideas and Innovation- Jayant Choudhary
Vishakhapatnam/ New Delhi: AMTZ ( Andhra Pradesh Meditech Zone) takes the cake when it comes to size and quality of medical device manufacturing cluster in the world. If Dr APJ…
Open Sale Of Painkillers Sparks Addiction Concerns
Hyderabad: Easy access to pharmaceutical drugs designed to alleviate pain for various medical conditions, is becoming a cause for concern, say medical experts. Reason: these drugs contain substances that fuel addiction…
