Licences of 18 pharma companies suspended over drug quality
The crackdown came after the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) inspected 76 pharmaceutical companies.
The crackdown came after the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) inspected 76 pharmaceutical companies.
Researchers have come up with a novel tool that can develop new thiophosphate-based nucleotide drugs specifically targeting genetic molecules.
It may be difficult to deal with and recover from drug addiction, but it is not impossible.
The prices for insulin (Soluble), Ibuprofen, cyclosporine, eluting drug stents and vaccines to remain unchanged.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries entered into an agreement with ICGEB to develop a novel dengue vaccine for India.
A recent UN panel has been formed to look into the idea of access to medicines but somehow limits its scope to just IP & Innovation and these, in turn, act as a hindrance to access.
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY), the central government will open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) pan India by the end of this fiscal to make quality drugs available at affordable prices, parliament was told on Tuesday.
The government has decided to put a cap on prices of 42 essential medicines used in treatment of various critical and life-threatening diseases such as tuberculosis, cancer and cardiac diseases.
The pharmacological giant Sun Pharma has joined hands with International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) for the development of a botanical drug, plant-based drug, for the treatment of dengue.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday announced it will collaborate with Sun Pharma to initiate research for malaria eradication and other innovative programmes related to it.
The central government on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to vacate the interim stay on ban on some fixed dose combinations (FDC) medicines sold by pharma majors saying they 'endanger patient safety'.
An expert committee on Monday said plastic bottles made of PET (poly ethylene terephthalate) material were safe for packaging medicines.
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has with immediate effect stopped making and selling cough syrup Corex in India after the government prohibited fixed dose combination of Chlopheniramine Maleate + Codeine Syrup, the company said in a regulatory filing here on Monday.
The presence of drug industry at free health camps in India is a cause a concern says a recent report!
Misplaced hoopla over Indian anti-diarrhoea vaccine
India vs Big Pharma: Compulsory licence for leukaemia drug sought
Products of DRL and IPCA laboratories under Canadian radar
Top health newsmakers of 2012
The crackdown came after the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) inspected 76 pharmaceutical companies.
Researchers have come up with a novel tool that can develop new thiophosphate-based nucleotide drugs specifically targeting genetic molecules.
It may be difficult to deal with and recover from drug addiction, but it is not impossible.
The prices for insulin (Soluble), Ibuprofen, cyclosporine, eluting drug stents and vaccines to remain unchanged.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries entered into an agreement with ICGEB to develop a novel dengue vaccine for India.
A recent UN panel has been formed to look into the idea of access to medicines but somehow limits its scope to just IP & Innovation and these, in turn, act as a hindrance to access.
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY), the central government will open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) pan India by the end of this fiscal to make quality drugs available at affordable prices, parliament was told on Tuesday.
The government has decided to put a cap on prices of 42 essential medicines used in treatment of various critical and life-threatening diseases such as tuberculosis, cancer and cardiac diseases.
The pharmacological giant Sun Pharma has joined hands with International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) for the development of a botanical drug, plant-based drug, for the treatment of dengue.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday announced it will collaborate with Sun Pharma to initiate research for malaria eradication and other innovative programmes related to it.
The central government on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to vacate the interim stay on ban on some fixed dose combinations (FDC) medicines sold by pharma majors saying they 'endanger patient safety'.
An expert committee on Monday said plastic bottles made of PET (poly ethylene terephthalate) material were safe for packaging medicines.
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has with immediate effect stopped making and selling cough syrup Corex in India after the government prohibited fixed dose combination of Chlopheniramine Maleate + Codeine Syrup, the company said in a regulatory filing here on Monday.
The presence of drug industry at free health camps in India is a cause a concern says a recent report!
Misplaced hoopla over Indian anti-diarrhoea vaccine
India vs Big Pharma: Compulsory licence for leukaemia drug sought
Products of DRL and IPCA laboratories under Canadian radar
Top health newsmakers of 2012