Maharashtra FDA appoints 34 lab personnel for its Mumbai based drug testing lab

Mumbai:  As part of strengthening of manpower in labs in Maharashtra, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given appointment orders to 34 lab personnel for its Mumbai based…

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…

Three State Drug Testing Laboratories Functional in Jammu Kashmir: GoI

SRINAGAR:  The Government of India on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that Jammu and Kashmir has three State Drug Testing Laboratories funded under the centrally sponsored scheme for strengthening the…

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,…

Massive Eskuf haul seized from train in Agartala

Agartala:  In yet another major drug bust on the railway route, a large consignment of Eskuf cough syrup was seized at Badharghat Railway Station, once again exposing the growing menace…

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…

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…

FIR against pharma dealer for supplying dubious snake antidote to govt

Panaji:  Goa police on Thursday registered an FIR against Aarav Pharma, Santa Cruz, for allegedly cheating the directorate of health services (DHS) by supplying spurious snake anti-venom. TOI was the…