Roche brings 7-minute lung cancer shot to IndiaRoche Pharma India introduces a new injectable immunotherapy for lung cancer. This treatment takes only seven minutes, a significant reduct...
15 May, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
US to impose visa curbs on 13 people linked to Indian firm over fentanylAmerica has placed visa restrictions on thirteen individuals connected to Indian online pharmacy KS International Traders. These individual...
14 May, 2026, 08.30 AM IST
OpenAI faces lawsuit in California court claiming chatbot gave advice that led to fatal overdoseParents have sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. They claim their son died from an accidental drug overdose. The lawsuit alleges ChatGPT co...
12 May, 2026, 11.40 PM IST
US visa restrictions on owner of India-based pharmacy, 13 associates for fentanyl traffickingThe US has imposed visa restrictions on 13 individuals linked to an India-based online pharmacy, KS International Traders, and its owner fo...
12 May, 2026, 09.49 PM IST
Sun Pharma shares jump over 9% after firm announces $12 billion Organon acquisitionSun Pharmaceutical Industries' shares surged after announcing the $11.75 billion acquisition of US-based Organon & Co., a global leader in ...
27 Apr, 2026, 10.33 AM IST
US sanctions Indian nationals and online pharmacy for supplying 'counterfeit fentanyl-laden pills'The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned Indian nationals Sadiq Abbas Habib Sayyed and Khizar Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh, along with an India-based o...
24 Sep, 2025, 10.23 PM IST
After cyberattacks, is China flooding America with drugs? US Treasury sanctions Guangzhou Tengyue and executives for Synthetic Opioid shipmentsUS authorities have sanctioned Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical Co. and its executives for allegedly supplying synthetic opioids to the United St...
04 Sep, 2025, 09.07 AM IST
China and India sources for fentanyl inputs: US reportFentanyl and other synthetic opioids remain the most lethal drugs trafficked into the United States, causing more than 52,000 US deaths in ...
26 Mar, 2025, 11.59 PM IST
ET Q&A: All our products are legitimate, sold under valid prescriptions, says Aveo Pharmaceuticals MDAveo Pharmaceuticals asserts that a stop-production notice was issued due to non-compliance with GMP standards, not for exporting opioid-ba...
11 Mar, 2025, 12.05 AM IST
FDA issues show cause notice to pharma firm in Palghar for illegal export of opioidsPalghar's Food and Drug Administration took legal action against Aveo Pharmaceuticals for alleged illegal opioid export after a BBC report ...
23 Feb, 2025, 03.08 PM IST
India bans production of two drugs ‘behind’ opioid crisis in West AfricaThe Drug Controller General of India has banned the production of tapentadol and carisoprodol after they were found to be illegally exporte...
22 Feb, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
India prime destination for darknet traded drugs in South Asia: ReportThe Vienna-headquartered International Narcotcis Control Board (INCB) has published its annual report for 2021 putting spotlight on the Sou...
11 Mar, 2022, 04.52 PM IST
Aurobindo eyes Mallinckrodt Opioids AgainThe US President has declared opioid addiction a public health emergency and drugmakers find themselves under scrutiny for allegedly contri...
23 May, 2018, 07.52 AM IST
US opioid crisis hits Indian pharma companiesThe total market size of opioid-based painkillers is estimated at $24 billion, with Fentanyl and Oxycontin being some of the commonly presc...
18 May, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
- Punjab losing battle against drug addiction, says study
Punjab has lost the battle against drug addiction even before it has begun, a study by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Del...
08 Feb, 2016, 11.41 AM IST
Punjab sinking in drugs worth Rs 7,500 crore from Pakistan per year: AIIMSThis is a startling revelation given that almost all the heroin that comes to Punjab is through the Pakistan border, pumped in by smugglers...
15 Jan, 2016, 11.04 AM IST
AIIMS to start permanent centre for opiate addiction treatmentThe initiative would slash down the treatment cost nearly half of the therapy currently being followed country-wide to treat such patients.
05 May, 2013, 01.26 PM IST