Stock Of Expired Veterinary Drugs Seized In Mahabubabad

Hyderabad: Officials from the Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, found illegally stocked veterinary drugs that included expired drugs, physicians’ samples, and institutional supply drugs during raids at an unlicensed premise in…

Drug Licenses Of Medical Stores In Villages Without Hospitals Will Be Cancelled

Sri Ganganagar:  The administration is working on a new plan to stop the effects of medical and synthetic drugs in Sri Ganganagar district. Now all the de-addiction centres will check…

Promethazine Hydrochloride (Phenergan) Should Not Be Given To Children Under 6: TGA

Australia: The oral antihistamine promethazine hydrochloride, sold as Phenergan and other generic brands, should not be given to children under 6 years of age. The pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis Healthcare requested…

2 Arrested With Narcotic Injections Worth Rs 1.85 Lakh, One Absconding

Ramanujanagar: On Monday night, the Ramanujnagar police station received information from an informer that three people on a bike are going from Surajpur towards Premnagar to sell drugs. On receiving the…

Smuggler Arrested With 1600 Narcotic Injections

Rudrapur:  STF ‘s Narcotics Task Force, Rudrapur took swift action against drug abuse and recovered huge quantities of drug injections from an interstate smuggler. STF, in a joint operation with…

Crackdown On Illegal Drugs And Unlicensed Pharmacies In Dimapur

Shillong:  In a bid to combat illegal drug sales and ensure compliance with health regulations, a team from the department of Health & Family Welfare (H&FW), Drug Control, initiated an…

‘50K Newborns Die Due To Antimicrobial Resistance’

Chennai:  More than 50,000 newborns die in a year due to antimicrobial resistance in India, World Health Organisation (WHO) former chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday, suggesting creating…

Only 4 Out Of 46 Units Inspected Showed 100% Compliance With Revised Schedule M In TN

Chennai: In the first phase of the regulatory inspections conducted in 46 pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in Tamil Nadu by the state drug inspectors, it was found that only four companies are…

FSSAI Announces New Lab To Test ‘Food For Sportspersons’ Products

New Delhi:  The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has announced the notification of an additional laboratory for testing “Food for Sportspersons” for prohibited substances as defined by…

Antibiotic Misuse Among 62% Of Mumbaikars Sparks AMR Warnings: Survey

Mumbai:  India has one of the highest infectious disease burdens in the world. Consumption of antibiotics is widespread and often self-regulated, which leads to a rise in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).…