Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal Inaugurates India MedTech Expo 2025
New Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal today inaugurated the Second Edition of the India MedTech Expo 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The…
GST slashed on life-saving drugs, medical equipments
New Delhi: In a landmark decision to make healthcare more affordable for millions of Indians, especially patients battling long-term and critical illnesses, the GST Council late Wednesday announced slashing of…
India eyes Russia, Brazil, Netherlands for pharma export growth
New Delhi: India plans to increase pharmaceutical exports to Russia, the Netherlands and Brazil, according to two industry sources aware of the matter, aiming to expand its presence beyond the…
NPPA fixes retail price of 42 new drugs
New Delhi: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the retail price of 42 new drugs as per the provisions of the Drugs Prices Control Order (DPCO), 2013, including…
Owners of 4 companies and plant heads arrested, manufacturing fake medicines of branded companies
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand STF team arrested the owners and plant heads of 4 companies who were manufacturing fake medicines of branded companies. So far, the STF has arrested 10 members…
Antibiotic injection at district hospital leaves six children sick, one sent to PBM
Bikaner: Six children’s health declined after receiving the newly supplied Cefotaxime antibiotic injections at the district hospital on Friday night. These children, aged between two and eight years, began shivering…
Two firms fined for selling spurious cosmetic products
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Health Department’s campaign against fake and unsafe cosmetics—Operation Soundarya—has received clearance from the court. The initiative, led by the state’s Drugs Control Department, is to ensure the beauty…
Odisha govt notifies OPDC to propel state as a pharma hub in eastern India
Chennai: The Government of Odisha has taken a decisive step in its mission to transform the state into a major pharmaceutical powerhouse by formally notifying the Odisha Pharmaceutical Development Cell…
MNCs push to restart refurbished med device imports; seeks entry in repair initiative
New Delhi: Months after regulators in India discontinued the imports of refurbished medical devices, multi-national players have called for restraining the category imports and including the industry in the government’s…
Large quantity of banned cough syrup recovered from truck, three arrested
Kharagpur: Law enforcement officials executed a naka checking operation in the Fekoghat region of the Beliabeda police station, located within the Kharagpur Jhargram district, resulting in the seizure of a significant…
