Stricter shelf life rule a bitter pill to swallow for pharma companiesA new regulation by the CDSCO mandates that exported drugs must have at least 60% shelf life remaining, causing significant losses to the I...
26 Aug, 2025, 03.53 PM IST
Pharma companies may lose licence if drugs fail testsThe health ministry is considering strict actions, including immediate license suspensions, for drugmakers producing substandard drugs. Thi...
26 Jun, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Russia-Ukraine war: Indian pharma firm caught in crossfire, lobby seeks PM Modi’s helpAn Indian pharmaceutical company, Kusum Healthcare, operating in Ukraine, suffered significant damages after a warehouse was reportedly str...
22 Apr, 2025, 12.36 AM IST
Pharma lobby seeks 2-year extension of schedule M deadlinePharma lobby group FOPE has requested the government to extend the compliance deadline for the revised Schedule M till December 31, 2026. T...
12 Jan, 2025, 11.42 PM IST
Erring drug companies to face stricter action as rules to improve mfg standards come into effect todayDrugmakers in India may soon face stricter enforcement of quality standards. The revised Schedule M, which details manufacturing practices ...
01 Jan, 2025, 06.24 AM IST
Pharma companies seek more time to implement revised norms on manufacturing practicesSchedule M of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 prescribes the good manufacturing practices (GMP) for pharmaceutical products, such as a ...
26 Aug, 2024, 12.38 AM IST
Panel to examine if nutraceuticals can be produced within drug unitIn a significant development, a five-member expert committee has been appointed to assess the feasibility of allowing the manufacturing of ...
28 May, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
Govt expands committee for drug and medical device pricing reforms, includes more industry representationThe government has expanded a committee to include more industry representation for reviewing drug and medical device pricing reforms. This...
24 Apr, 2024, 12.46 AM IST
Lens on cos making drugs, supplements in same facility: Pharma body hopeful of a rethink on govt actionIn a recent diktat, the government said action will be taken against pharma units that are flouting the norms by manufacturing nutraceutica...
20 Mar, 2024, 12.35 AM IST
Pharma companies producing drugs, supplements in same unit under lensThe government, DCGI, and state authorities are cracking down on pharma units manufacturing nutraceuticals, health supplements, and drugs i...
27 Feb, 2024, 12.44 AM IST
FOPE urges pause on NPPA notice, citing potential losses for pharma industryFOPE said that the manufactures follow the rules as laid down in the DPCO, 2013. At the same time, manufacturers look to NPPA to fix the pr...
14 Feb, 2024, 10.16 AM IST
Pharma bodies bat for 'One Molecule One MRP' policyRepresentatives of several small and medium pharma companies have suggested that the government adopt a "one molecule-one MRP" formula inst...
26 Jul, 2022, 06.07 AM IST
Pharma companies bat for settlement out of court on FDC issueThe high court, while lifting the ban on 344 drugs, had pulled up the government for haphazardly banning the drugs.
02 Dec, 2016, 01.05 AM IST
Delhi HC seeks government view on validity of drug companies' licencesThe HC asked the government whether it needed to consider the validity of licences held by pharma companies producing the combination drugs...
31 Mar, 2016, 01.19 PM IST
Drug makers body says government's ban 'arbitrary and unfair'Terming the decision to ban 344 fixed dose combination medicines as "arbitrary and unfair", pharma industry has said it feels let down by t...
18 Mar, 2016, 07.52 PM IST
- Excise-free states lose biz on duty cut
The excise duty incentives announced in this year’s budget may have been welcomed by the industry, but it has spelt doom for excise free zo...
13 Jun, 2008, 01.04 AM IST
- Fourth edition of BioAsia 2007 in Hyderabad
The Andhra Pradesh government along with the Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA), the University of Hyderabad and the European ...
14 Feb, 2007, 06.30 PM IST