Thyroid, antibiotic drugs face fresh safety warnings after national reviewNew safety warnings are coming for two common medicines, doxycycline and carbimazole. Indian drug regulators have identified potential ment...
20 Feb, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
Pharma firms asked for side-effects of common medicinesIndia's drug regulator has issued new safety warnings for common medicines. Doxycycline, an antibiotic, will now list side effects like anx...
19 Feb, 2026, 12.48 AM IST
Graph AI raises $3 million seed funding for drug safety platformAI life sciences startup Graph AI has secured $3 million in seed funding to revolutionise pharmacovigilance. The California-based startup l...
16 Oct, 2025, 08.18 AM IST
India ranks among top contributors in reporting adverse events: Drugs Controller General of IndiaDCGI Dr. Rajeev Raghuvanshi highlighted India's leading role in global adverse event reporting during the 5th National Pharmacovigilance We...
17 Sep, 2025, 05.19 PM IST
Govt issues guidance paper to strengthen vaccine companies' reporting of adverse eventsThe new report released last week aims to provide guidance to the manufacturers and importers of vaccines in the country so as to strengthe...
04 Jun, 2024, 12.15 AM IST
Lupin appoints Dr Ranjana Pathak as chief quality officerDr. Ranjana Pathak appointed Lupin's chief quality officer, succeeding Johnny Mikell. With 30 years of experience, she led quality at Cipla...
03 Apr, 2024, 07.18 PM IST
Meftal maker says adverse reaction flagged by IPC is very rareBlue Cross Laboratories, the owner of the Meftal painkiller brand, has clarified that the adverse reaction the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commiss...
13 Dec, 2023, 11.28 AM IST
Cabinet nod for inking MoU between India, UK for cooperation in medical product regulationThe main areas of cooperation between the two regulatory authorities include exchange of safety information, including pharmacovigilance wh...
04 Nov, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
Official reiterates faith in HCQ, says use recommended after assessmentThe pharmacovigilance programme also monitored the use of HCQ for highrisk healthcare workers in the counrty Prophylaxis refers to treatmen...
05 Jun, 2020, 07.07 AM IST
IPC to become first WHO Collaborating Centre in SE AsiaHealth Secretary BP Sharma said the importance of Pharmacovigilance has increased as there have been changes in the ways people take medici...
04 Nov, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
Vigilance important to monitor adverse effects of drugs: JP NaddaHealth Minister JP Nadda today underlined the importance of pharmacovigilance, the monitoring of adverse effects of drugs in the country.
04 Nov, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
Health ministry okays plan to monitor medical devices; vigilance cells to be set up nationwideTo begin with, MvPI cells are to be established in 10 medical colleges. These will be funded by the government to report online.
16 Mar, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
Pharma companies may have to report drugs’ side effects to regulatorIndia is set to make it mandatory for pharmaceutical firms to report side effects of drugs to the regulator.
09 Mar, 2015, 05.16 AM IST
Ban proposed on drugs having serious side effects"There are variations in each individual in conversions of codeine to morphine and each individual reacts differently," Prof K C Singhal.
28 Oct, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
- TCS, Cognizant, Wipro, Accenture, Genpact, HCL bite into drug safety
Industry experts say that pharmacovigilance & clinical data management is growing at feverish pace with some pegging the growth rate at 100...
24 Jun, 2011, 11.12 AM IST
- Indian pharmaceutical industry to reach $20 bn by 2015: Assocham
Assocham has said it expects the Indian pharmaceutical industry to reach $20 billion by 2015, making it one of the world's top 10 pharmaceu...
15 Apr, 2011, 11.40 AM IST
- Centre may tighten quality check on drugs
The government may make it compulsory for all hospitals and medical institutions to report adverse drug reactions, a move, which could enab...
29 Jun, 2009, 02.10 AM IST