Glenmark Pharma launches TEVIMBRA in India

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals announced that it had launched TEVIMBRA (tislelizumab) in India after receiving approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). The drug is a specially designed anti-PD-1 monoclonal…

CDSCO To Hold Workshops On Revised Schedule M In Mumbai And Ahmedabad On 30 Th Sept

Mumbai : To create awareness amongst drug manufacturers about good manufacturing practices (GMP) requirements to ensure quality of medicines, workshops on Revised Schedule M requirements will be held in Mumbai and…

Industry To Observe October 10 As ‘CGMP Day’ Every Year

Chennai : From this year onwards the drug manufacturers in the country will celebrate October 10 as ‘cGMP Day’ every year to sensitize the public that the industry is fully adhering…

Evading Customs Duty, Pure Alcohol Importers Making Profits

Mumbai : Several firms across the state, including some from south Mumbai, are under the scanner of the Customs Department after a huge consignment of pure ethyl alcohol, which was misdeclared…

India’s Largest Microcrystalline Cellulose Manufacturing Plant Inaugurated By Gadkari

Nagpur : Nitika Pharmaceuticals Specialty Private Limited, excipient manufacturing company, marked a historic milestone with the grand inauguration of India’s largest Microcrystalline Cellulose (*Tabcell) Manufacturing Plant, an event that reverberated with…

Tripura Police Seizes Eskuf Worth Rs 3.5 Cr; Detains 2

Churaibari : Police personnel of Churaibari police station in cooperation with Assam police force seized a huge cache of narcotic cough syrup worth Rs 3.5 crores market value. Also, two persons…

DCGI issues advisory against Digene Gel; raises safety concerns after Abbott’s voluntary recall

The Drugs Controller General of India has issued an advisory for patients and healthcare professionals to discontinue the use of popular antacid Digene gel due to safety concerns after drugmaker Abbott initiated a voluntary recall of…

Consignment of banned tablets received in parcel seized

RAJOURI : The District Police Rajouri unearthed a new modus operandi of some peddlers who are receiving consignment of banned drugs in parcel with seizure of one such consignment in…

DCGI Asks Manufacturers Not To Submit Same Batch Of Cough Syrup To More Than One Lab

New Delhi : The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has directed the manufacturers not to submit the same batch of cough syrup to more than one laboratory at a time,…

FSSAI Cracks Down On Use Of Chemicals, Pesticides In Vegetables

NEW DELHI : The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed all states and union territories to intensify surveillance of fresh produce due to mounting concerns over high concentrations…