Govt Suspends QP Pharma And 2 Others’ Licences Over Tainted Cough Syrup
New Delhi : India has suspended a drugmaker’s manufacturing licence after the World Health Organization flagged contamination in its cough syrups found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia in April, the…
Delhi HC Grants More Time For Central Govt To File Counter-Affidavits In All Matters On FDC Ban
New Delhi : The Division Bench of Delhi High Court, which is hearing the petitions by pharmaceutical manufacturers against the Central government’s order prohibiting 14 fixed dose combinations (FDCs) has…
Advisor Bhatnagar Reviews Performance, Functioning Of JKDFCO
Srinagar : Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today chaired a meeting and held a comprehensive review of the performance and functioning of J&K Drugs and Food Control Organisation…
Portal To Collate Data On Spurious Drugs In Works
New Delhi : India’s drug regulatory organization is planning to launch a unified portal to develop a digital drugs regulatory system. The system will maintain a database of drugs that are…
DCGI Issues Drug Alert On Usage Of Cough And Cold Medicine Pholcodine
New Delhi : The Drugs Controller General (India) (DCGI) has issued an advisory to the doctors, healthcare professionals and consumers to stop usage of opioid medicine pholcodine, which is used in…
DCGI Warns Of Stringent Action For Quality Lapses As International Community Started Doubting Indian Drugs
Chennai : Hailing the stellar performance of the Indian pharmaceutical industry on one side but raising quality concerns on the other in the wake of quality alerts issued by WHO on…
Adulterated Sanitizers: Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail To Accused
Chandigarh : The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to two persons who are alleged to have been involved in manufacturing, sale and distributing hand…
Poisoned Cough Syrup Traced To India Reveals Lapses In Regulation
New Delhi : Ebrima Sagnia was frantic as he carried his son through the doors of a hospital one evening last September. A few days earlier, Lamin had been a rambunctious…
Med stores in Odisha’s Angul sealed for dealing in spurious drugs
CUTTACK: A Special Task Force (STF) of the Drug Enforcement Squad on Thursday sealed Maa Budhi Medicine Store, a retail outlet at Kadampadia and Ganapati Enterprisers, a wholesale medicine firm at…
Medical Devices Regulation To Come Into Force From October 1: DCGI
New Delhi : Medical devices of all four categories (A, B, C, and D) will be brought under the regulation by October 1 and as of now only two groups (A…
