Govt to amend D&C Rules to specify batch number on final container
Union health ministry is planning to amend Drugs and Cosmetics (D&C) Rules to specify batch number on separate final container label of...
Govt to improve pharma industry & pharmacy profession: India
DV Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, in a message to an international pharmacist webinar of 21.11.2020 on National Pharmacy...
Pharmexcil election: Nominations invited for 15 CoA members
The Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) is seeking nominations from the members of pharmaceutical firms for the election of Committee...
Medical Device: Centre to amend MDR 2017 to include ASTM
Centre is planning to amend Medical Device Rules (MDR-2017) to include American Standard Test Method (ASTM) in product standards for medical devices...
Surgeries by Ayurveda doctors are legal: CCIM
In a move that has sent shock waves in the medical community, the government has brought out a notification that will allow...
Facilities to grow API, pharma & nutraceutical industry: Govt
The government is proactively looking to provide industrial park facilities to grow active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry, Chemicals and...
Class-A medical devices: HM to remove audit requirement by notified bodies
The Union health ministry may soon remove the requirement of audit for Class-A medical devices manufacturing sites by registered notified bodies based...
Smart injection for rapid recovery in diabetic & internal injuries: Scientists
An injectable hydrogel derived from spirulina can help accelerated wound repair in internal injuries and rapid healing in diabetic patients.
NPPA allocates funds to FDA to curb drug price violation
After a long wait of two years, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has finally allocated Rs. 33.88 lakhs for Price Monitoring...
New handbook for doctors released
New handbook for doctors
CHENNAI: The Handbook of Renal Transplantation in Developing Countries was released on Monday at the...
Suspended: Mfg, sale, distribution of Ulipristal Acetate tablets 5 mg
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has directed the state licensing authorities (SLAs) to direct manufacturers to suspend the manufacturing, sale...
Medical devices industry seeks clarity on PLI scheme
The medical devices industry has sought clarity on the Central government’s claim that medical device sector has been adequately covered under the...
Centre plans to regulate sale of veterinary NSAIDS
The Centre plans to stop the misuse and overuse of veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that lead to death of vultures by regulating its...
Labs to submit details of sample collection centres: NABL
The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) has instructed accredited medical testing laboratories to declare all collection centres, facilities...
DoP: Revised guidelines for procurement of medical devices
The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has issued revised guidelines for implementing the provisions of public procurement (preference to Make in India) Order...
Cabinet approves PLI Scheme for Pharma among 10 key Sectors
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme...
AiMeD to NPPA: Reduce prices of melt blown face masks
The Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AiMeD) has sought National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)’s intervention to exercise its powers under the...
Tata invests in iKure – Healthcare start-up
Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount, in his personal capacity, in iKure, a technology enabled population health...
Telemedicine and MTP
On March 25, 2020, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued the Telemedicine Practice Guidelines (the Guidelines) for ‘the delivery of...
NPPA’s remark on approval of FDCs
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)’s remark against approval of fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs has drawn flak from pharmaceutical industry.
AIOCD to Tata: Asking not to invest into e-pharmacy space
The All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD) has written a letter to Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group, requesting...
Worry for Indians – Cystic Fibrosis: Study
NEW DELHI: Cystic Fibrosis, which was considered to be rare among Indians, is now found in high prevalence — especially among North...
New online system: 11 lakh MSMEs already registered
New online system of MSME / Udyam Registration launched by Union MSME Ministry, w.e.f. 1st July, 2020, has stood the test of...
2nd virus wave likely if rules are ignored: ICMR
Pune: Senior epidemiologists from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have warned that states should not disregard the threat from a...
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