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…

One arrested in spurious rabies vaccine racket: Govt tells RS

New Delhi:  The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization along with State Licensing Authority has investigated the circulation of batch specific spurious rabies vaccine in India, resulting in the arrest of…

Drug testing lab at Baddi under lens over chronic delays, missed deadlines

Solan:  Inordinate delays in testing drug samples at the Baddi-based Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) have brought the functioning of the high-profile facility under sharp scrutiny. Set up with an investment…

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…

Minimum import price set for Penicillin G, salts

New Delhi:  The Union government has set a minimum import price (MIP) for some key pharmaceutical inputs like penicillin G and its salts, 6 APA and amoxicillin. According to a…

FDI equity inflow into pharma sector grows to $1.27 billion in H1 FY26

New Delhi:  The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflow into the drugs and pharmaceuticals sector in the country has reported over two-fold growth during the first half of the fiscal…

16 states and 6 UTs did not submit NSQ data in December to CDSCO

New Delhi: Even as the drug regulators in the country have announced a total of 167 drug samples tested during the month of December as Not of Standard Quality (NSQ),…

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…