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…
44,900 Bottles Of Phensedyl Seized In East Jaintia Hills
SHILLONG: Altogether 44,900 bottles of banned Phensedyl were seized from a truck, which was abandoned on the national highway in East Jaintia Hills after being chased by police on Tuesday…
India Finds Two More Toxic Syrups Months After Poisoning Deaths
NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator has found that a cough syrup and an anti-allergy syrup made by Norris Medicines are toxic, according to a government report, months after Indian-made cough…
Nanded Hospital Deaths Expose Maharashtra’s Flawed Medicine Procurement System
Mumbai: The deaths of 31 patients within a two-day period at the Maharashtra government-run Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded has once again exposed the state’s flawed…
Mumbai: NCB Seizes 1.840 Kg Of Alprazolam, 9,696 Bottles Of Banned Cough Syrups; Four Held
Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested four persons and seized 1.840 kg of Alprazolam and 9,696 bottles of banned cough syrups in separate operations, an official told news…
Fake Degree Racket Busted In Bulandshahr, 3 Held
MEERUT: Bulandshahr police arrested three people for allegedly being involved in the production and sale of counterfeit degree certificates and mark sheets purportedly from various private universities, officials said on Tuesday.…
West Bengal To Go Strict On Use Of Antibiotics
Kolkata: The State Health department is set to take stringent measures to check the misuse of antibiotics which are being reported from different parts of Bengal and a stricter vigil will…
WHO Recommends R21/Matrix-M Vaccine For Malaria Prevention
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in children. The recommendation follows advice from the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of…
