Chemists selling spurious meds may face prosecutionThe government has established a committee to create rules for prosecuting chemists and retailers selling spurious drugs. This initiative a...
27 Dec, 2024, 01.08 AM IST
Calcium, Vitamin D3 tablets, 47 others fail CDSCO's quality check: Check if your medication is safe?The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) identified 49 drugs failing quality tests in its September report. Among these are ...
26 Oct, 2024, 11.06 AM IST
Linking spurious drugs with legitimate manufacturers has severe reputational, financial impact: IPAThe Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) has called for a clear distinction between spurious and sub-standard drugs following a CDSCO repor...
29 Sep, 2024, 04.15 PM IST
Alkem Labs denies claims of Pan-D, Clavam 625 batches being not-of-standard qualityAlkem Laboratories has denied claims that its products Pan-D and Clavam 625 are of substandard quality. The company stated that an investig...
27 Sep, 2024, 02.46 PM IST
Did not manufacture drugs flagged in CDSCO report, say leading pharma companiesDrug companies like Sun Pharma and Torrent Pharma have refuted claims in a CDSCO report that flagged certain medicines as "counterfeits". T...
26 Sep, 2024, 09.59 PM IST
Indian Rubber Gloves Manufacturers Association demands ban on import of chlorinated glovesIRGMA requested banning chlorinated gloves due to bio-waste violations and urged using BIS approved gloves via GEM. The Malaysian Rubber Co...
17 Jul, 2024, 11.08 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Death toll in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rises to 65The AIADMK General Secretary leads a hunger strike demanding a CBI inquiry into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, highlighting concerns over ...
30 Jun, 2024, 07.29 PM IST
CDSCO issues sampling guidelines to ensuring quality and efficacy of drugs, cosmeticsCosmetics samples were not collected in some regions. There is no centralised database of sale outlets where "not-of-standard" quality (NSQ...
17 Feb, 2024, 04.55 PM IST
Publish monthly list of spurious drugs, DCGI tells state bodiesThe document states the draft regulatory guidelines for sampling of drugs, cosmetics and medical devices by drugs inspectors of central and...
13 Feb, 2024, 09.48 AM IST
Bihar hooch tragedy: NHRC to depute its probe team for on-spot inquiryThe Commission wants to know where and what kind of medical treatment is being provided to these victims. Most of them are from poor famili...
18 Dec, 2022, 03.29 PM IST
Maharashtra won't allow 'spurious' medicine sale: Minister to RamdevHours after the launch of Coronil on Tuesday, the Union AYUSH Ministry had asked the firm to provide the details, telling it to stop advert...
25 Jun, 2020, 03.30 PM IST
Death toll in spurious liquor tragedy rises to 70Twenty-four of the victims died in Balupur and its neighbouring villages in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district, an official said.
09 Feb, 2019, 04.10 PM IST
Affordable drugs don't mean spurious: Ghulam Nabi Azad tells USGhulam Nabi Azad did some plainspeak with the head of US drug regulator, asserting that Indian drugs should not be treated as spurious.
10 Feb, 2014, 08.54 PM IST
No authentic data on spurious drugs: Ranjit Sinha, CBI ChiefNot even one per cent of the accused have been arrested in cases of spurious medicine trafficking in 20011-12 in the country which lacks au...
08 Oct, 2013, 10.48 PM IST
- Chemist shops in Gujarat remain closed in protest of drug policy
Around 14,000 chemists and druggists across Gujarat on Friday kept their shutters down in protest against Central Government's new drug pol...
10 May, 2013, 04.36 PM IST
- India's chemists to help check commercial sale of fake, spurious drugs
DCGI has decided to rope in India's 7 lakh chemist outlets to help government check the commercial sale of fake or spurious drugs.
09 Sep, 2012, 05.40 PM IST
- Punjab to recruit medical specialists
The Punjab government would soon employ 155 medical specialists in the state for which the Punjab Public Service Commission has been told t...
15 Jan, 2008, 09.40 PM IST