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Overhaul of drug regulator begins with recruitment plan for 1,500 specialistsIndia's pharmaceutical landscape is on the verge of transformation! The country’s drug regulatory body is gearing up for an overhaul with t...
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...
Govt orders safety review of popular weight-loss drugs amid rising demandIndian authorities are increasing vigilance on popular weight loss drugs. Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission will now compile reports on adver...
ACC clears Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi’s reappointment as Drugs Controller (India)Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi will continue as Drugs Controller (India) at CDSCO. His reappointment is on a contract basis for one year start...
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...
Centre plans new law for stricter quality checks and surveillance of drugs, medical devices, and cosmeticsIndia is creating a new law to improve drug quality and safety. This legislation will give more power to regulators for checking medicines,...
Ease of reading medicine labels, for everyoneCentral Drugs Standard Control Organisation or CDSCO plans Braille labels and QR codes on medicine packs. This will help visually impaired ...
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...
Govt mulls dropping quality tests for cough syrups from developed market-approved plantsThe proposal, which follows a representation from a stakeholder, suggests that testing at the prescribed laboratory may be waived for cough...
Drugs regulatory body may waive testing requirement for cough syrups exported to certain countriesCDSCO mulls exempting cough syrups from testing before export to select countries. Quality concerns arose last year prompting mandatory tes...
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...
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin recommended by expert panel for phase 2/3 trials on 2-18 year-oldsThe Subject Expert Committee on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization deliberated upon Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech...
Foreign produced COVID-19 vaccines: Decision on emergency use applications to be taken in 3 daysThe Central Drug Authority, CDSCO, will process applications for registration certificates (registration of overseas manufacturing site and...
Faster nod for clinical trials of all drugs and vaccines soonA committee led by cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba has also decided to set up a nodal coordination committee to ensure expeditious disposal o...
The Department of Pharmaceuticals proposes to oversee drug regulatorThe Cabinet secretary had constituted a committee tasked with reforming the drug regulatory system under the chairmanship of Rajesh Bhushan...
Niti Aayog proposes separate regulator for medical devicesThe ministry had issued a draft notification saying that all medical devices would come under the category of drugs from December 1 and wou...
Regulator weighs inspection of drug-making facilities in USAccording to the proposal, the sites will be inspected if they have made substandard drugs, received quality complaints, or faced action by...