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
Rahul Gandhi blasts Puducherry govt over fake drugs, calls it “murder”Rahul Gandhi has strongly criticised the Puducherry government. He alleged rampant manufacturing of fake medicines in the Union Territory. ...
06 Apr, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
CDSCO finds over 160 drug samples as 'not of standard quality' for DecemberIn December 2025, 74 drug samples were identified as Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) by Central Drugs Laboratories and 93 by State Drugs Test...
21 Jan, 2026, 05.37 PM IST
Ordered recall of drugs not meeting quality standards, action started to book 5 fake drug manufacturers: DCGIIndia's drug regulator has ordered the recall of around 45 medicines that did not meet quality norms, while action has been taken against m...
09 Oct, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
Pharma companies seek more teeth for agencies to fight fakesIndia's leading drug makers, through the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, have petitioned the Supreme Court to enable police and drug inspec...
07 Oct, 2024, 12.16 AM IST
Linking spurious drugs with legitimate manufacturers has severe reputational, financial impact: IPAThe Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) has called for a clear distinction between spurious and sub-standard drugs following a CDSCO repor...
29 Sep, 2024, 04.15 PM IST
Licences of 18 pharma companies cancelled for manufacturing spurious drugs"Licences of 18 pharma companies have been cancelled for manufacturing spurious and adulterated drugs and for violating GMP (good manufactu...
28 Mar, 2023, 09.56 PM IST
Indiscriminate use led to bogus tocilizumab injections: FDCAThe patented drug is manufactured only by Switzerland-based Roche Pharma and marketed in India by Cipla, he said, adding that since May, as...
19 Jul, 2020, 06.15 PM IST
Drug marketers to be held responsible for qualityPharmaceutical companies that market medicines made by third parties in the country will now be held responsible for drug product quality w...
14 Feb, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
Substandard drugs are a bigger problem for India than fakesThe surveys and reports point to the need for handling of the problem of substandard and counterfeit drugs .
02 May, 2019, 08.13 AM IST
Substandard drugs are a bigger problem for India than fakesA review of the annual reports of the country’s top 10 pharma companies shows that words like “counterfeit”, “spurious" or “fake” drugs do ...
02 May, 2019, 08.11 AM IST
Pharma cos marketing medicines made by third parties to soon be liable for quality lapses flagged by CDSCOThe move is expected to check lapses in quality of medicines consumed by patients in the country, according to persons aware of the develop...
23 May, 2018, 10.14 AM IST
'Track and trace' software to check spurious drugs"Track and Trace software has been developed for authentication of drugs manufactured in India," Health Minister J P Nadda said.
10 Mar, 2015, 04.13 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
- Government proposes measures to curb spurious drugs in market
Govt is mooting a proposal to set up more drug testing laborataries in various states in a bid to rid the country's growing market from spu...
10 Sep, 2012, 07.01 PM IST
- Soon, bar code & unique no on pill strips to check fakes
You could soon find out whether the drug you just bought from your pharmacy is original or counterfeit/spurious through a single SMS.
20 Feb, 2011, 11.52 AM IST
- Quality stamp for drugs in works
The ministry of health seeks to introduce a quality mark for the Rs 35,000-crore generic drugs market to enable consumers distinguish betwe...
27 Jul, 2009, 02.33 AM IST