Serum Institute to launch dengue vaccine in South America next year
The country’s largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, will be launching its dengue vaccine in South America next year, as the company prepares to file for regulatory approvals in…
AstraZeneca Pharma India gets DCGI nod to market cancer drug in India
New Delhi: Drug firm AstraZeneca Pharma India today said it has received permission from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to import and market olaparib tablets used for the…
Nationwide alert in China for the faulty rabies vaccine
The second largest drug manufacturing company “ Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences” were found guilty for violated national standards including usage of expired fluids and falsified production dates to produce rabies…
Spurious medicines prevalent in India
Recently Spurious Drugs have been seized in Zirakpur and In Tripura. In Tripura, the Local court has sent 9 persons accused of manufacturing adulterated drugs to the 5 days police…
Doctor’s medical negligence leads to toddler’s death
Vijay Kumar Tiwari, 40 years old doctor arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly prescribing wrong medicine to a one and half-year-old girl which leads to her death in southwest…
Chemists’ Association decided not to sell Five Life-Saving drugs
To curbs, the sale of habit-forming de-addiction drugs, Amritsar’s chemists have decided to stop selling five life-saving medicines, including tramadol. General Secretary of the Amritsar Chemist Association, Piyush Sharma sent…
‘Laser operation can prevent blindness in preterm babies’
Nagpur: Generally, a pre-term or premature and low birth weight baby is administered oxygen for some time after birth. But this higher concentration oxygen can prove to be dangerous to…
Cipla arm secures marketing rights for cancer drug in US
Drug major Cipla today said its subsidiary has secured rights from Hyderabad-based MSN Laboratories to market and distribute colon cancer treatment drug Capecitabine in the US market. Cipla USA, Inc,…
Recalling defective vaccines will deal heavy blow to China’s drug exports: experts
China’s recalling of the defective vaccines and special category drugs from home and abroad, including India, over safety concerns will strike a heavy blow to drug exports and damage the…
Dr Reddy’s top hand Alok Sonig quits
Alok Sonig, the CEO of developed markets at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, has quit barely five months after he was promoted to the role. Sonig’s unexpected departure is seen as a…
