50 New Plants To Be Set Up For Pharma, Medical Device Manufacturing Under PLI Scheme
New Delhi: As many as 50 new greenfield plants are in the pipeline to come up in the next two years under the Production-linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for pharma and medical…
Youth Are Becoming Victims Of Drug Addiction, Drug Companies And Drug Inspector Accused Of Collusion, Case Reaches High Court
Bhopal: Opium is a banned narcotic. Still, its use in some quantities is approved for the manufacture of medicines. But in some medicines, opium is being used in more than…
ICMR Report Highlights ‘Antibiotic Resistance’ To UTIs, Typhoid, And Pneumonia
New Delhi: A recent report by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that diseases like urinary tract infections (UTIs), blood infections, pneumonia, and typhoid have developed resistance to…
Talcum Powder, Starch Mixed In Antibiotic Tabs Instead Of API
Nagpur: The 1,200-page chargesheet in the spurious drugs supply case, submitted by rural police on September 20, has revealed startling facts. The antibiotics distributed to the govt hospitals were nothing…
Pune Man Held For Illegal Sale Of ‘Mephentermine Sulphate Injection Vials
Pune: The Pune city police have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the illegal sale of injection vials of ‘Mephentermine Sulphate’, a cardiac stimulant drug mis used by…
WHO Evaluates India’s Top Drug Regulator, Vaccine Manufacturing Practices
New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) carried out assessment of National Regulatory Authority (NRA) of India’s top drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and Drugs Controller General of…
India Considers Blue Strips For Antimicrobials To Combat Drug Misuse
New Delhi: As India intensifies its battle against antimicrobial-resistant superbugs, the drug regulator is considering a proposal to change the colour of all antimicrobial drug strips to blue. This initiative aims…
Delhi’s groundwater has high levels of salt that are dangerous for kidneys
A recent report by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has highlighted concerning levels of salinity in Delhi’s groundwater. According to the data, more than one in four water samples…
One-Third Of India’s 30 Lakh Sepsis Deaths Linked To Antimicrobial Resistance
New Delhi: In 2019, between 3 and 10.4 lakh people in India died due to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a condition in which pathogenic bacteria no longer respond to antibiotics,…
Indian Immunologicals And ICMR Sign MoU For Zika Vaccine
Hyderabad: Vaccine maker Indian Immunologicals (IIL) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) for clinical development of the country’s first codon de-optimised live attenuated…
