16 states and 6 UTs did not submit NSQ data in December to CDSCO
New Delhi: Even as the drug regulators in the country have announced a total of 167 drug samples tested during the month of December as Not of Standard Quality (NSQ),…
Maha to manufacture goatpox vaccine at its Pune institute
PUNE: The Maharashtra animal husbandry department will begin manufacturing goatpox vaccine at its Pune-based Institute of Veterinary Biological Products (IVBP), making it the first government-run institute in India to develop…
Unnecessary use of steroid leads to risk of severe fungal infections: Doctors
Pune: After the use of steroids for routine viral fevers and mild respiratory infections has grown among people, doctors in the city warned that it could increase the risk of…
Spurious cosmetic packaging factory busted in northwest Delhi
New Delhi: In a significant breakthrough under ‘Operation Kavach,’ the Cyber Cell of the Crime Branch, Delhi, has unearthed a major illegal manufacturing unit involved in the fabrication of empty…
UP plans US FDA-accredited medical device testing lab
Lucknow: In a major push to strengthen India’s medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing ecosystem, the Uttar Pradesh govt is working on an ambitious project to establish a US FDA-accredited medical…
Union Minister Anupriya Patel launches NBEMS online AI training programme for doctors
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel, today launched an online training programme on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Education developed by the…
English alphabets can’t be trademarked: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently held that English alphabets cannot be monopolised through trademark law and refused interim protection to the mark ‘A TO Z’ used by a pharmaceutical…
IIT Roorkee develops next-generation antibody discovery platform
Dehradun: In a significant step towards affordable healthcare, pandemic preparedness, and indigenous biotechnology innovation, the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) has developed a next-generation antibody discovery platform with…
CDSCO to dispose online applications pending for more than two years
New Delhi: In an effort to reduce the backlog and clear the long-pending applications with lack of response from the applicants, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has introduced…
DoP may exempt 11 more drugs from public procurement rules
New Delhi: The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has proposed to add 11 more drugs including insulin and monoclonal antibodies to the list of 84 drug formulations it has mentioned in…
