Govt plans to stop chemists from forcing people to buy entire medicine stripsChemists say giving away a few pills from a blister pack gives rise to the problem of the remaining portion of the pack not having the batc...
25 May, 2023, 12.32 AM IST
CAIT urge govt to take action against e-pharmacy companies, including Amazon, Flipkart, RelianceCAIT alleged that primarily Pharmeasy, Medlife, 1Mg, Netmeds (now owned by Reliance Group), Amazon (foreign company owned by Amazon) Flipka...
23 May, 2022, 02.04 PM IST
CAIT alleges violation of Drugs & Cosmetics Act by e-pharmacies"It is important to note that sale of prescription drugs and medicines through online medium is illegal. The legal regime, under the Drugs ...
20 Mar, 2021, 06.54 PM IST
Favipiravir fastest molecule to cross Rs 100 crFavipiravir, a drug used in the treatment of Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms, became the largest-selling medicine in India in Septembe...
29 Sep, 2020, 07.51 AM IST
Chemist body says Centre's digital health data plan not secure in the current form“We are not sure if the government is in a position to safeguard the privacy of citizens from hacking and unauthorised access. The policy f...
18 Sep, 2020, 08.10 AM IST
Panic buying of drugs down since mid-AprilSales of anti-infective medicines in the April 1-22 period eased to 62% from levels seen from March 1to 22. While sales of antidiabetes dru...
28 Apr, 2020, 08.12 AM IST
- Indian-origin chemist discovers new recipe for early life
New York, Jan 8 (IANS) A team of chemists led by an Indian-origin researcher at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a fasc...
08 Jan, 2018, 06.22 PM IST
Ahead of GST, drug inventories cutStockists, worried they may suffer losses on account of a possible mismatch between tax payouts and tax refunds once GST kicks in, have sta...
04 May, 2017, 11.57 AM IST
Narayana Murthy's son-in-law Rishi Sunak backs BrexitThe 34-year-old, who is married to Murthy's daughter Akshata, became an MP in last year's general elections from Richmond.
20 May, 2016, 11.22 PM IST
Cipla, Pfizer, Sun take hit on NLEM price cutThe revision of the National List of Essential Medicines will have an impact on companies like Cipla, Pfizer and Sun pharma according to an...
30 Dec, 2015, 10.35 PM IST
Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline initiate leadership reshuffle in face of competition from domestic playersTop multinational drug makers Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline have initiated major reshuffle of senior leadership teams in India in face of comp...
23 Jun, 2015, 05.46 AM IST
UK election results: A record number of Indian-origin MPs elected to parliamentA record number of 10 Indian-origin candidates including Keith Vaz & NRN's son-in-law were today elected to the British Parliament.
08 May, 2015, 08.59 PM IST
- NRI entrepreneur Kartar Lalvani wins Healthcare business award in 2013
The founder-chairman of Vitabiotics received the honour from UK's Home Secretary Theresa May at a ceremony yesterday night.
24 Mar, 2013, 11.01 AM IST
- Drug pricing policy to cause 1.5k cr loss: IMS
Drug firms can offset the impact if they raise prices of brands currently sold below their proposed ceilings.
27 Dec, 2011, 07.53 AM IST
New pharma pricing policy to cost manufacturers Rs 1,500 crore: StudyThe proposed national drug pricing policy will cost drugmakers close to 1,500 crore and stockists and traders collectively over 2,500 crore...
22 Nov, 2011, 10.45 AM IST
- Jharkhand Chemists and Distributors Alliance Limited launched
In a major development, the chemists and druggists of Jharkhand have launched a new corporate entity, the Jharkhand Chemists and Distributo...
19 May, 2009, 09.13 PM IST
- Pharmacists to organise retail business
Druggists and chemists across the country have decided to get their fragmented retail business more organised to prevent the MNCs from ente...
29 Sep, 2007, 01.05 PM IST