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Biocon chief bats for dual-agency model to fast-track drug approvalsBiocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw suggests a new drug approval system. The Indian Council of Medical Research would handle scientific reviews fo...
ED raids seven Chennai sites linked to Sresan Pharma over Coldrif cough syrup deathsThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at seven locations in Chennai concerning the Coldrif cough syrup case. These raids, und...
Cough syrup deaths: Probe against Coldrif manufacturer exposed lapses by TNFDALapses by the Tamil Nadu Food and Drug Administration in enforcing basic regulatory norms have been exposed following the deaths of childre...
Kolkata drug bust: Rs 6.6 crore in spurious medications seized by Union Health MinistrySpurious drugs worth Rs 6.6 crore were seized in Kolkata during a raid by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation and the Drugs Con...
Calcium, Vitamin D3 tablets, 47 others fail CDSCO's quality check: Check if your medication is safe?The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) identified 49 drugs failing quality tests in its September report. Among these are ...
EU-approved medical devices' imports may be easedThe Indian government is considering exempting medical devices approved in the European Union from clinical investigation requirements, sim...
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...
Govt forms panel to study WHO report on deaths of 66 Gambian children linked to 4 Indian syrupsThe development comes on a day the Haryana government ordered the halting of drug manufacturing at the Sonipat unit of Maiden Pharmaceutica...
Maiden Pharmaceuticals had license to export, not locally sell cough & cold syrup, India saysIndia's health and welfare ministry said Thursday that Maiden Pharmaceuticals had the license to only export four drugs that are now linked...
Biocon case: CBI files charge sheet against 5The agency in its charge sheet filed last week has annexed alleged incriminating WhatsApp texts exchanged between alleged conduit (a woman)...
Biocon Biologics case: CBI seeks custodial interrogation of accusedThose arrested include a Joint Drug Controller (JDC), posted at CDSCO Headquarters, New Delhi, an executive of M/s Biocon Biologics Limited...
Role of pharma firms in allegedly bribing CDSCO officials under CBI scannerCBI has arrested five people including S Eswara Reddy, joint drug controller at CDSCO, L Praveen Kumar, associate vice president and head o...
CBI apprehends joint drugs controller taking Rs 4 lakh bribe to clear Biocon subsidiary productIt was alleged that the accused was trying to exert undue influence on officers of CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation) unde...
Natco seeks emergency nod for Molnupiravir to treat CovidThe development comes close on the heels of findings announced by the researchers that Molnupiravir was found effective for treating the pa...
Reported adverse event during Covaxin phase 1 trial within 24 hours: Bharat BiotechThe statement was issued following a report by Economic Times which revealed that a serious adverse event was seen in a case during the Pha...
CBI arrests Deputy Drug Controller over graft chargesDr. Naresh Sharma, Deputy Drug Controller of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has been suspended with immediate effect.
Baby powder free of asbestos, comply with Indian standards: Johnson & JohnsonThe company's raw talc and finished powders in the US sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos from at least 1971 to the ear...