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Regulator seeks views to curb similar sounding drug brandsThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation in India is inviting public contributions concerning new regulations aimed at curbing the s...- Quote of the day by Jelly Roll: 'Somebody you’ve known your entire life turns into a different person. I’ve had it happen to baby-mothers, cousins, biological brothers' - Lesson on heartbreak and unexpected betrayals by American rapper and singerAmerican rapper Jelly Roll once shared a simple yet poignant quote about people you know changing. This sentiment strikes a chord as it tal...
- FDA expands recall to all Clover Hill Dairy cheeses after listeria found in products and facilityUS food safety authorities have expanded a cheese recall due to Listeria contamination, now encompassing all products from Clover Hill Dair...
- Zydus Semaglutide approval: Delhi HC directs CDSCO to decide on patient safety concernsThe Delhi High Court has asked the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation to review a petition challenging Zydus Lifesciences' approva...
- Delhi HC allows Intas to sell cancer drug Bevatas, sets aside order favouring Sun PharmaThe Delhi High Court division bench has ruled in favor of Intas Pharmaceuticals, allowing the company to introduce its anti-cancer medicati...
- In the shadow of COVID, health officials fight panic over Hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons fro...
- Govt plans crackdown on lookalike drug brandsAccording to people in the know, the government is likely to consider as valid only the brand names which were approved first by the regula...
- Look-alike, sounding similar drugs likely to face strict actionEarlier, in January India's Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), India's apex drug advisory body, deliberated on the issue of same brand n...
- HC restrains Glenmark from selling asthma drug under 'Indamet' nameSun Pharma and Glenmark are contesting over their right to use drug names "Istamet" and "Indamet", respectively, which Sun Pharma finds to ...
- New policy likely to resolve drug name anomalyThe government has geared up to resolve the confusion, restricting companies from using same brand names for different drugs. The health mi...
- Government plans database of drugs to prevent use of similar brand namesDTAB, country’s highest drug advisory body, will discuss a mechanism to this effect at its meeting on Thursday because the problem is exten...
- The colour purple that has left drug makers like Dr Reddy's Laboratories paleThe reference here has nothing to do with the Pulitzer-winning book of Alice Walker, but the actual colour that has pushed big pharma to pu...
- Withdraw multiple drugs sold under same name: DCGIOn Monday, the Drug Controller General of India asked all state drug regulators to immediately withdraw three separate medicines used as an...
- Govt may make registration of drug brands mandatoryMove to help regulate brands to avoid duplication & confusion.
- HC rejects Fulford plea against United Biotech, Oscar RemediesWhen a trademark is derived from the common generic name, no single proprietor can claim absolute monopoly in such name or trade mark, rule...
- HC bans MNS Pharma from lipid-control drug saleDelhi HC has stopped Hyderabad-based MNS Pharmaceuticals from selling its lipid-lowering drug, MHS Rosuv. When contacted, an MSN Pharmaceut...
- Pharmaland: sometimes it’s all in the nameIndia will have to get its entire healthcare and pharma sector regulatory structure in place
- Generic generics may escape proposed trade margins capThe government’s proposed restriction on drug trade margins is likely to exclude products of four industry titans--GlaxoSmithKline, Ranbaxy...
- Health ministry rebuffs Paswan’s opposition to drug pricing policyChemicals and fertilisers minister Ramvilas Paswan has received yet another rebuff from the health ministry, after its recent opposition to...
- Drug makers to cut trade margins from Oct 2Pharmaceutical industry associations of big, small and multinational companies on Tuesday told all their members to cap trade margins on al...
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