Drugs at your door: Signs of a disruption taking shape in IndiaIndia Pharmacy Retail Quick Commerce: India's medicine delivery is seeing a change. Quick-commerce apps are making it easier to buy medicin...
01 May, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
Drugs panel considering proposal to rein in sale of OTC medicines to prevent misuseIndia's drug advisory board is considering restricting over-the-counter medication sales to prevent misuse and ensure patient safety. The p...
24 Apr, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
India set to introduce list of OTC drugs this monthIndia is set to receive a list of drugs transitioning to over-the-counter (OTC) status from prescription-only status soon. The committee re...
04 Mar, 2025, 11.33 PM IST
New list of over the counter drugs soonIndia is developing a framework for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, potentially allowing some prescription medications to be sold in general ...
21 Dec, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
Drug regulator forms panel to evaluate OTC candidatesThe sub-committee, which includes various doctors from the country's top government hospitals, representatives from Indian Council of Medic...
13 May, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
OTC policy can boost drug access, marketA government-appointed panel is considering allowing commonly used cough and cold medicines, antacids, and fever-reducing drugs to be sold ...
02 May, 2024, 10.41 PM IST
Panel to finalise list of over-the-counter drugs for sale at general storesA three-member committee of gynecologists has been formed to finalize a list of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs that will be available in regu...
22 Apr, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
Govt mulls allowing sale of common medicines in general storesIndia's committee, under Atul Goel's leadership, is pioneering the development of guidelines for over-the-counter medicines to improve acce...
18 Apr, 2024, 12.14 PM IST
Govt to allow sale of some drugs sans prescriptionThe DTAB has approved a list of OTC drugs which includes medicines like antifungal infections, analgesics (pain killers), cough syrups, dec...
20 Jan, 2022, 06.47 AM IST
Regulator may go over the counter to tackle issue of drug overdoseAs per the Nicholas Hall 2017 report, the Indian OTC market is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9% to cross th...
08 Oct, 2019, 12.35 PM IST
Soon, Centre to add 100 more drugs to over-the-counter listDrugs likely to get off prescription will initially include those commonly used for cold, cough and analgesics such as paracetamol and ibup...
25 Sep, 2019, 03.53 PM IST
India may soon give OTC drugs definitionThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is expected to amend rules on drugs and cosmetics to include a separate schedule fo...
20 Sep, 2017, 12.52 AM IST
Common drugs to get OTC tag, antibiotics on prescription onlyCommonly used medicines for flu and pain relief that are available over the counter (OTC) despite some being "prescription only", will now ...
29 Nov, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
- Piramal buys Cipla's i-pill for Rs 95 crore
Piramal Healthcare bought Cipla’s oral contraceptive brand, i-pill, for Rs 95 crore, to achieve its target of trebling its over-the-counter...
24 Mar, 2010, 03.44 AM IST
- OTC drugs turn money spinners
Food supplement Revital has become Ranbaxy's top-selling product, the first time that an over-the-counter drug has occupied the slot for In...
23 Sep, 2009, 12.16 AM IST
- Modi Mundipharma in JV with Belgian co
Modi Mundipharma has formed a 50:50 JV with Belgium-based company Omega Pharma to sell the latter’s over-the-counter medicines in India and...
29 Apr, 2009, 12.58 AM IST
- Now, you may buy drugs from post office
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs may soon be available in post offices across the country if an initiative by the drug makers and the governmen...
05 Dec, 2007, 03.02 AM IST