Govt grants sanction to prosecute joint drugs controller S Eswara Reddy in Biocon Biologics bribery caseEswara Reddy along with Animesh Kumar (Assistant Drugs Inspector), Biocon Biologics' Associate Vice President L Praveen Kumar, and Synergy ...
23 Jul, 2023, 04.15 PM IST
Maharashtra: Cases filed against e-commerce firm after FDA detects illegal sale of abortion kits in parts of stateFDA Assistant Commissioner Ganesh Rokade said the administration had received information that abortion drugs were being sold illegally on ...
07 May, 2022, 02.51 PM IST
No evidence of polio type- 2 virus strain: Bio-medHowever last week the Ghaziabad district court granted bail to Mr Garg on the grounds that the arrests made under the FIR by drug inspector...
31 Oct, 2018, 02.05 PM IST
Contaminated vaccines put India’s ‘polio free’ status at riskAt least three batches of polio vaccines containing 1.5 lakh vials have been found contaminated with type 2 polio virus. The health ministr...
01 Oct, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
Semler gets WHO notice of concern over violation of ideal laboratory and clinical practicesThe WHO said its findings bring into question the validity of studies (performed for 12 products) that are under assessment, but not prequa...
25 Apr, 2016, 03.10 AM IST
State FDAs product approval system bringing back inspector raj: Food companiesSoon after the ban on Maggi noodles in June, Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal had openly criticised the effects of regulatory ...
06 Aug, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
Food inspector raj threatening government’s Make-in-India initiative: Harsimrat Kaur BadalThe “inspector raj” needs to be abolished in favour of a “registration raj,” according to food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
17 Jul, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
In the name of food safety, you cannot bring back inspector raj: Harsimrat Kaur BadalThe fear is so pervasive in the food processing industry that lobby groups are unwilling to raise the matter fearing reprisals, said Harsim...
13 Jul, 2015, 10.00 AM IST
Cabinet approves new bill to replace Bureau of Indian Standards ActThe bill provides for compulsory hallmarking of precious metal articles, widening scope of conformity assessment, to enhance penalties, to ...
18 Jun, 2015, 03.12 AM IST
Rajasthan starts taking Maggi samples for testingThe state may also ban Maggi, like other states if the product is found sub standard and unhealthy.
04 Jun, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
'Track and trace' software to check spurious drugs"Track and Trace software has been developed for authentication of drugs manufactured in India," Health Minister J P Nadda said.
10 Mar, 2015, 04.13 PM IST
USFDA to increase its India headcount"USFDA is in the process of taking the headcount up to 19. We have offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. Currently we have 9 or 10 (officials wo...
04 Feb, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
- US FDA blocks imports from Ranbaxy for poor quality
FDA move does not end US sales by Ranbaxy. The factories with defects are in Dewas and Paonta Sahib. The Top 10 food myths revealed | Bewar...
17 Sep, 2008, 06.33 AM IST
- Ranbaxy to sell Terapia's liquid business
India’s largest pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories is selling the oral liquid manufacturing unit of its Romanian subsidiary, Terap...
01 Apr, 2008, 12.44 AM IST
- Uganda woos Indian pharma firms
Uganda wooed Indian pharmaceutical companies to invest and set up manufacturing facilities there by offering lucrative tax sops.
20 Mar, 2008, 04.51 PM IST
- Food safety high on agenda for China
China is stepping up enforcement against unlicensed food vendors and plans to upgrade quality standards on thousands of food and consumer p...
19 Sep, 2007, 05.14 AM IST
- Recall story reaches climax
China returns US pacemakers that fail quality standards.
22 Aug, 2007, 03.08 AM IST