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Chemists told to stock up on key medicinesThe National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority and the Drug Controller General of India held a meeting with AIOCD on Monday regarding the av...
Drug hoarding case: Nothing to suggest persons seeking assistance from Gautam Gambhir, Delhi Drug Control Dept tells HCThe department has further informed that as per the investigation, the doctors involved in the setting up of the medical camp have claimed ...
Gujarat MLA to HC: Remdesivir was distributed from BJP office to "save lives"The MLA, Harsh Sanghavi, told the HC on Tuesday that Remdesivir injections were made available by BJP leaders to needy patients in Surat an...
HC pulls up drug controller for not properly examining how Gambhir got huge quantities of FabifluThe high court said its confidence in the drug controller has shaken and rejected its status report filed in connection with its inquiry in...
HC asks drug controller to inquire into Gambhir, other politicians buying COVID medicines in bulkA bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said the Drug Controller shall examine how it is possible for someone to procure over 2,...
States must ensure special teams to mercilessly clamp down on black marketing of drugs: Centre to SCMinistry of Health and Family Welfare has requested the state governments to take all necessary measures to stop black marketing or hoardin...
More virulent COVID strain, insufficient infra have led to more deaths in Delhi: ExpertsThe capital reported 407 deaths on Sunday, 412 on Saturday, 375 on Friday, 395 on Thursday, 368 on Wednesday; 381 on Tuesday, 380 on Monday...
Crisis over shortage of Remdesivir, Fabiflu to end by next fortnight"An unprecedented surge in demand of some crucial medicines, used in treating Covid patients, has created a mess. Now companies like Cipla ...
Centre focuses on OTC drugs under Covid managementET has learnt that the issue was taken up at a recent meeting of the empowered group in view of the surge in their demand, especially for t...
Customs duty waive off on Remdesivir will further augment domestic availability: Sadanand Gowda"Considering the immediate requirement on the recommendation of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, the Department of Revenue has reduced cu...
Maharashtra to set up control rooms for smooth supply of RemdesivirThe state is facing multiple issues pertaining to the drug, like demand-supply gap, its hoarding and black-marketing by stockists and pharm...
COVID-19 drug Remdesivir's price must not cross Rs 1400: TopeTope said with a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases, the state may need 1.5 lakh Remdesivir injections daily which would require ramping up of pr...
NPPA asks state drug controllers to prevent hoarding , black marketing of medical oxygenIn the letter, NPPA Chairperson Shubhra Singh said the increase in number of COVID-19 cases in the country has resulted in surge of demand ...
Drug regulators crack down on illegal trade in medical oxygenThe rising number of Covid-19 cases has led to high demand for oxygen cylinders, leading to black marketing of the critical life-saving equ...
Residents in Mumbai hotspots to be given HCQ as a preventiveResidents of civic wards in Mumbai with a high number of Covid-19 cases will be given hydroxychloroquine tablets as a preventive treatment,...
Coronavirus kits to be sold only on doctors' prescription: FDAIn an order issued on Thursday, FDA commissioner Arun Unhale said the Maharashtra government and FDA had received several complaints of che...
How long will India's coronavirus medicines hold out? Here's the latest dataA committee formed by the government has assured that India need not worry about drug shortages. The committee, in its report, has said tha...
Coronavirus outbreak: Drug price regulator NPPA calls for close watch on Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients availability"The key drug industry associations have assured the government that there is enough stock of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients APIs/ formu...
Government warns of action against stent hoardersThere have been reports of “artificial” shortage of stents since National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) capped prices of these li...
Arrest me in six months or I will arrest you after six months: Kejriwal to MajithiaKejriwal called the Revenue Minister Bikramjit Majithia a “Drug Lord” while the Delhi CM was in Amritsar, for the hearing of a defamation c...