• Pharma
  • January 20, 2025
  • 263 views
Pharma body to cap prices of cigarette substitutes, seeks data

NEW DELHI:  National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has sought data on price to retailers and annual turnover from all companies involved in the manufacturing of nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs). Officials…

  • Pharma
  • December 23, 2024
  • 390 views
Healthcare, pharma sectors raise Rs 14,811 crore via IPOs in 2024

India’s healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors raised Rs 14,811 crore through initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2024, the largest since 2019, driven by strong domestic demand amid expanding global opportunities. According…

  • Pharma
  • October 23, 2024
  • 389 views
Six Of Family Killed In Oxygen Cylinder Blast In Bulandshahr

BULANDSHAHR: Six people died and three were injured following an oxygen cylinder blast which led to a partial house collapse in the Asha puri colony of Sikandrabad area in Bulandshahr…

  • Pharma
  • September 13, 2024
  • 499 views
Eye drop licence suspended over safety concern

NEW DELHI:  The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday suspended the licence to manufacture and market PresVu, an eye drop that claims to reduce the need for reading…

  • Pharma
  • January 3, 2024
  • 263 views
‘70% of admitted patients given antibiotics’

NEW DELHI: Nearly 7 out of 10 admitted patients are prescribed antibiotics, a survey carried out in 20 public hospitals across the country has revealed. A survey carried out in 20 public hospitals…

  • Pharma
  • August 21, 2023
  • 184 views
Generic drugs issue: Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya to meet IMA, NMC brass today

NEW DELHI: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya has called a meeting on Monday to discuss the newly-notified regulation – National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023 – which, among other things,…

  • Pharma
  • August 12, 2023
  • 178 views
Trans-fatty acids killing 5.4 lakh a year: Govt

NEW DELHI : High intake of trans-fatty acids increases the risk of coronary heart disease, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply to a Parliament question, Mandaviya said industrially…

  • Pharma
  • August 8, 2023
  • 184 views
Lok Sabha approves bill to expand J&K pharmacists’ job opportunities

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill allowing those qualified or registered under the Jammu & Kashmir Pharmacy Act to be registered as pharmacists under the Pharmacy Act, thus doing away with…