The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended a ban on Nimesulide for individuals under 18 and over 60 due to safety concer...

The Centre has banned the manufacture, sale, and distribution of Nimesulide due to its toxicity to vultures. Studies showed that the drug c...

Pharma standards body Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has issued a drug safety alert over nimesulide, saying the pill can trigger ras...

The Indian government has banned 14 types of fixed-dose combination (FDC) medicines due to a lack of therapeutic justification and potentia...

The expert committee said that there is "no therapeutic justification for this FDC (fixed dose combination) and the FDC may involve risk to...

The company has agreed to acquire stressed assets from Saraswat Cooperative Bank by way of cash consideration of Rs 61 crore subject to clo...

Minister of State for Health Faggan Singh Kulaste in a written reply said that the drugs which have been allowed are nimesulide, analgin an...

Nearly 40 per cent of doctors disagreed with the government's move to ban 344 fixed dose combination drugs, a survey said.

Early this year, the health ministry had banned sale of anti-inflammatory drug nimesulide for use in children below 12 years of age.

Tegaserod is reported to increase the risk of heart attacks, while gatifloxacin in elderly patients may increase risk of developing serious...

Companies cannot dispatch new batches or resume production. The association will now move the court to remove the ban on the drugs altogeth...

Industry and regulatory experts say the ban has come too late and in case of nimesulide, the prohibition will be ineffective.

The government has decided to frame guidelines on advertisements of emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) to ensure consumers be aware of the...

Viagra used to treat heart condition or asprin used for blood-thinning are not examples in isolation where a drug is made to perform multi-...

Retail and dispensing chemists across the country are now gearing up to launch their own brand of medicines in the market.

Banned across world for side-effects, drug is being used in India to bring down fever in children.

Government to bring 3 mass-use drugs under price control on which chemists take a hefty margin.