Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Despite large gains in health over the past few decades, the distribution of health risks worldwide remains extremely and unacceptably uneven. Although the health sector has a crucial role in addressing health inequalities, its efforts often come into conflict with powerful global actors in pursuit of other interests such as …
Indian pharmaceutical companies will have to stop using plastic or PET containers in liquid oral formulations meant for paediatric formulations, geriatrics, women in reproductive age group and pregnant women. Viewing adverse effects on drug formulations packed in plastic bottles, the government has decided to ban use of plastic/PET containers in …
Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that there is a need to strike balance between the interests of all the stakeholders with regard to the country’s regulatory policy on clinical trials, noting that innovation should be encouraged. Pharma firms have complained that India's new regulations for clinical …
Order of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Roche Products (India) Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. Vs. Drugs Controller General Of India And Ors. dated 05/02/2014 regarding launching, introducing, selling, marketing and/or distributing the defendants’ (Roche Products (India) Pvt. Ltd.) drugs, i.e. CANMAb and HERTRAZ or any other …
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has washed its hands of the clinical drug trials that took place on gas-victims at Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC). Some of the doctors allegedly involved in these trials have resigned from BMHRC in the past few weeks. According to ICMR director …
The new draft protocol for clinical trials of drugs, on the lines suggested by the Supreme Court, is making it difficult for global drug manufacturers to find subjects for testing new chemical compositions. The protocol has made it mandatory for companies intending to conduct human trials of drugs to video-record …
Biocon’s launch of the world’s first bio-similar of Trastuzumab, a critical breast cancer drug, is unlikely to benefit patients in a big way if the company sticks to the prices it has indicated, claimed health activists on Monday. They allege that Roche, which retails the drug at . 75,000 for …
Hyderabad, where one-third of the country’s drugs are manufactured, is unfortunately being referred to as the “city with the most polluted lakes”, thanks to the pharma industry. Over 300 bulk drug units in and around the city limits are violating the safe discharge norms of effluents. Topping the list of …
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has released draft guidelines that make it mandatory for clinical research organisations to conduct an audiovisual recording of the trial patients informing them about each and every risk involved while undergoing the trial. The measure, introduced in addition to the existing written consent …
Clearing Bodies Will Now Need Accreditation The government is set to tighten regulation of clinical trials in India by mandating that ethics committees that clear clinical trials will not only have to be registered but also accredited. It has put together a three-member committee to identify experts who’ll form the …
The Indian pharmaceutical company has been built from an industry that copies patent drugs and manufactures them inexpensively. Now it is counted amongst the industries that are fuelling India‘s economic growth and holds enormous potential. Indian-based pharmaceutical companies are also predicted to gain considerable market share in the world. It …
As the effective application of new technologies has become increasingly important to most nations’ economic growth and development, the significance of intellectual property (IP) rights has also increased. Most technological innovations come from the world’s most advanced countries; and the transfers of those technologies to developing nations, mostly through the …
Letter from Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association regarding banning of PET bottles for medicines, 20/12/2013. The letter says that the "DTAB recommendations are unjust as they seem to be based on neither robust scientific facts nor on established global practices". Original Source: http://www.idma-assn.org/pdf/20-12-2013-letter-to-dghs-on-pet-bottles.pdf
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, present this Seventy-ninth Report of the Committee on the Drugs and Cosmetics(Amendment) Bill, 2013. In pursuance of Rule 270 of the Rules of procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States relating to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees, the Chairman, …
Pharmaceutical companies Quintiles and Sanofi have failed to follow norms while conducting clinical trials of their new drugs on Bhopal gas leak survivors, the health ministry informed the Supreme Court. During hearings on alleged flouting of norms by pharmaceutical majors in conducting clinical trials on humans, the court had ordered …
In good news for consumers, the Supreme Court has held that an order reducing prices of particular medicines will come into force with immediate effect after its publication in the gazette and firms should implement it within 15 days time and not sell unsold stocks at higher price. A bench …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Glaxo SmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/12/2013 on the question whether the prices fixed under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order in respect of drugs/formulations would be operative in respect of all sales subsequent to …
Pollution control board told to shut down units polluting Ulhas river The stench of noxious chemical fumes almost leaves you dizzy the moment you enter the industrial belt of Dombivali. Broken pipelines and open drains releasing untreated effluents towards the Ulhas River are a common sight. Residents say they can …
As the state high court and national green tribunal have hardened their stand on pollution taking place in Himachal Pradesh, now the state Pollution Control Board too has started acting tough against institutions found violating environment norms. After issuing notices to 25 hotels in Kullu district for polluting Beas, now …
All clinical trials in India will henceforth have to take subject consent audiovisually and preserve the records. Acting on a directive of the Supreme Court, the drug controller has issued an order making audiovisual recording mandatory for all trials. While industry has raised objections, officials in the Health Ministry say …
