Regulator steps up oversight of GLP-1 drug distribution chainIndia's drug regulatory body is intensifying its scrutiny of the distribution channels for GLP-1 weight loss drugs. State drug authorities ...
28 Mar, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
Pharma companies may lose licence if drugs fail testsThe health ministry is considering strict actions, including immediate license suspensions, for drugmakers producing substandard drugs. Thi...
26 Jun, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Parl panel on health: Cos scared to set up units due to CDSCO approachThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare criticized the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for de...
13 Mar, 2025, 11.52 PM IST
Opiod row: Aveo Pharma says drug cleared by state authorities; govt says not approvedAveo also claimed it is not the only company in India manufacturing a similar combination product. A recent BBC investigation report allege...
23 Feb, 2025, 11.46 PM IST
View: India's pharma giants set sights on superior quality standardsIndia, known as the 'pharmacy of the world,' ranks third in global drug production and supplies vaccines to over 200 countries. With a targ...
14 Jun, 2024, 10.54 PM IST
Govt issues guidance paper to strengthen vaccine companies' reporting of adverse eventsThe new report released last week aims to provide guidance to the manufacturers and importers of vaccines in the country so as to strengthe...
04 Jun, 2024, 12.15 AM IST
Regulator revokes state licensors' power to issue NOC for drug exportsIndia's drug regulator withdraws state licensing authorities' NOC issuance power for export of unapproved drugs due to substandard products...
04 May, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
High-risk medical gear makers get more time for licence complianceThe Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has announced that manufacturers and importers of high-risk medical devices who have applied f...
18 Oct, 2023, 12.38 AM IST
Medical device makers get six-month extension for importsThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) had set the October 1 deadline for bringing ‘class C’ and ‘class D’ medical devices...
13 Oct, 2023, 12.52 AM IST
Health Ministry moots Centre or state bodies be empowered to regulate drugs, cosmetics manufactureIndia's Health Ministry has mooted that either the Centre or state authorities be empowered to regulate the manufacture of drugs and cosmet...
19 Jul, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
Centre should regulate manufacturing of drugs instead of state bodies, new bill mootsFurther, the provision of taking permission to operate an e-pharmacy has been removed and replaced with the words -- central government may...
12 Mar, 2023, 02.17 PM IST
WHO alert on Gambia deaths: DCGI initiates probe; Haryana sends cough syrup samples to labA probe has already been initiated by India's drug regulator, the Drugs Controller General of India. "The samples have been collected by a ...
06 Oct, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
India’s drug regulator clears the way for import of Covid-19 vaccines into IndiaThe Centre has also allowed foreign vaccines included in the emergency use listing maintained by the World Health Organisation to be fast-t...
06 May, 2021, 07.48 AM IST
High-level government panel suggests single-window system for new drug approvalsThe committee, set up by the cabinet secretary after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought overhauling of the country’s drug regulatory syste...
21 Jul, 2020, 09.09 AM IST
Pharma major Mylan gets go-ahead to make remdesivir for 'restricted emergency use'Written informed consent of each patient is required before the use of the drug while active post-marketing surveillance data and reporting...
02 Jul, 2020, 05.26 PM IST
COVID-19: Drugs with less than 60% shelf life allowed to be imported on conditionAccording to rules, the import of such drugs may be permitted after taking an undertaking from the importers by the port officers of CDSCO ...
19 Apr, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
Pharma firms don't need NOC for exporting drugs, medical devicesPreviously, licensed manufacturers of drugs and medical devices could export them only to the US, Canada, Japan, Australia and the European...
23 Mar, 2018, 11.33 AM IST