MAHA MedTech Mission aims to position India as global exporter of medical technologies

New Delhi: The MAHA MedTech Mission aims for India to emerge as an exporter of medical technologies, focusing on providing scalable solutions to low-income and middle-income countries. This objective marks…

CSIR-CCMB Hyderabad developed DNA barcoding technology

Hyderabad:  Identifying the quality of medicinal plants used in Ayurvedic medicines has always remained a challenge, especially in preventing adulteration. While it is possible to identify plants to some extent…

Uttar Pradesh: Fake Deworming Drugs Uncovered in Animal Husbandry Department

Lucknow – In a shocking revelation that has sent ripples through Uttar Pradesh’s agricultural and veterinary sectors, authorities have uncovered a batch of fake and substandard deworming medicines supplied by the…

Ayush export declines by 7.4% in first nine months of FY 26

New Delhi:  Exports of Ayush and herbal products have reported a decline of 7.42% during the first nine months of the fiscal year 2025-26, compared to the same period of…

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…