Plan in the works to let hospitals import med equipment directlyIndia's drug regulator is proposing to allow hospitals to directly import advanced medical equipment like MRI and CT scanners, bypassing cu...
20 Jun, 2026, 08.06 AM IST
Government prescribes end to over-the-counter sale of cough syrupsEven in small villages with a population of less than 1,000, where certain remedies including cough syrups were allowed to be sold without ...
17 Jun, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
AbbVie loses patent plea for Hep C drugThe Indian Patent Office has denied a secondary patent for AbbVie's Hepatitis C drug Maviret. This decision ensures continued access to aff...
19 May, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
Hyderabad laid-off techie turns 'ganja engineer' on terrace; 17 plants that could yield 10 kg seizedExcise officials in Hyderabad arrested a former software engineer for cultivating cannabis plants on his terrace. Investigators linked the ...
23 Apr, 2026, 09.48 AM IST
Rs 70,00,000 worth fake Mounjaro injections seized in Gurgaon; Police expose illegal weight-loss drug racket in NCRGurgaon Drug Racket: Authorities in Gurgaon have busted a major illegal pharmaceutical racket involving spurious Mounjaro KwikPen (tirzepat...
20 Apr, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
India accuses Balaji Amines of making pharma-grade chemical without a drug-making licenceBalaji Amines faces accusations from Indian authorities for producing pharma-grade propylene glycol without a necessary drug manufacturing ...
14 Oct, 2025, 01.02 PM IST
Many high-risk medical device manufacturers stop productionEarlier this year, the Central Drugs Standard Organisation (CDSCO) had set the October 1 deadline for bringing 'class C' and 'class D' medi...
04 Oct, 2023, 01.04 AM IST
Cough syrup case: Marion Biotech licence cancelledThe decision to cancel the licence was taken after the Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Chandigarh, which tested the samples of th...
23 Mar, 2023, 12.29 AM IST
CDSCO flags drug firms for making and selling combination medicines without approvalOver 70 fixed dose combination (FDC) medicine brands marketed by 16 pharma companies have been seized in an ongoing raid of two drug manufa...
17 Mar, 2018, 10.07 AM IST
Indian drug regulator may scrap licence renewal; move may affect quality of medicinesThe licences and approvals can be made perpetual provided they are not cancelled or suspended by the licencing authority, according to the ...
08 Oct, 2016, 02.10 PM IST
India’s drug regulator may scrap need to renew licences and approvalsThe government is planning a major overhaul of the country's drug policy, with moves that include scrapping the need to renew manufacturing...
07 Oct, 2016, 01.33 PM IST
In a big clean-up drive, government plans to scan 500 Indian drug facilitiesThe move is part of a drive to weed out supplies of substandard drugs in the market, a senior official in the health ministry told ET.
11 Jul, 2016, 05.17 PM IST
Delhi High Court seeks Centre response on Reckitt's pleaDelhi High Court today sought Centre's response on a plea moved by healthcare major Reckitt Benckiser challenging the state licensing autho...
16 May, 2016, 07.23 PM IST
Ministry of Health proposes steep fee hike for drugs licences, registration, manufacturingDrug makers may have to shell out significantly higher fees for a whole set of regulatory submissions in India in the New Year.
05 Jan, 2016, 04.07 AM IST
Cancer drug may lose patent shieldA compulsory licence (CL) will allow the government to source generic versions of the patented drug and sell them at a fraction of the cost.
07 Feb, 2014, 11.31 AM IST
New bill proposes central licencing for some critical drugsLicences for manufacturing drugs under 17 critical categories will be given only by the Centre and not by states, a new bill has proposed.
15 Jul, 2013, 04.29 AM IST
DCGI asks drug manufacturers to get clearance before August 30The drug controller had earlier directed the state drug controllers to withdraw 294 FDCs which got licences without approval of DCGI.
07 Jul, 2013, 02.03 PM IST