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…
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…
English alphabets can’t be trademarked: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently held that English alphabets cannot be monopolised through trademark law and refused interim protection to the mark ‘A TO Z’ used by a pharmaceutical…
DoP may exempt 11 more drugs from public procurement rules
New Delhi: The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has proposed to add 11 more drugs including insulin and monoclonal antibodies to the list of 84 drug formulations it has mentioned in…
Polymatech begins domestic manufacturing of vein finder devices
CHENNAI: Polymatech Electronics Limited today announced a landmark milestone in India’s medical device sector with the successful registration and commencement of domestic manufacturing of its Vein Finder devices in accordance…
CDSCO brings in guidelines and SOPs on compounding of offences
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has released the guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to the compounding of offences under the Drugs and Cosmetics (Compounding…
DoP includes member of HTAIn in expert committee on pricing of drugs
New Delhi: Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has added an expert representative from the Health Technology Assessment of India (HTAIn) under the Department of Health Research (DHR) as a member of…
Ayush and herbal products exports decline 33% in October
New Delhi: Exports of Ayush and herbal products have reported a decline of 33% during the month of October, compared to the same month of previous fiscal year. This is following…
Almost 85% of overcharged amount claimed by NPPA yet to be recovered
New Delhi: India’s drug price monitoring and enforcing authority, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has almost 85 per cent of the amount it demanded from the pharma industry on…
