CDSCO Directs Safety Updates for Ibuprofen and Aceclofenac Over Risk of ‘Fixed Drug Eruption’
NEW DELHI: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), has issued directives to all State and Union Territory (UT) Licensing Authorities requesting…
IIT Kanpur scientists’ research reveals how a promising vaccine booster switches on immune cells
Kanpur: Scientists at IIT Kanpur have revealed how an experimental molecule called EP67 switches on an important receptor found on human immune cells. EP67 is a candidate “adjuvant”, an ingredient…
National Health Emergency: Telangana C-section Cluster Spark Critical Alarms as Substandard Drug Suspicions spread Nationwide
NEW DELHI: A worsening maternal health crisis has triggered national panic across India’s public healthcare network following a sudden cluster of severe post-operative complications among C-section patients in Telangana. Coming…
Gates MRI and Serum Institute of India Sign Landmark Agreement to Manufacture M72/AS01E Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidate
CAMBRIDGE, MA / PUNE: In a major boost to global tuberculosis control efforts, the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute (Gates MRI) and Serum Institute of India Private Limited…
CDSCO receives 1,387 adverse drug reaction reports in nine months of 2025
New Delhi: The pharmacovigilance division of the Central drug regulator has received a total of 1,387 adverse reports, with the highest regarding fixed dose combinations (FDCs), and a total of…
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…
