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Government considers ban on two antibioticsThe government is considering banning the production, import, and distribution of chloramphenicol and nitrofurans antibiotics used in food-...
Govt frees exports of all APIs, formulations except paracetamolThe Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) amended the export policy for APIs such as vitamins B1, B6 and B12, tinidazole, metronidazo...
Covid-19 battle: Restrictions on drug export may be liftedOut of 13 drugs whose exports were restricted, the government is likely to lift the ban on five including paracetamol, tinidazole, metronid...
Govt allows pharma formulations exports under export-linked schemeUnder an advance license, duty-free imports are bound to certain export obligations. The government had restricted the exports of paracetam...
Government bans exports of certain masks, ventilators, raw material for masks, coverallsThe exports of these products were free till now. DGFT had prohibited the export of all personal protection equipment including clothing an...
Covid-19: Export curbs on imported API drugs under reviewThe commerce and industry ministry is studying a proposal to allow exports of drugs from active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) which have...
Exporters line up for restricted Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients licenceThe government, on March 3, restricted the exports of 26 API and formulations, including paracetamol and vitamins B1, B6 and B12 in order t...
Proposed cess on import of APIs stokes supply disruption fears“Cess not more than 1% may be imposed on imported APIs,” a senior government official said. The DoP had formed a committee earlier this mon...
Amid Coronavirus outbreak, India mulls export ban on 12 essential drugsAn eight-member expert committee constituted by the government to assess availability of medicines in the country has suggested imposing ex...
Covid-19 Impact: Pharma companies feel the pain as prices of key inputs shoot upAccording to the data available with Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil), the cost of paracetamol has gone up from Rs 250-...
Panel mulls drug export curbs to avoid shortageThe move comes as traders raise prices of some bulk drugs for pharma firms amid shutdown in China.
Antibiotic resistance in food-animals growingIndia, long associated with the spread of superbug New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase-1 and extensively drug-resistance tuberculosis, has now...
- Quality control lab for marine products in Odisha to address export concerns
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS) A state of the art quality control laboratory to check traces of antibiotics in shrimps and other marine product...
Drug resistance making typhoid tough to treatDoctors say that while earlier oral drugs could cure most patients, they now need to give injectable antibiotics to 20-30% of the patients ...
Tanzania bans Lincoln Pharma's bacteria-fighting injectionDrug firm Lincoln Pharmaceuticals today said its highest selling Chloramphenicol Sodium Succinate injection has been banned in Tanzania.
#MaggiInASoup: Do you know what you are eating?How little we know what we consume came to the fore in recent studies by Centre for Science & Environment. Here are some facts.
UN strengthens norms on lead in infant formula, arsenic in riceCodex standards serve in many cases as a basis for national legislation and provide the food safety benchmarks for international food trade.