US-India partnership strengthens global fight against fentanyl: ReportThe US DEA dismantled an India-linked online fentanyl network, seizing over 200 domains tied to deadly overdoses. Authorities stressed grow...
06 Feb, 2026, 12.21 PM IST
US sanctions Indian nationals and online pharmacy for supplying 'counterfeit fentanyl-laden pills'The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned Indian nationals Sadiq Abbas Habib Sayyed and Khizar Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh, along with an India-based o...
24 Sep, 2025, 10.23 PM IST
Opioid Tapentadol may be put under Narcotics Act to curb its accessThe government is planning to regulate Tapentadol under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. This follows concerns about its...
02 May, 2025, 12.15 AM IST
India bans production of two drugs ‘behind’ opioid crisis in West AfricaThe Drug Controller General of India has banned the production of tapentadol and carisoprodol after they were found to be illegally exporte...
22 Feb, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
Is Trump’s trade battle really a war on drugs?In Manhattan’s Chinatown, two statues represent historic Chinese figures separated by centuries. The article explores Trump's efforts to co...
05 Feb, 2025, 12.49 PM IST
ONDCP Director Dr. Rahul Gupta talks to Prof. Ishan Shivanand about the US-India strategic partnership to tackle drug overdose27 Oct, 2023, 06.15 PM IST
President Biden nominates two prominent Indian-American doctors to key rolesWest Virginia's former health commissioner Dr Rahul Gupta was nominated as the next director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy....
14 Jul, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
View: Drug abuse affects more people than Covid yet we bury the issueIf you believe that drug abuse can’t be compared to the Covid-19 pandemic, do browse through India’s first-ever large-scale, nationwide sur...
07 Feb, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
US FDA chief’s exit could impact Indian pharmaSeveral Indian drug firms had to recall medicines after a clamp down by the US regulator.
07 Mar, 2019, 08.00 AM IST
India-born billionaire on trial in US for bribing doctorsKapoor is the highest-level pharmaceutical figure to face trial amid the opioid epidemic that's claiming thousands of lives every year.
29 Jan, 2019, 11.17 AM IST
Donald Trump identifies India among 21 major illicit drug producing, transit countriesOther Asian countries identified as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries are Afghanistan, Pakistan and Myanmar.
12 Sep, 2018, 08.20 AM IST
Aurobindo in last lap to buy Mallinckrodt’s US generics businessMallinckrodt has the world’s most diverse line of bulk medicinal controlled substances including fentanyl, methadone, hydrocodone, hydromor...
10 Jul, 2018, 07.04 AM IST
Aurobindo eyes Mallinckrodt Opioids AgainThe US President has declared opioid addiction a public health emergency and drugmakers find themselves under scrutiny for allegedly contri...
23 May, 2018, 07.52 AM IST
US opioid crisis hits Indian pharma companiesThe total market size of opioid-based painkillers is estimated at $24 billion, with Fentanyl and Oxycontin being some of the commonly presc...
18 May, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
Intas closing in on Mallinckrodt’s US generics businessThis comes as US President Donald Trump has declared opioid addiction a public health emergency in the US and drugmakers have found themsel...
08 Nov, 2017, 03.48 PM IST
Why opioid must worry India as much as USThese drugs work on the brain’s reward system, which gives the user “positive sensation” and euphoria.
28 Oct, 2017, 11.50 AM IST
Indian-American billionaire charged with leading pharmaceutical fraud scheme in USJohn Nath Kapoor, 74, was arrested by the FBI from his home in Arizona yesterday on charges including racketeering, conspiracy and fraud.
27 Oct, 2017, 01.14 PM IST