UP Initiates Major Pharmaceutical And Biotech Hub Projects
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is taking significant steps to bolster its presence in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. In a recent development, the state is working on establishing three key…
NMC Guidelines: Nine States And Four UTs Cannot Add New Medical Seats
New Delhi: South Indian States such as Tamil Nadu and Karnataka were up in arms over the new guideline by the National Medical Commission (NMC) which says that new medical colleges…
1 Arrested With Banned Drugs Worth Rs 5.22 Lakh From Valsad, Gujarat
Mira Bhayandar: Just under a month following the arrest of an individual caught with restricted drugs valued at Rs. 3.66 lakh in Kashimira, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai…
Nagaland Gets New Drug Control Administration Complex
Kohima: Minister of Health and Family Welfare, P. Paiwang Konyak, on Friday, inaugurated the office complex of Drug Control Administration and Nagaland Drug Laboratory at the Directorate of Health and Family…
India Joins Mission To Harmonise Pharmacopoeial Standards
New Delhi: The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is now a member the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG). As the Indian pharmaceutical industry is “a major manufacturer of the world’s medicines,” Jaap…
Norris Medicines Recalls Toxic Cough Syrups, Says Only Sold In India
New Delhi: India’s Norris Medicines has recalled a cough syrup and an allergy syrup that the country’s federal drugs regulator had found to be toxic, its managing director said on…
Illegal Drug De-Addiction Centre Busted In Gurugram, Operator Arrested
Gurugram: A joint team of the chief minister’s flying squad and the health department busted a drug de-addiction centre being run illegally here and arrested one of its operators, police…
Diabetes Drug Among 48 To Fail Quality Test
NEW DELHI: The drug regulator said it found 48 critical medicines, meant for domestic consumption, as “not of standard quality” in August. The samples were collected across the country. Some of…
Allahabad HC Puts On Hold UP’s Order To Suspend Sanjay Gandhi Hospital’s Licence
Lucknow/Amethi: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the Uttar Pradesh government’s order suspending the licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi. A division bench of Justices Vivek…
Falsified Avastin Have Blinded Patients In Pakistan
Lahore: Dozens of people in Pakistan have lost their sight after being injected with what is suspected to be a falsified version of Roche’s Avastin medicine. The patients in Punjab province…
