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After Gurgaon’s Rs 70 lakh fake Mounjaro seizure, more stocks found in Hyderabad; Racket may span multiple statesThe investigation into fake Mounjaro injections has widened beyond NCR after authorities confirmed that part of the seized batch was sent t...- Health Canada sounds alarm on counterfeit Ozempic and Mounjaro as fake drugs surge across Canada, posing serious health risksHealth Canada is issuing a stern warning to Canadians regarding fake versions of popular diabetes and weight-loss medications, including Oz...
- $18.8M Ozempic Scam: Vicky Ramancha’s anticipatory bail rejected by city courtVicky Ramancha, the key figure in a $18.8 million international scam involving counterfeit Ozempic, was denied anticipatory bail by a city ...
- US lawmakers press FDA to target knockoff weight-loss drugsUS lawmakers are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to control the increasing market of fake weight-loss medications. Concerns are ri...
- Handcuffing allowed only in serious cases, court approval needed for youth: Delhi Police sets new rulesDelhi Police has issued new handcuffing guidelines, permitting their use for serious crimes like terrorism and murder, while prioritizing s...
- Mounjaro weight loss and blood sugar warning: Fake injections spark dangerous side effects, ER visits — are you on the deadly knockoff without knowing it?Fake weight loss drugs are flooding the UK market, sparking health warnings from doctors who say they can cause serious blood sugar problem...
- Govt may mandate QR codes to check fake cancer drugsThe Indian government plans to require QR codes on all cancer drugs. This step aims to prevent counterfeit medicines and ensure drug authen...
- Concerns raised over Covishield vaccine safety in India's apex courtA plea has been filed seeking setting up of an expert medical panel to study and assess the possible risk factors associated with the Astra...
- Fake weight loss injections leave people in comas, urgent safety alert issuedFake weight loss injections, falsely marketed as Ozempic or Saxenda, have triggered significant safety alarms in the United Kingdom. Author...
- How deep tech can fuel the evolution of the manufacturing industryWithin the manufacturing domain, deep tech ecosystems are essential for keeping the engines running, bolstering shop floor operations and s...
- Cough syrup row: Zero tolerance on spurious medicines, 71 firms issued notices, says Health Min MandaviyaUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya emphasised that India maintains a strict stance against counterfeit medications, leaving no room fo...
- How to find the right high-quality mask and avoid counterfeitsUnlike cloth masks, high-quality medical masks — called N95s, KN95s and KF94s — are made with layers of high-tech filtering material that t...
- Vax populi: ‘Z+ security’ for pandemic era’s vials of goldCompanies, logistics firms, governments and hospitals are already ramping up infrastructure to safeguard vials of Covid vaccine against the...
- Do you buy medicines online? Know these risksShopping for medicines online is catching up like all e-purchases. However, make sure you are in the safe zone.
- Regulated medical devices critical to patient safetyMedical devices are a $200 billion global industry, involving healthcare equipment ranging from simple thermometers, stethoscopes and tongu...
- Fake & sub-standard drugs: India, China may be worst offendersDespite efforts globally, sales of fake medicines are rising rapidly, and the menace could be worse than the health threat posed by Big Tob...
- ACTA will make life saving drugs costlier for the poorProvisions of ACTA stretch its ambit to civil trademark infringement, which has no relation to a product being counterfeit.
- Fake drug? Checking authenticity is now just an SMS awayGiant players have now stepped in with a mission to make it harder for pharmaceutical counterfeiters to operate.
- New definition of fake drugs could save the day for local companiesThe risk of India’s generic drugs being labelled counterfeit under the new definition proposed by WHO has receded, a government representat...
- CDSCO in talks with WHO over fake drugsConcerned over rampant circulation of fake drugs in the global market, India's apex drug control body has taken the matter to the World hea...
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