Report On Honey Motivated To Malign Image Of Market Leader, Says Dabur

Ghaziabad : Dabur India Ltd. rejected the reports about the presence of cancer-causing substance in its honey and termed the claims as “motivated” and “baseless.” A high concentration of carcinogenic material…

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,…

FSSAI Cracks Down On Use Of Chemicals, Pesticides In Vegetables

NEW DELHI : The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed all states and union territories to intensify surveillance of fresh produce due to mounting concerns over high concentrations…

Bulk Drugs And Drug Intermediates Exports Grow 13.6% In 2022-23

New Delhi : Even as the overall pharmaceutical exports from the country has registered around six per cent growth in 2022-23 as compared to the previous year, the exports of bulk…

Physical & Chemical Attributes Affect Functionality, Performance & Drug Quality

Mumbai : Experts discuss how important physical and chemical attributes like particle size and surface area affect excipient functionality, performance and hence drug quality. This discussion bears relevance in the…

India Pharma Exports Surging Despite Cough Syrup Deaths: Trade Body

NEW DELHI : India’s pharmaceutical exports this fiscal year are set to grow nearly twice as fast as last year to hit sales of $27 billion, driven by strong U.S. buying,…

Ceiling Prices Of 915 Formulations Fixed: Govt

New Delhi : The government on Tuesday said that till July 17, ceiling prices have been fixed for 915 scheduled formulations. Out of the total, ceiling prices of 691 formulations have…

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…

LDL-C Drugs Can Affect Lung Function And Brain Size, Study Finds

Adelaide, Australia : One of the world’s largest studies on the impact of cholesterol-lowering medication has highlighted an issue with a new class of drugs that could impair lung function in…