One more illegal drug manufacturing factory busted in Gaya, 9th Kingpin Nabbed amid Massive Seizure
New Delhi – In a major escalation of their interstate war on narcotics, Delhi Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has dismantled a second clandestine factory churning out spurious medicines and…
ICMR mandates clinical trials to focus on Indian demography, lifestyle
New Delhi: Most medicines prescribed in India today are based on clinical trials conducted in Western countries. But Indian bodies, diets, and lifestyles are not the same. Prompted by this,…
Vadodara Police Seize Illegal Steroids and Testosterone Injections from Russia and Austria in Bodybuilding Shop Raid
Vadodara: In a significant crackdown on the illegal sale of performance-enhancing drugs, the Vadodara Crime Branch raided a nutrition and bodybuilding supplements shop in the Manjalpur area, seizing over 100…
Delhi govt inspects 25 firms, collects 55 samples in crackdown on spurious anticancer drugs
New Delhi: In a special enforcement drive against spurious and substandard anticancer drugs, Delhi government inspected 25 firms and collected 55 samples across the city, officials said on Monday. Directed…
Jharkhand HC orders FIRover children being given HIV-infected blood during transfusions
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on February 4 ordered the registration of a first information report (FIR) in a case where five children were infected with HIV after getting blood transfusions…
BDMAI’s e-marketing portal to promote Indian pharma products and services
Mumbai: With the launch of the Bulk Drug Manufacturers Association of India (BDMAI)’s e-marketing portal, Indian pharma companies can now promote exclusively Indian APIs, intermediates, pellets, impurities, contract development and…
One arrested in spurious rabies vaccine racket: Govt tells RS
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization along with State Licensing Authority has investigated the circulation of batch specific spurious rabies vaccine in India, resulting in the arrest of…
Drug testing lab at Baddi under lens over chronic delays, missed deadlines
Solan: Inordinate delays in testing drug samples at the Baddi-based Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) have brought the functioning of the high-profile facility under sharp scrutiny. Set up with an investment…
IISER Pune scientists uncover bacteria’s new survival secret
Pune: A recent study at the Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, found that Escherichia coli can quickly survive antibiotics by temporarily making extra copies of a key…
NPPA fixes retail price of 36 new drugs
New Delhi: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed and notified the retail price of 37 new drugs in its recent meeting, under the provisions of the Drugs Prices…
