To tackle fake drugs, the Union health ministry will soon mandate barcodes or QR codes on certain medicines. This applies to antimicrobials...

The government is considering mandating bar codes or QR codes on labels for vaccines, antimicrobials, narcotics, psychotropic substances, a...

India introduces a biodegradable tax stamp, developed by the NRDC, to replace plastic labels in the liquor industry, aligning with sustaina...

Several domestic drug makers, including Mankind Pharma, have launched the diabetes drug Empagliflozin at significantly reduced prices follo...

The Commerce Ministry has withdrawn the track and trace system for pharmaceutical exports, aligning with the Ministry of Health's regulator...

The Indian government plans to require QR codes on all cancer drugs. This step aims to prevent counterfeit medicines and ensure drug authen...

Alkem Laboratories has denied claims that its products Pan-D and Clavam 625 are of substandard quality. The company stated that an investig...

Drug companies like Sun Pharma and Torrent Pharma have refuted claims in a CDSCO report that flagged certain medicines as "counterfeits". T...

Torrent Pharmaceuticals has denied claims that its popular product Shelcal 500 failed a quality test by the Central Drug Standards Control ...

Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, spared no expense for his son Anant's wedding to pharmaceutical heiress Radhika Merchant, hosting a lavi...

The drug regulator is also considering setting up a joint task force for fighting the menace of spurious and adulterated drugs in the count...

The National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) had last year identified brands including Dolo, Saridon Fabiflu, Ecosprin, Limcee, Su...

The decision has been taken in order to curb the sales of spurious medicines. Furthermore, this will also help in checking the authenticity...

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has identified the 300 most used drugs for QR codes.

The brands identified by the National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) include Dolo, Saridon Fabiflu, Ecosprin, Limcee, Sumo, Calpo...

SmartHub 3.0 will be available in app based, web based and a range of PoS devices and will have features like digitizing Khata, enabling co...

The government has been trying to introduce QR codes since 2011 but it hasn’t been implemented. Pharma companies and lobby groups had expre...