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SPURIOUS MEDICINES CRACKDOWN
Several small pharma units told to halt operations over qualityThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has been conducting risk-based inspections of drug manufacturing units as part of a...
22 Feb, 2024, 11.43 PM IST
'Over 15% of medicines made by small companies are of poor quality'The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), along with state drug inspectors, has been carrying out inspections as part of a n...
03 Jan, 2024, 12.35 AM IST
CDSCO uncovers data manipulation, SOP violations by public testing labsThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), along with state drug inspectors, have been doing these inspections as part of a m...
15 Dec, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
Deaths due to alcohol laced ayurvedic medicines raise questions on efficacy of prohibition in GujaratFive people had died in Kheda district in central Gujarat after consuming “Asava aristha” an otherwise medicinal concoction that boasts of ...
02 Dec, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
MSME Pharma companies under the lens over drug quality issuesMore than 65% of MSME firms have been found to be manufacturing drugs that are not of standard quality (NSQ), during risk-based inspections...
28 Nov, 2023, 11.20 PM IST
Drug regulator halts production at 76 units over poor standardsMore than 75% of the firms have also been issued show cause notices, the people said. Out of the total samples drawn from these manufacturi...
23 Nov, 2023, 10.19 AM IST
After crackdown on spurious medicines, India’s drug regulator collating data of pharma plantsThe companies have also been asked to share information on international approvals obtained from the European Union, US Food and Drug Admin...
08 Sep, 2023, 06.59 AM IST
Indian govt to take action against 76 drug companies for shoddy productsHealth Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed a crackdown but did not give details of companies against which action had been taken.
30 Mar, 2023, 04.02 PM IST
The Chitta economy: How the business of drugs works in PunjabIn the last few years, while the business and economy in the state kept sliding, the drugs trade flourished.
01 Sep, 2018, 02.59 PM IST
Chemists call for strike on Oct 14 against online drug saleAn umbrella body of druggists and chemists today announced a nationwide strike on October 14 to demand action against "illegal" online sale...
12 Oct, 2015, 06.22 PM IST