Centre to soon set up a digital portal to track narcotic drugsThe proposed platform will enable real-time, end-to-end digital tracking of all regulated pharmaceutical products, covering every stage fro...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
CDSCO finds over 160 drug samples as 'not of standard quality' for DecemberIn December 2025, 74 drug samples were identified as Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) by Central Drugs Laboratories and 93 by State Drugs Test...
21 Jan, 2026, 05.37 PM IST
Central Drugs Laboratories find 52 drug samples 'not of standard quality' in alert for SeptIn September 2025, government laboratories flagged 52 drug samples for quality deficiencies, with state laboratories uncovering an addition...
23 Oct, 2025, 06.59 PM IST
Regulator to digitally monitor supply chain of cough syrupsIn a groundbreaking effort to enhance public health safety, India's drug regulatory authority has unveiled a digital tracking system for co...
22 Oct, 2025, 11.07 PM IST
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...
13 Oct, 2025, 10.18 AM IST
MP police registers FIR against Sresan Pharma, links deaths of children directly to the companyMadhya Pradesh police have registered an FIR against Sresan Pharma for allegedly adulterated Coldrif syrup, linked to the deaths of 21 chil...
13 Oct, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
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...
11 Oct, 2025, 12.44 PM IST
Central drugs laboratories find 55 samples to be 'not of standard quality' in JuneIn June 2025, central drugs laboratories discovered 55 drug samples failing quality standards, while state labs found 130 similarly substan...
18 Jul, 2025, 08.59 PM IST
Pharmexcil flags export disruption risk due to COPP mandate; seeks urgent reviewPharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India wants Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation to rethink its online Certificate of Pha...
11 Jul, 2025, 07.06 PM IST
47 drugs found 'not of standard quality' in FebruaryThe Central Drugs Laboratories identified 47 drug samples as 'not of standard quality' in February, while State Drugs Testing Laboratories ...
28 Mar, 2025, 10.30 PM IST
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 ...
26 Oct, 2024, 11.06 AM IST
Ordered recall of drugs not meeting quality standards, action started to book 5 fake drug manufacturers: DCGIIndia's drug regulator has ordered the recall of around 45 medicines that did not meet quality norms, while action has been taken against m...
09 Oct, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
Drug launches, new permissions should be made public, say pharma MNCsIn a recent meeting held by the drug controller on global clinical trials, the OPPI sought from the government a notification system throug...
13 Dec, 2023, 10.25 AM IST
Centre launches Nandi portal for granting NOC for veterinary drugs, vaccinesMinister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Sanjeev Kumar Balyan said, "Nandi portal is part of Digital India. The drug ...
26 Jun, 2023, 07.14 PM IST
Proposal to cut approval time for innovative products by 50%The document dated October 25 says it wants to achieve this by nudging all regulators to work together to reduce process overlapping and es...
28 Oct, 2021, 06.12 AM IST
Govt draft policy proposes to cut approval timelines for innovative products by 50%The document dated October 25 says it wants to achieve this by nudging all regulators to work together to reduce process overlapping and es...
27 Oct, 2021, 09.28 PM IST
Over 96 lakh healthcare, 78 lakh frontline workers registered till Feb 3 for COVID vaccinationThe expenditure to be incurred as operational cost for the vaccination of an estimated three crore healthcare and frontline workers is abou...
05 Feb, 2021, 09.09 PM IST