Telangana DCA Issues Show Cause Notices to 41 Medical Shops in Online Pharmacy Crackdown Parthika Patel8 Jun 2026 8:00 PM ISTHyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, has issued Show Cause Notices to 41 medical shops following a special statewide...
Delhi Chemist Strike Disrupts Medicine Supply Amid Protest Against E-Pharmacies Parthika Patel21 May 2026 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: A strike by pharmacists and chemists disrupted medicine supply across several parts of Delhi on Tuesday as retail pharmacy owners shut...
May 20 Chemist Strike Loses State Support As CDSCO Reviews E-Pharmacy Concerns sheeba farhat19 May 2026 10:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is reviewing concerns raised by retail chemists over the operation of e-pharmacies,...
CDSCO Orders Strict Action Against Illegal Sale, Promotion of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Susmita Roy18 May 2026 11:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a major regulatory move aimed at curbing illegal distribution and misleading promotion of GLP-1 based weight loss drugs, the Central...
Sildenafil, Tadalafil Under Scanner as DCGI Launches Crackdown on Illegal Sexual Enhancement Drug Sales Parthika Patel12 May 2026 9:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has ordered a nationwide crackdown on the illegal sale and distribution of sexual enhancement...
200 Fake Pharmacy Websites Axed as DEA Targets India-Linked Fentanyl Drug Ring Parthika Patel5 Feb 2026 4:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has dismantled more than 200 website domains associated with an India-linked transnational...
Medicines Aren't Groceries: AIOCD Urges PM to Shut Down Illegal Online Pharmacies After Blinkit Sting Susmita Roy11 Dec 2025 2:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a forceful appeal highlighting a deepening public health threat, the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD),...
No More Online Ads for Prescription Drugs? Govt Proposes Ban on Schedule G, H, H1 and X Medicines Parthika Patel24 Nov 2025 7:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Signaling a major tightening of drug-promotion norms, the government has initiated steps to clamp down on the online advertising of...
Both Offline, Online Pharmacies Must Display Drug Prices, Non-Compliance Punishable: NPPA Farhat Nasim11 Feb 2025 3:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued a new directive clarifying the requirements under the Drugs (Prices...
96% of Online Pharmacies Operating Illegally, Reveals Report Farhat Nasim9 Jan 2025 4:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: The alarming rise of illicit online pharmacies continues to put public health at significant risk, with 96% of online pharmacies operating...
Irresponsible Decision: AIOCD Slams Railway Ministry's Plan to Partner with Online Pharmacies Farhat Nasim8 Jan 2025 4:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Disappointed to know that RailTel Corporation of India has proposed to invite bids from illegal online pharmacy platforms to deliver...
Take action against e-pharmacies for providing predatory pricing: AIOCD tells Niti Ayog Ruchika Sharma10 Dec 2022 12:30 PM ISTThis is nothing but predatory prices and objectives to small pharmacies driving out of the market to create a monopolistic situation, in the long run,...
