An SNL 'All Drug Olympics?' Not quite. But these Enhanced Games are no jokeThe "Enhanced Games" in Las Vegas allows athletes to use performance enhancers, aiming to challenge mainstream sports' anti-doping efforts ...
24 May, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
How amendments to anti-doping act can change search and seizure dynamicsNew anti-doping laws propose empowering officers to search and detain individuals in public for up to 24 hours, aiming to curb banned subst...
21 May, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
National Anti-Doping Act set to be amended, Ministry proposes five-year jail for suppliersIndia is set to amend its National Anti Doping Act. The proposed changes will criminalize the supply of banned substances to athletes. Supp...
21 May, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
Has Donald Trump administration made Marijuana legal for medical or recreational use in U.S.? Shares of cannabis firms jump big in U.S. Stock MarketCannabis decision by the Federal Government Iargely legitimizes medical marijuana programs in the 40 states that have adopted them.
23 Apr, 2026, 08.26 PM IST
India 'extremely high' doping risk: Athletics Integrity UnitIndia has been elevated to a list of nations including Russia where there is an "extremely high" risk of doping, the Athletics Integrity Un...
20 Apr, 2026, 05.41 PM IST
29 vitamin-mineral FDC drugs under review for possible ban over 'irrational' tagA looming ban on twenty-nine vitamin and mineral combination drugs has sparked a heated debate. Initially flagged as irrational by an exper...
17 Feb, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Govt bans 156 medicines including antibiotics, painkillers, multivitamins: Here is the full listThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has banned the manufacture, sale, and distribution of 156 fixed dose combinations. These include ...
23 Aug, 2024, 05.23 PM IST
SC exempts painkiller Saridon from the banned list in IndiaThe health ministry had banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of 328 fixed dose combinations (FDCs) of drugs in September last year.
21 Feb, 2019, 02.16 PM IST
Supreme Court prescribes pain relief for 15 banned combination drugsThe order effectively brings several popular cough syrups, painkillers and cold medication out of the health ministry’s impending ban list,...
08 Sep, 2018, 06.43 AM IST
Government need not consult statutory board to ban combo drugs: Supreme CourtThe government challenged it in the top court on the ground that the ban was necessary in public interest, prompting the top court to stay ...
16 Nov, 2017, 04.38 PM IST
Drug ban row continues as Delhi High Court extends stayJustice RS Endlaw asked the companies to provide a list of the drugs for which they were issued licenses by state licensing authorities (SL...
29 Mar, 2016, 10.02 AM IST
Policy bumps may hit pharmaceutical market’s dream runIndia’s Rs 98,000 crore pharmaceutical market may face some road bumps ahead as the government implements tough policies.
22 Mar, 2016, 04.18 AM IST
40% doctors disagree with government's recent drug ban list: SurveyNearly 40 per cent of doctors disagreed with the government's move to ban 344 fixed dose combination drugs, a survey said.
18 Mar, 2016, 07.25 PM IST
Lobby groups of pharmaceutical companies considering petition against drug banLobby groups of pharmaceutical companies are leaving no stone unturned to get the health ministry’s ban on 344 fixed-dose combination (FDC)...
18 Mar, 2016, 09.13 AM IST
`Banned drugs cannot be returned promptly'The government had banned the sale of 344 fixed dose combination drugs.A fixed dose combination drug is a mix of two or more drugs in a sin...
16 Mar, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
Germany suspends marketing of 54 drugs tested by GVK BiosciencesGermany's drug regulator has suspended the marketing of 54 medicines clinically tested by India's GVK Biosciences in compliance.
22 Aug, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
India warns nationals against bringing prohibited drugs to UAEIndia has warned its nationals visiting the UAE against carrying prohibited medicines to the Gulf nation to avoid "landing on the wrong sid...
07 Aug, 2014, 07.57 PM IST