Fake Cancer Drug Racket Busted: A man was selling counterfeit medicines to 100 hospitals across Bengaluru and other statesA major fake cancer drug racket has been busted in Karnataka, with investigators alleging that a licensed pharmacist supplied counterfeit m...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
Centre set to tighten oversight of pharma packaging materialsIndia is set to implement a mandatory registration for printed pharmaceutical packaging manufacturers to combat counterfeit drugs. This mov...
26 Jun, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
Fake life-saving medicine racket busted in Delhi: Here's how they repackaged and sold drugs across several statesDelhi Police crime branch busted an interstate counterfeit medicine racket, arresting four individuals. The network allegedly sourced gover...
08 May, 2026, 04.45 PM IST
Demand for weight-loss drugs fuels global rise in counterfeitsThe increasing demand for weight-loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Ozempic has led to a rise in counterfeit versions of these medications. ...
20 Oct, 2023, 05.57 PM IST
QR codes could be used to check if medicines are fakeAround 300 top selling drugs will have to print QR codes on the 'primary' packaging labels in accordnace with the government's plans of lau...
03 Oct, 2022, 11.14 AM IST
Honeywell launches authentication tech to prevent counterfeit pharma drugsAn acute shortage of drugs to treat symptoms of COVID-19 has led to increased circulation of counterfeit medicines in recent times, a compa...
21 Jun, 2021, 01.12 PM IST
Soon a text message will be enough to spot fake medicinesPharma companies are likely to start printing unique codes on their best-selling products. This could weed out counterfeits of the top 300 ...
24 May, 2018, 03.44 PM IST
No authentic data on spurious drugs: Ranjit Sinha, CBI ChiefNot even one per cent of the accused have been arrested in cases of spurious medicine trafficking in 20011-12 in the country which lacks au...
08 Oct, 2013, 10.48 PM IST
- India, Brazil & China defend generic drugs at WTO
India, Brazil and China, however, argued that infringing intellectual property rights should not be confused with sub-standard products.
25 Jun, 2012, 01.11 AM IST
ACTA will make life saving drugs costlier for the poorProvisions of ACTA stretch its ambit to civil trademark infringement, which has no relation to a product being counterfeit.
31 May, 2012, 07.59 AM IST
Detect counterfeit drugs through cloud services technology, system evolved from HP's pilot African projectThe system evolved from a pilot programme implemented in Africa to check the authenticity of life-saving drugs distributed there.
29 Sep, 2011, 02.40 PM IST
- Now check genuineness of pharma products through SMS
US-based Sproxil on Tuesday announced the launch of its operations in India and unveiled a product to check the drug counterfeit market.
21 Jun, 2011, 04.49 PM IST
- WHO won't redefine fake drugs
Relief for India as new definition would have posed threat to low-cost, high-quality generic industry.
27 Jan, 2009, 01.04 AM IST
- Govt rejects WHO agency's definition of counterfeit drugs
The health ministry has turned down the new definition of counterfeit drugs proposed by an agency backed by the WHO.
17 Oct, 2008, 01.08 AM IST
- New fake drug definition to boost credibility of local medical sector
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) is planning to adopt a new definition of counterfeit drugs.
31 Jul, 2008, 03.12 AM IST
- India favours exchange of drug registration info with S Africa
India today said it favoured exchange of information on registration of drugs and medicines with South Africa to work on a common strategy ...
29 Jul, 2008, 06.24 PM IST
- India hub of counterfeit drugs: EC
Concerned over European Commission’s (EC) allegations about large scale supply of ‘counterfeit’ Indian drugs to the region, India has sough...
23 Jun, 2007, 03.46 AM IST