Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance calls for zero import duty on US drugs to boost local industryThe Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) has proposed reducing the import duty on pharma products from the US to zero. Currently, India imp...
07 Mar, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Pharma companies may get time till December to comply with schedule M normsThe govt may extend the deadline for drug manufacturers to comply with revised Schedule M standards until December 2025. A final notificati...
27 Jan, 2025, 12.56 PM IST
Pharma lobby, govt meet to discuss OTC drug regulationThe drug regulator had earlier this year formed an expert panel to evaluate medicines which can become OTC from prescription after pharmace...
17 Dec, 2024, 01.19 AM IST
Panel to examine if nutraceuticals can be produced within drug unitIn a significant development, a five-member expert committee has been appointed to assess the feasibility of allowing the manufacturing of ...
28 May, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
Pharmaceutical bodies welcome uniform marketing code"We welcome the UCPMP. It is a balanced order that ensures that there is a healthy and ethical engagement between the pharmaceutical indust...
14 Mar, 2024, 12.42 AM IST
Pharma companies ask government to exempt cheap drugs from price controlThe pharmaceutical industry has sought an exemption from ceiling price for all low-priced formulations up to Rs 5 per unit. In a meeting he...
18 May, 2023, 12.39 AM IST
Govt to discuss TMR with pharma bodies on May 16In this regard, the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) and the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) have invited members of ph...
05 May, 2023, 10.12 AM IST
Govt bulk drug scheme may allow exports, tooIndia is trying to encourage local manufacture of APIs, intermediates and key starting material used in the production of drugs and cut dep...
19 Jun, 2020, 08.35 AM IST
Department of Pharmaceutical asks industry to regulate promotional practicesThe DoP secretary has told both the domestic and multinational pharma lobby groups along with the medical device industry to “strictly” com...
25 Dec, 2019, 06.41 PM IST
Telangana to lobby for pharma industry with CentreTelangana industries minister KT Rama Rao pointed out that the pharma industry’s growth rate fell to 5.5% in the past two years while the c...
24 Feb, 2018, 07.23 PM IST
Pharma body Pharmexcil slams green groups' superbug chargesIn the recent past, much of adverse propaganda is taking place against the Indian companies with an intention to malign the image of Indian...
28 Oct, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
Environmental lobby groups blame production methods of drug companies for rise in drug-resistant bacteriaThe Pharmaceuticals Export Council of India (Pharmexcil) set up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry under foreign trade policy on Thur...
27 Oct, 2016, 11.51 PM IST
Novartis patent case: Glivec developer Brian Druker hails SC rulingDruker welcomed the ruling but with a caveat: the price of medications should not be restricted to the extent that it inhibits future inves...
04 Apr, 2013, 12.05 PM IST
- Indian Drugs Manufacturing Association reviewing government directive on drug branding
Indian Drugs Manufacturing Association will take a call on legal action in its meeting on Friday after a new directive by the health minist...
19 Oct, 2012, 06.09 AM IST
- Drugmakers ask government to allow FDI in pharma sector
The change of heart comes ahead of the release of a report by the panel set up to study a proposal to reduce the FDI in pharma sector from ...
24 Sep, 2011, 03.22 AM IST
- Indian govt, firms spend over $10-mn for lobbying in the US
Indian govt and a handful of private entities have spent over $10 mn on lobbying activities in the power corridors. Indian ADRs gain $7 bn;...
26 Jul, 2009, 02.50 PM IST
- RIL, Nasscom, Sun Pharma & Orchid paid Rs 1.4 cr for lobbying in US
Reliance Industries, Nasscom, Sun Pharma and Orchid Chemicals -- have together paid close to $2,75,000 (about Rs 1.4 crore) towards lobbyin...
03 May, 2009, 04.41 PM IST