medicines

  1. SC to meet stakeholders to discuss quality, shortage of antiretroviral drugs for HIV patients

    SC to meet stakeholders to discuss quality, shortage of antiretroviral drugs for HIV patients

    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday suggested a meeting between the Centre, the National AIDS Control Organization and an organization working for AIDS patients to discuss the issues of quality and shortage of antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV patients. .A bench of Chief Justice DY...
  2. High Court told the Center to quickly prepare a policy related to online sale of medicines.

    High Court told the Center to quickly prepare a policy related to online sale of medicines.

    Chennai, The Madras High Court has directed the Central Government to expeditiously complete and finalize the policy related to online sale of medicines and notify the same as directed by the Delhi High Court in its order dated March 4, 2024.A division bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and C...
  3. KGMU doctors remove four kg fibroid from UP woman's uterus

    KGMU doctors remove four kg fibroid from UP woman's uterus

    The patient was suffering from heavy bleeding and stomach pain for two years but even medicines were not providing any relief.Fibroids are benign muscle growths in the uterus and although they are common, fibroids of this size are rare.Dr Sujata Dev, who led the surgery along with Professor...
  4. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directs officials to ensure availability of treatment, medicines amid rise in dengue cases

    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directs officials to ensure availability of treatment, medicines amid rise in dengue cases

    Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Amid the recent surge in dengue cases in Karnataka, state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has directed the concerned officials to ensure availability of proper treatment and medicines in all government hospitals in the state.The Chief Minister called a meeting with...
  5. Samples of 52 medicines failed quality tests of the regulatory body.

    Samples of 52 medicines failed quality tests of the regulatory body.

    New Delhi: India's top drug regulatory body has found samples of around 50 medicines, including paracetamol, pantoprazole and some antibiotics widely used to treat bacterial infections, not of standard quality.According to the alert issued by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization...
  6. Indian pharma formulation sector to more than double to Rs 5.5 trillion by 2034: Report

    Indian pharma formulation sector to more than double to Rs 5.5 trillion by 2034: Report

    The report by investment banking firm Avendus Capital revealed that the market is currently valued at Rs 2 trillion, with a growth rate of 11 per cent over the last 20 years.However, with a gradual transition away from predominantly doctor-branded prescription models, more stringent quality...
  7. EMA approves Biocon Biologics' new monoclonal antibody facility, renews GMP certificate for India and Malaysia sites

    EMA approves Biocon Biologics' new monoclonal antibody facility, renews GMP certificate for India and Malaysia sites

    Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Biocon Biologics Ltd (BBL), a global leader in biosimilars and a subsidiary of Biocon Ltd, on Monday announced that it has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its next-generation product. Monoclonal antibody (mAb) manufacturing plant in...
  8. Racket selling 'herbal pills' to promote sexual health busted in Gurugram, second time in 2 days

    Racket selling 'herbal pills' to promote sexual health busted in Gurugram, second time in 2 days

    The development comes just a day after Gurugram police raided a fake call center in Sector 18 and arrested 11 people, including four women, on similar charges.Those arrested on Friday have been identified as Abhay Shukla, Vaibhav Shukla, Ujjwal, Balram, Vikas, Wasim Akram, Priyanshu, Vishal...
  9. WHO warns of counterfeit diabetes drugs circulating around the world

    WHO warns of counterfeit diabetes drugs circulating around the world

    Health authorities on Thursday specifically noted the findings in Britain, the US and Brazil from October 2023 onwards.This medicine is related to Ozempic, a medicine containing the active ingredient semaglutide, which is also approved in the European Union to treat type 2 diabetes.The...
  10. Racket selling 'herbal pills' to promote sexual health busted in Gurugram; 11 held

    Racket selling 'herbal pills' to promote sexual health busted in Gurugram; 11 held

    The accused used to post advertisements of such medicines on Google to target the victims. When the victims called on the numbers given to them, they duped them on the pretext of selling herbal medicines which they claimed promoted sexual health.They also cheated people in the name of GST...
  11. Army doctor becomes messiah for sick man on Chandigarh flight

    Army doctor becomes messiah for sick man on Chandigarh flight

    Mumbai: An Army doctor saved the life of a 27-year-old man who was seriously ill on board a Pune-Chandigarh flight by reviving him, administering emergency medicines and even requesting for an emergency landing in Mumbai.Major Simrat Rajdeep Singh, a medical officer at Western Command...
  12. Medicines will be delivered to the homes of state employees and pensioners in Rajasthan.

    Medicines will be delivered to the homes of state employees and pensioners in Rajasthan.

    Jaipur: Medicines will be delivered home to state government employees and pensioners in Rajasthan, an official statement said on Tuesday.Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma gave these instructions to the officials in the meeting held today."The state government will make home delivery of...
  13. Four people including Syrian national arrested in Delhi for running fake drug racket

    Four people including Syrian national arrested in Delhi for running fake drug racket

    New Delhi: Four people, including a Syrian national, have been arrested for manufacturing fake cancer or diabetes medicines and supplying them in international markets, officials said on Thursday.According to police, Syrian national Monir Ahmed (54) used to supply drugs between Turkey, Egypt...
  14. Fake cancer medicines racket busted in Delhi, 4 including Syrian national arrested

    Fake cancer medicines racket busted in Delhi, 4 including Syrian national arrested

    The official said that Syrian national Monir Ahmed (54) used to supply drugs between Turkey, Egypt and India.The other accused were identified as Naveen Arya (40), Saurabh Garg (34) and Karan Khaneja (27).Multiple international brand life saving fake cancer/diabetes medicines worth crores of...
  15. Pak: Doctor, 4 others arrested for supplying fake, unregistered medicines

    Pak: Doctor, 4 others arrested for supplying fake, unregistered medicines

    Peshawar [Pakistan], The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested five people, including a doctor, for their alleged involvement in distributing unregistered medicines in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan, Dawn reported.In a statement issued, the FIA ​​revealed that operations were...
  16. Cochin airport now authorized port for import of medicines and cosmetics: CIAL

    Cochin airport now authorized port for import of medicines and cosmetics: CIAL

    Kochi, Kochi International Airport Limited on Thursday said the international airport at Nedumbassery here has been authorized by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for import of medicines and cosmetics.With this, the international airport becomes one of the 11 airports in the...
  17. WHO chief addressed the World Health Assembly, mentioned the Global Traditional Medicine Center established in India

    WHO chief addressed the World Health Assembly, mentioned the Global Traditional Medicine Center established in India

    Geneva [Switzerland], World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday addressed the first Global Summit on Traditional Medicines organized by the Global Center for Traditional Medicines established in India and co-hosted by the Ministry of AYUSH. "With WHO's...
  18. Telangana drug controller suspends licenses of six wholesalers

    Telangana drug controller suspends licenses of six wholesalers

    The DCA said this license suspension is due to illegal purchase of insulin injections (pre-filled pens) without purchase bills. The regulator has also initiated prosecution proceedings against wholesalers.DCA Director General V.B. Kamalasan Reddy said that during raids conducted on six medical...
  19. Delhi HC closes PIL on medicine shortage at Rajan Babu Institute after government assurance

    Delhi HC closes PIL on medicine shortage at Rajan Babu Institute after government assurance

    The decision came after a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan Singh and Justice Manmeet PS Arora assured that the existing stock of medicines in Delhi would last for a few weeks and additional supplies were on the way.The PIL, filed by NGO Social Jurist earlier this year, had...
  20. TB medicines in stock, more supplies in pipeline: Delhi HC told

    TB medicines in stock, more supplies in pipeline: Delhi HC told

    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has closed proceedings on a PIL relating to alleged unavailability of medicines at the Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis here after it was informed that the existing stock in the city would last for a few weeks and the remaining Supply is...
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