Why are terror operatives opting for cosmetic procedures: Personal reasons or biometric escape plan?A Lashkar-e-Taiba operative reportedly paused his infiltration mission in Srinagar for a hair transplant, while another, arrested in Delhi,...
20 May, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
Centre to soon set up a digital portal to track narcotic drugsThe proposed platform will enable real-time, end-to-end digital tracking of all regulated pharmaceutical products, covering every stage fro...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
Easy access to weight-loss drugs rings alarm bells among doctors, authorities; regulators step inWeight-loss drugs are being sold without prescriptions in India. This is causing alarm among doctors and authorities. People are buying the...
07 Apr, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
Govt orders safety review of popular weight-loss drugs amid rising demandIndian authorities are increasing vigilance on popular weight loss drugs. Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission will now compile reports on adver...
04 Apr, 2026, 08.19 AM IST
Centre plans new law for stricter quality checks and surveillance of drugs, medical devices, and cosmeticsIndia is creating a new law to improve drug quality and safety. This legislation will give more power to regulators for checking medicines,...
15 Oct, 2025, 05.44 PM IST
Centre to bring law for strict quality checks, surveillance of drugs and cosmeticsIndia is creating a new law to improve drug quality and safety. This legislation will give more power to regulators for testing and monitor...
15 Oct, 2025, 02.46 PM IST
Pharma companies producing drugs, supplements in same unit under lensThe government, DCGI, and state authorities are cracking down on pharma units manufacturing nutraceuticals, health supplements, and drugs i...
27 Feb, 2024, 12.44 AM IST
CDSCO issues sampling guidelines to ensuring quality and efficacy of drugs, cosmeticsCosmetics samples were not collected in some regions. There is no centralised database of sale outlets where "not-of-standard" quality (NSQ...
17 Feb, 2024, 04.55 PM IST
Publish monthly list of spurious drugs, DCGI tells state bodiesThe document states the draft regulatory guidelines for sampling of drugs, cosmetics and medical devices by drugs inspectors of central and...
13 Feb, 2024, 09.48 AM IST
Meta takes down spyware network run by Indian company CyberRoot Risk AdvisoryDuring its investigations into threats present across its platforms, Meta said it had discovered that CyberRoot Risk Advisory had a network...
16 Dec, 2022, 06.11 AM IST
Chronic patients with associated ailments will be delivered medicines at home: Health MinistryIn the wake of reports that hydroxychloroquine can be used to prevent coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has catego...
28 Mar, 2020, 04.28 PM IST
USFDA inspection of Unichem Lab's Roha facility completed with no observationDrug firm Unichem Laboratories on Monday said the US health regulator has completed inspection of its Roha facility in Maharashtra without ...
24 Feb, 2020, 05.21 PM IST
Inspection of Unichem's Kolhapur facility by USFDA completed without observationsThe inspection was a CGMP surveillance and pre-approval inspection and was successfully concluded without any FDA Form 483 issued.
20 Sep, 2019, 04.22 PM IST
13-yr-old bill being redrafted to cover emerging health sectorsAt present, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 regulates only conventional pharmaceuticals, which account for over Rs 1 lakh crore of annual...
20 Jun, 2016, 12.54 PM IST
Ranbaxy shares fall over 5% as trouble brews in US marketThe stock plunged over 5% on reports that the US-based Ohm Laboratories-the company's facility in US, is under the surveillance of FDA.
20 Sep, 2013, 10.29 AM IST
New law to regulate biomedical, health researchThe Ministry of Health has proposed the Biomedical and Health Research Bill to ensure ethical research in all institutions with proper care...
15 Sep, 2013, 06.04 PM IST
- Superbug threat: Govt mulls introducing new 'schedule' in Act
The threat of a multi-drug resistant superbug looming large has forced the government to consider introduction of a separate schedule in th...
17 Apr, 2011, 10.39 AM IST