300 drug formulations to have mandatory bar codes on packages soon to curb sales of spurious medicinesThe decision has been taken in order to curb the sales of spurious medicines. Furthermore, this will also help in checking the authenticity...
05 Nov, 2022, 03.48 PM 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
Soon a text message will be enough to spot fake medicinesPharma companies are likely to start printing unique codes on their best-selling products. This could weed out counterfeits of the top 300 ...
24 May, 2018, 03.44 PM IST
Triple whammy: You can get dengue, malaria, chikungunya at the same timeResearchers at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have reported two such cases in the medical journals Intervirology and Virus Disease.
11 Feb, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
need2know: 9 macro cues for your day on D-StreetThe government plans to give electricity consumers the freedom to choose the supplier like in mobile number portability.
18 Oct, 2017, 07.51 AM IST
Popular antacid samples fail quality tests, company claims they were counterfeitsThe Pantocid and Pantocid DSR tested by CDSCO were not manufactured by Sun Pharma, the official spokesperson for the Mumbai-based drug make...
18 Oct, 2017, 12.25 AM IST
need2know: 8 things you must know to start your day on D-StreetThe India First policy will mean a $600 bn plus ‘market’ for manufacturing and services cos.
12 May, 2017, 08.18 AM IST