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…

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…

Banned 15,600 Cough Syrup Bottles Worth About Rs 1.5 Cr Seized, 7 Held

Kalaikunda: The Special Task Force (STF) of the state police nabbed seven persons and seized banned cough syrup phensedyl worth about Rs 1.5 crore from Kalaikunda during a joint raid with…

Evading Customs Duty, Pure Alcohol Importers Making Profits

Mumbai : Several firms across the state, including some from south Mumbai, are under the scanner of the Customs Department after a huge consignment of pure ethyl alcohol, which was misdeclared…

India’s Largest Microcrystalline Cellulose Manufacturing Plant Inaugurated By Gadkari

Nagpur : Nitika Pharmaceuticals Specialty Private Limited, excipient manufacturing company, marked a historic milestone with the grand inauguration of India’s largest Microcrystalline Cellulose (*Tabcell) Manufacturing Plant, an event that reverberated with…

Tripura Police Seizes Eskuf Worth Rs 3.5 Cr; Detains 2

Churaibari : Police personnel of Churaibari police station in cooperation with Assam police force seized a huge cache of narcotic cough syrup worth Rs 3.5 crores market value. Also, two persons…

US FDA Warns Two Drugmakers Including Medgel From India Over DEG, EG Testing Lapses

Maryland : The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reprimanded two drugmakers — Avlon Industries based in Melrose Park, Illinois, and Medgel based in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, India — over…

MP: 40 People Fall Ill After Consuming ‘Bhang’

Agar (Madhya Pradesh) : As many as 40 people fell ill after they consumed ‘Bhang’, distributed during Lord Mahadev’s sawari (procession). The matter was reported on Monday late in the evening…

DCGI Asks Manufacturers Not To Submit Same Batch Of Cough Syrup To More Than One Lab

New Delhi : The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has directed the manufacturers not to submit the same batch of cough syrup to more than one laboratory at a time,…