Expired medicines: 2 hospitals barred from PM-JAY
Gandhinagar: The state health department has suspended the licences of two private hospitals empanelled with the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) and has issued notices to two others for…
CDSCO Issues Directive for Strict Enforcement of Revised Schedule M Amid Drug Quality Concerns
NEW DELHI: In a move to bolster pharmaceutical manufacturing standards across India, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has instructed state drug regulators to ensure rigorous compliance with the updated…
IIT Madras Researchers develop Affordable, Minimally Invasive Glucose Monitoring Device for Diabetes Patients
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) researchers have developed and patented a cost-effective, user-friendly, and minimally invasive glucose monitoring device for diabetes patients. They have reimagined the device…
Rising Tide of Spurious Drugs in India: Recent Cases Highlight Nationwide Crackdown Amid Quality Concerns
New Delhi– As India grapples with persistent challenges in its pharmaceutical sector, recent incidents of spurious and substandard drugs have sparked alarm across multiple states. According to government data, between…
AGTF arrests man accused of smuggling drugs into USA by concealing them in granite lamps
Jaipur: In a major operation, the Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) has arrested a criminal with a 20,000 rupee reward on his head, linked to an international drug trafficking network…
DCA raids expose steroid trade in Hyd gyms
Hyderabad: A drive for a ‘perfect body’ is pushing many fitness enthusiasts into dangerous territory. In recent weeks, Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) officials have launched a major crackdown on…
Nationwide Crackdown on Narcotics: Police Bust Drug Peddling Networks Across India with Seizures of Cough Syrups, Pills, and Capsules
New Delhi– In a series of coordinated operations amid a nationwide push against drug abuse, law enforcement agencies have intensified efforts to dismantle smuggling rings dealing in banned intoxicating substances.…
Delhi HC questions Patanjali ad calling rival Chyawanprash brands ‘dhoka’
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday objected to the use of word dhokha (fraud) in a commercial being run by Patanjali Ayurved in which the Ramdev-led firm claimed…
Alprazolam manufacturing factory busted in Valsad, drugs worth ₹22 crores seized; four held
New Delhi: In a major blow to the synthetic drugs manufacturing, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a clandestine factory located in a sparsely populated area off the…
India’s 1st indigenous CAR-T Cell Therapy unveiled
New Delhi: Hon’ble Prime Minister gifted to the Nation three path breaking innovations – QSIP: India’s own quantum security chip; 25-qubit QPU: India’s first quantum computing chip, powering the future…
