Govt Plans To Introduce QR Barcodes For Vaccines, Cancer Drugs And Antibiotics
New Delhi: QR codes may be made mandatory for vaccines, cancer drugs and antibiotics to prevent the supply of counterfeits. These QR codes will validate the authenticity of the medicines, as…
Affordable TB Testing Technology Developed By ICMR’s Regional Centre
New Delhi: An affordable tuberculosis testing technology that can detect the disease using a patient’s sputum for just Rs 35 has been developed by apex medical research body ICMR’s regional…
DCGI Plans To Make It Easier To Manufacture Disinfectants
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) may make it easier for companies to manufacture disinfectants, whose market has grown exponentially since the covid-19 pandemic. DCGI may exclude disinfectants…
FDC Ban: Drug Makers Seek Time, Look At Legal Recourse
Mumbai: The Centre’s ongoing efforts to remove ‘irrational’ combination drugs from the market has reignited the discussion on science versus commerce. While some companies are seeking time to recall existing…
Viral Infections Drive Up Medicine Sales
Ahmedabad: The rise in viral infections across the state in June and July led to a corresponding rise in medicine sales. According to data by Pharmarack, the sale of drugs…
Fake Call Centre Selling Sex Drugs To US Nationals Busted In Raigad
Navi Mumbai: Raigad police have busted a fake call centre selling sex drugs to US nationals, which was being operated illegally from a resort in Alibaug on late Thursday evening.…
JP Nadda Launches NMR Portal For Registering All MBBS Doctors
New Delhi: Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, officially launched the National Medical Register (NMR) Portal of the National Medical Commission (NMC) today. The NMR…
Indonesia Court Finds Drugmakers At Fault Over Toxic Cough Syrup, Awards Compansation
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to each family whose children died of an acute kidney injury or were seriously…
DCGI’s Latest Guidelines On Recall Lack Teeth, Legal Backing, Have Too Many ‘Loopholes’
New Delhi: Despite growing demands for laws mandating recall of drugs found ineffective or unsafe after reaching the market, latest norms by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)—the country’s apex…
Pharma Company Blast: MTBE Solvent Leak Triggered Accident, Says Andhra Home Minister
Visakhapatnam: The blast at the pharma company Escientia, in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli, occured when workers at the factory on Wednesday (August 21, 2024) tried to stop the leak of a…
