Roche brings 7-minute lung cancer shot to IndiaRoche Pharma India introduces a new injectable immunotherapy for lung cancer. This treatment takes only seven minutes, a significant reduct...
Roche Pharma launches India’s first 7-minute injectable immunotherapy for lung cancerRoche Pharma has introduced Tecentriq, India's first under-the-skin immunotherapy for lung cancer. This new injection takes about seven min...
Weight-loss drug semaglutide set to get cheaper as generic wave builds in IndiaPrices for generic semaglutide, a popular weight-loss drug, are expected to fall by more than half in the coming months. This sharp decline...
Drugmakers must report safety data from launch date, not approval date: CDSCOIndia's drug regulator has issued a new directive for pharmaceutical companies. Periodic Safety Update Reports for new drugs must now be su...
Drug regulator transfers 95 officials in mass reshuffleThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has moved about 95 officials across India. This reshuffle aims to improve compliance and le...
Drug regulator halves approval timelines, eases several rulesIndia's drug regulator has significantly accelerated innovation by cutting approval timelines by over 50%. Clinical trial approvals now tak...
Export of drugs meant only for Indian market under DCGI lensThe DCGI has asked all port offices to ensure that products meant for the "India market only" are not exported after receiving complaints a...
ET Impact: DCGI asks pharma cos to adhere to production quality standardsThe DCGI's move comes a few days after ET reported that industrial excipients are used in manufacturing medicines and over 50 companies man...
DCGI asks states to keep vigil on sale of falsified versions of 2 drugs following WHO alertsThe Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has issued an advisory to keep a strict watch on the sale and distribution of falsified versio...
DCGI issues advisory as US-based Abbott recalls batches of Digene gelAbbott India Limited, through a letter dated August 18, intimated to DCGI regarding voluntary product recall of all batches of Digene Gel o...
DCGI says medicines should be sold only under direct supervision of pharmacists in retail medical stores"Ensure that pharmacists are physically present in the retail pharmacies/medical stores, and that medicines are sold/dispensed under their ...
DCGI chief VG Somani gets three months extensionThe extension period will come to effect from November 11. This is the second extension that Somani got. His term was set to end on August ...
Dr Reddy's gets DCGI nod for single-shot Sputnik Light vaccineThe standalone Sputnik Light vaccine is the latest jab to be approved by the DCGI as part of India's national inoculation effort against CO...
AstraZeneca's Dapagliflozin tablets get DCGI nod for patients with chronic kidney diseaseThe company has "received Import and Market Permission in Form CT-20 (Subsequent New Drug Approval) from the DCGI for Dapagliflozin tablets...
Glenmark Pharma shares jump nearly 9% on DCGI nod for clinical trials of Covid-19 tabletsThe company said it is the first firm in India to receive such an approval from the DCGI.
DCGI to fast-track approval for Covid-19 drug, vaccineThe DCGI has offered seven measures for speeding up the process, from giving fast-track approval for repurposed drug to waiving animal stud...
- Drug Regulator office has gone defunct as a quasi regulatory body takes charge of crucial approvals
Drug companies say that due to this committee, the DCGI has become non accountable to issues of drug approvals.