Regulator steps up oversight of GLP-1 drug distribution chainIndia's drug regulatory body is intensifying its scrutiny of the distribution channels for GLP-1 weight loss drugs. State drug authorities ...
28 Mar, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
Centre authorises Lieutenant Governors of 5 Union territories to hold powers under Drugs and Magic Remedies ActLieutenant Governors of five Union territories now hold new powers. They can authorize officers to search any premises and seize records. T...
19 Jan, 2026, 01.32 PM IST
Supreme Court notice to govt on PIL seeking AYUSH doctors be declared as registered medical practitionersThe Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Union Ministries of Law, Health and Ayush on a plea seeking a direction to declare AYUSH doct...
12 Jan, 2026, 09.21 PM IST
Kerala HC stays proceedings against Baba Ramdev in 'misleading' advertisement caseThe Kerala High Court has temporarily halted proceedings against Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balakrishna, and Divya Pharmacy related to a misleadi...
03 Apr, 2025, 06.08 PM IST
Misleading ads case: Kerala court issues bailable warrant to Baba Ramdev, Acharya BalakrishnaA Kerala court issued a bailable warrant against Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna for a misleading advertisement case. The mag...
20 Jan, 2025, 11.40 AM IST
Preventing misleading claims: Ads for diabetes, oncology drugs may need approvalThe government is looking to regulate advertisements for anti-diabetes, sex hormone, and oncology drugs by amending the Drugs and Cosmetics...
16 Jul, 2024, 12.36 AM IST
Manufacturing licenses of 14 products of Patanjali, Divya Pharmacy suspended: Uttarakhand SLA to SCDuring the hearing on Tuesday, a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah came down heavily on the SLA for its "inaction" for ...
30 Apr, 2024, 08.45 PM IST
Why did Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved apologise in SC? What was the case?Patanjali Ayurved's MD, Acharya Balkrishna, apologised to the Supreme Court for misleading advertisements, ensuring they won't be repeated....
21 Mar, 2024, 11.40 AM IST
Patanjali misleading advertisement case: SC asks Baba Ramdev to be personally present for next hearingThe Supreme Court summons Baba Ramdev for failing to respond to a contempt notice regarding misleading Patanjali Ayurved advertisements. Ra...
19 Mar, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Govt proposes 5-year jail, Rs 50-lakh fine for ads promoting fair skinThe ministry of health and family welfare has finalised Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) (Amendment) Bill, 2020, whi...
06 Feb, 2020, 11.57 PM IST
Indoco Remedies receives EIR from USFDAIndoco Remedies got "establishment inspection report (EIR) for its Clinical Research Organisation, AnaCipher, located at Hyderabad for the ...
26 Nov, 2019, 12.13 PM IST
Centre warns channels on ads with false claims about drugsThe advisory said the channels should advertise only those products and drugs that have valid licences, failure of which will attract actio...
23 Jul, 2017, 12.27 PM IST
USFDA issues 6 observations post Indoco's Goa plant inspectionThe United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) inspected the company's Goa Plant II from August 31, 2016 to September 4, 2016, Indo...
07 Sep, 2016, 04.22 PM IST
Government to amend Act to check misleading ads of traditional medsThe amendments seek to bring the traditional medicine systems like Yoga and Ayurveda under the purview of this law.
10 May, 2016, 03.48 PM IST
Parliamentary panel for penalizing those putting out misleading advertisementsThe Act controls advertisements of drugs in India. It prohibits advertisements of drugs and remedies that claim to have magical properties.
08 May, 2016, 12.50 PM IST
Bring amendment to two important acts to logical conclusion: Parliamentary panelParliamentary Standing Committee said although the process of amending has begun, its logical culmination was still a "distance away".
28 Dec, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
Government to revisit law controlling advertisement of drugs and magic remedies to take tough action against quacksHe, however, suggested that while the government relooks at the law, it should call a meeting to at least implement the existing law as it ...
11 Jul, 2014, 07.11 PM IST