Seven Arrested For Smuggling Prescription Medicines Sourced From Kerala

COIMBATORE: The city police on Monday night arrested seven people, including a medical store owner for procuring and supplying painkillers and sedative tablets for youths to get high. Police seized 1.6kg…

Gujarat Has Two New And One Upgraded Drug Testing Lab In Surat, Rajkot And Vadodara

Mumbai: Gujarat’s burgeoning healthcare infrastructure is today equipped with two new and one upgraded drug testing lab in Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara, informed Dr. Hemant G Koshia, Commissioner of Gujarat…

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…

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…

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…

Food Safety Team’s Action: Protein Powder Worth Rs 37 Was Being Sold At Rs 400

Sawai Madhopur: Medical shopkeepers are selling a tin of protein powder worth Rs 37 for Rs 400 and syrup worth Rs 30 for Rs 156 and common people, unaware of the…

49 Cartons Of Cough Syrup Seized From Parcel Vehicle

Araria: Mahalgaon police station has recovered 49 cartons of narcotic cough syrup from a vehicle labelled ‘Postal Parcel’. Police have also arrested the driver Chintu Prasad, son of Lakhan Yadav,…

Electro-Homeopathy Practioner Held For Running Clinic Sans Valid Documents

Pune:  The Warje police on Wednesday arrested an electro-homeopathy and naturopathy practitioner on charges of running a clinic since 2002 without any registration and valid qualification. The man was identified…

FDA Action Against Three Drug Firms For Violations

PUNE:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pune division, has acted against three drug stores for violation of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. The action was…

DCGI Wants Qualified Medical Device Testing Officers

New Delhi:  The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is planning to list the qualification criteria for medical device testing officers. At present, no qualification is needed, with mostly drugs…