Ayush and herbal products exports decline 33% in October

New Delhi: Exports of Ayush and herbal products have reported a decline of 33% during the month of October, compared to the same month of previous fiscal year. This is following…

Almost 85% of overcharged amount claimed by NPPA yet to be recovered

New Delhi: India’s drug price monitoring and enforcing authority, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has almost 85 per cent of the amount it demanded from the pharma industry on…

India Launches SHRESTH Index to Strengthen State Drug Regulatory Systems

New Delhi: Union Health Secretary, Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava virtually launched the State Health Regulatory Excellence Index (SHRESTH), a first-of-its-kind national initiative to benchmark and strengthen state drug regulatory systems…

52.4% of Herbal Products did not conform to the standards of the US Pharmacopeia, samples exceeded microbiological limits: ICMR-NIN Study

Hyderabad:  A microbiological risk assessment by the Indian Council of Medical Research’s National Institute of Nutrition found that a majority of herbal formulations sold in Hyderabad contain bacterial contamination exceeding…

Gang making fake health supplements busted in Muzaffarnagar, two arrested

Muzaffarnagar: Khalapar police station has taken a major action and exposed a gang manufacturing fake health supplements in the name of international brands. Police have recovered goods worth about Rs…