CDSCO Directs Pharma Firms to Maintain Mandatory Pharmacovigilance, ADR Monitoring Systems Under Schedule M Susmita Roy5 Jun 2026 6:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has directed all stakeholders to ensure the establishment and maintenance of an...
From Digene to Glimstar, Prices of Common Medicines Rise by Up to 10% Parthika Patel13 May 2026 9:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prices of several commonly used allopathic medicines, including those for blood pressure, diabetes, liver ailments, acidity and children's...
Pharma Firms Seek 50% Price Hike in Key Cancer Drugs Including Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Approach NPPA: Report Parthika Patel6 April 2026 9:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Domestic drug manufacturers have sought a 50% increase in prices of key cancer medicines such as carboplatin, cisplatin and oxaliplatin,...
People Must Get a Proper Remedy: SC Criticizes Pharma Marketing Code Gaps Farhat Nasim18 Nov 2025 10:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the weak enforcement of the Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP),...
Pharma Firms To Face Periodic Inspection As HC Flags Effluent Risks Farhat Nasim29 Jun 2025 8:00 PM ISTSikkim: The High Court of Sikkim has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning the unauthorised release of effluents and extraction of...
58 Unauthorised Clinical Trials Spark DCGI Ban on VS Hospital, Doctors, Pharma Giants Under Fire Farhat Nasim25 Jun 2025 5:35 PM ISTAhmedabad: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has barred VS Hospital from conducting any further clinical trials after an official probe...
Claims of Indian Pharma cos copying Swiss firms products are a 'myth': Piyush Goyal Ruchika Sharma11 Jun 2025 5:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has strongly refuted claims that Indian pharmaceutical companies engage in copying...
Trump signs executive order to lower US drug prices Ruchika Sharma13 May 2025 3:30 PM ISTU.S. President Donald Trump has signed a broad executive order directing drugmakers to cut medicine prices to match those charged in other...
USFDA plans to expand unannounced inspections at foreign manufacturing facilities Ruchika Sharma8 May 2025 3:30 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) announced its intent to expand the use of unannounced inspections at foreign manufacturing facilities...
Minor Drug Law Violations Can Now Be Settled Without Trial: Health Ministry Issues Rules Farhat Nasim28 April 2025 7:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified the Drugs and Cosmetics (Compounding of Offences) Rules, 2025, allowing...
Medical Ethics Breached: 9 Doctors Suspended, 50 pharma giants in dock for Unauthorised Drug Trials Farhat Nasim21 April 2025 4:29 PM ISTA five-member panel found that the trials violated NMC and DCGI norms due to lack of regulatory approvals.
Health Ministry grants additional one year relief to MSME pharma cos to upgrade facilities under Schedule M Ruchika Sharma6 Jan 2025 1:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Granting relief to small and medium pharma companies with a turnover of less than Rs 250 crore, the Health Ministry has extended the...
