Submit MRP of pulse oximeter and oxygen concentrator: NPPA to Mfrs, importers
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has directed all the manufacturers and importers of pulse oximeter and...
Manufacture of vaccines in India
With a large part of the population under quarantine and the economy reeling from the effects of COVID-19, feverish efforts are underway...
FDA & PCB offices should be within Pharma Parks for speedy approvals: Experts
Experts in the industry are of the opinion that the Union government should set up small offices of pollution control board and...
Pharma sector seeks clearance of imported APIs, medical devices
New Delhi: The strict customs scrutiny and non-clearance of imports from China has now hit the pharmaceutical sector - the lifeline amid...
‘Corona Kavach’ and ‘Corona Rakshak’ from July 10
New Delhi: With the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) announcing the guidelines for two standard COVID-19 health insurance policies with uniform features,...
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal to set up API parks
The northern region is set to compete with the southern and western region to set up bulk drug parks. The Centre is...
API mfrs seek support from govt, regulators
Indian bulk drug manufacturers have requested the government and regulating authorities to bring some changes in the existing policies along with regulatory...
Regulate medical devices in phased manner: Cos
NEW DELHI: India’s medical-devices companies have sought stagegated monitoring of output quality and product pricing amid mounting concerns that a big-bang approach to price controls would...
eBlood services mobile app launched
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on launched the eBlood Services Mobile Application, in partnership with the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS),...
Dexamethasone added to COVID-19 treatment protocol
The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare released an updated clinical management protocol for managing COVID-19 cases which advises the use...
India is likely to lifting ban on PPE export
NEW DELHI: India is likely to open up next week the export of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), five months after the ban on exports...
Webinar organized by CII on bulk drug park Haryana
A webinar has been organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on 26-06-2020 involving Manohar lal Khattar,...
Govt to announce regulatory guidelines for OTC drugs
R Chandrashekar, Deputy Drug Controller (India), MoH&FW, Govt of India, said that the government will soon announce regulatory guidelines in order to...
Submit suggestions on doping drug labels: CDSCO to industry
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has asked the pharma stakeholders to submit their suggestions on doping drug (performance-enhancing drugs) labels....
NPPA directs mfrs, importers to submit MRP of N-95 masks
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has directed all the manufacturers and importers of medical N-95 masks to submit maximum retail price...
HCQ sparks new worry
New Delhi: The efficacy of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an anti-malaria drug, in treating or preventing Covid-19 is unclear. However, thousands of healthcare workers and common people continue to have...
Bulk drugs, med devices parks to reduce dependency on imports
The development of bulk drug and medical device parks will help in bringing down India’s dependency on imports and making the country...
Govt relaxes manufacturing norms for PPE makers
NEW DELHI: The government has relaxed norms of having in-house testing for three kinds of Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to promote the supply of quality gears...
Fearing shortage, people rush to buy oxygen now
NEW DELHI: If it was groceries in Lockdown 1.0, it is oxygen cylinders in Unlock 1.0.
As Covid-19 cases in urban centres rise, people fearing shortage...
Diagnostic Reagents for research purposes not under the ambit of D&C Act: DCGI
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has clarified that the imported Diagnostic Reagents imported under “RUO” Category shall be used by...
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