Drug samples including cough-cold syrup fails quality test, declared Not Of Standard Quality Farhat Nasim17 Jun 2020 6:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: The apex drug regulatory body, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) flagged 59 drug samples that failed to qualify a random...
Defective COVID Test Kits: Licence for Chinese kits issued only after validation, DCGI tells court Farhat Nasim16 Jun 2020 4:52 PM ISTThe court was further informed via a counter affidavit by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) that clarified that the kits of Guangzhou...
DoP presents draft guidelines for Rs 6500-crore pharma incentive scheme; Details Farhat Nasim15 Jun 2020 6:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Through a recent notification, the Department of Pharmaceuticals(DoP) has rolled out draft guidelines for the Rs 6,940 crore...
CDSCO reviewing Cipla, Dr Reddys, others applications for Remdesivir on priority: Health Ministry Ruchika Sharma15 Jun 2020 4:00 PM ISTThe CDSCO is awaiting the data and is providing complete support to these companies. It has already waived off the requirement of local clinical...
Combating COVID-19: India to soon begin domestic production of Remdesivir drug Farhat Nasim14 Jun 2020 10:15 AM IST"Pharma companies have been directed to conduct Active-Post Marketing Surveillance of each case and prepare a report on the benefit or recovery of a...
Drug Alert: CDSCO Flags 25 Drugs As Not Of Standard Quality Farhat Nasim11 Jun 2020 1:53 PM ISTThis came after analysis and test conducted by the CDSCO, Drugs Control Departments, on 477 drug samples. Out of this, 452 samples were found of...
CSIR secures CDSCO nod for clinical trials of anti-cancer drug Ruchika Sharma9 Jun 2020 3:43 PM ISTThis drug was discovered and developed at the natural-products driven drug discovery program of CSIR-IIIM
CDSCO told to streamline the process of digitizing records as crucial drug report go missing Farhat Nasim6 Jun 2020 11:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) recently flagged a "serious concern" and reprimanded the Directorate General of Health...
Syngene, HiMedia collaborate to launch COVID-19 test kits under brand name ELISafe 19 in India Farhat Nasim3 Jun 2020 1:30 PM ISTAs part of the collaboration, Syngene will initiate tech-transfer of the kits to HiMedia for developing the prototypes for submission to CDSCO for...
DCGI nod to Gilead Sciences Remdesivir to treat COVID-19 cases in India Farhat Nasim3 Jun 2020 10:58 AM ISTRemdesivir has been allowed for restricted emergency use for the treatment of suspected or laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in adults and...
Roche gets ICMR approval for COVID-19 antibody test Ruchika Sharma2 Jun 2020 2:01 PM ISTThe Roche Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test that supports the detection of antibodies against SARS-CoV- 2 has received the Import License issued...
CDSCO shows green flag to Gilead Sciences to market COVID-19 drug Remdesivir Ruchika Sharma2 Jun 2020 11:50 AM IST"The drug, which is administered in the form of an injection, has been approved to be sold by retail on the prescription of specialists for use in the...
