Themis gets Drug Controller’s nod to launch Inosine Pranobex a novel medicine to treat Covid19, A Viral Infection11 Mar, 2022, 09.15 PM IST
Centre mulls amending law on drugs to make it strongerET has reliably gathered that inter-ministerial discussions have now been initiated on both amending the NDPS Act, 1985 and shifting admini...
20 Oct, 2021, 05.46 AM IST
Writ petition filed to issue CL for Covid drugs, regulate vaccine pricesNon-governmental organisation Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a direction to the Union gover...
30 Apr, 2021, 08.26 AM IST
Kangana hits back, says she's ready for drug test after Mumbai cops begin probe into Adhyayan Suman's allegationsRanaut had crossed swords with Sena MP Sanjay Raut last week.
08 Sep, 2020, 07.14 PM IST
Patanjali's plea for Ayurvedic medicine trials raises eyebrowsMedia reports said the district Collector approved the proposal for clinical trial of some Ayurvedic medicines of the Patanjali group on CO...
27 May, 2020, 07.04 PM IST
Donald Trump identifies major drug producing or transit countriesIn addition to India, other south Asian countries identified as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries are Afghanista...
14 Sep, 2017, 08.47 AM IST
Stent price control will save patients Rs 4,450 crore: GovtThe National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) had notified the ceiling price of coronary stents at Rs 7,260 for bare metal stent and...
14 Mar, 2017, 05.44 PM IST
NPPA warns stent makers, importers against shortageLast week, the government had slashed prices of stents by up to 85 per cent by capping them at Rs 7,260 for bare metal ones and Rs 29,600 f...
22 Feb, 2017, 05.11 PM IST
Delhi High Court refuses to vacate stay on drug banDelhi HC has declined to vacate the stay earlier granted to certain drug brands banned by the health ministry, and said it would hear all f...
30 Mar, 2016, 10.21 AM IST
NPPA asks drug makers to register for online databaseNational drug pricing regulator NPPA has asked all pharmaceutical firm to register themselves under the IPDMS for online filing of returns.
19 Sep, 2014, 02.05 PM IST
Barack Obama identifies 22 drug-producing or transit countriesUS President Barack Obama has identified 22 countries, including India and Pakistan, as major illicit drug-producing or drug-transit countr...
16 Sep, 2014, 09.54 AM IST
Govt's efforts to fix essential drugs' prices hit roadblockThe regulator (NPPA) is also struggling to calculate price caps for another 150 such medicines because it believes the database is inadequa...
27 Aug, 2013, 06.01 AM IST
- Natco Pharma begins sales of Bristol Myers' cancer drug Dasatinib
Hyderabad-based generic drugmaker Natco Pharma has started selling copies of global pharma major Bristol Myers Squibb's cancer drug Dasatin...
13 Jul, 2012, 02.35 AM IST
- SC pulls up Ranbaxy on late refund demand
The Supreme Court has admonished Ranbaxy for not raising on the relevant occasion the issue of refunding Rs 1 crore penalty the government ...
24 Aug, 2009, 06.33 AM IST
- Patented MNC drugs to face price negotiations
Multinational drugmakers may find this a raw deal from the Prime minister’s Office (PMO).
19 Aug, 2006, 02.04 AM IST
- Govt orders cost audit of pharma cos to check hefty trade margins
Drug makers who charge hefty margins will soon have to admit that.
28 Mar, 2006, 12.04 AM IST
- Govt wants to keep essential drugs list untouched
The Union health ministry has informed the Attorney General that it did not think the National List of Essential Medicines submitted to the...
03 Oct, 2003, 10.49 PM IST