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 …
The first CETP (Common Effluent Treatment Plant) for heterogeneous chemical industries wastewater has been established by Jeedimetla Effluent Treatment Ltd (JETL) and is in operation since 1989 in Jeedimetla Industrial Estate (JIE), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Pfizer Inc and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories have settled a patent infringement suit related to the Indian drug maker’s launch of a generic version of the blockbuster drug, Lipitor, in the US. Pfizer’s Lipitor is the world’s largest-selling drug, which generated about $7 billion in sales last year in the US …
Daiichi Sankyo Company and Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Wednesday announced an initiative to sponsor mobile healthcare field clinics in India, Cameroon and Tanzania as part of their global social contribution activities. The initiative will be implemented in India through the Ranbaxy Community Health Care Society, a non-profit organisation established by …
Drug major Ranbaxy On Wednesday said it will spend nearly ¥200 million (over Rs 10 crore) along with parent company Daiichi Sankyo over the next five years to sponsor mobile healthcare field clinics in India, Cameroon and Tanzania. The services will be provided in the fields of basic healthcare, immunisation, …
One hundred and forty nine farmer families in the Polonnaruwa District are being helped under a new community project of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), to make the transition to better housing after their homes were damaged or destroyed in floods in December 2010. The pharmaceuticals and vaccines company has provided Rs 4.5 …
Why is the pharmaceutical industry taking such a keen interest in the Pesticides Management Bill, 2008, or PMB, which would appear to be as far removed from drugs as chalk from cheese? The Bill, pending in Parliament since 2008, is all set to be debated in the current session with …
India has the highest number of TB patients in the world “India is moving towards universal access for quality TB care and has the power to become a global leader in research and innovation as well as in manufacturing of essential anti-TB drugs,” said Indian Council of Medical Research Director-General …
The Planning Commission of India has set up a working group to look into the drug regulatory mechanism in the country. One of the tasks the panel has been entrusted is to devise a strategy to weed out irrational drugs from the market. Most of these drugs are fixed dose …
Yet another panel of scientists has found no evidence that a popular vaccine causes autism. But despite the scientists’ best efforts, their report is unlikely to have any impact on the frustrating debate about the safety of these crucial medicines. “The M.M.R. vaccine doesn’t cause autism, and the evidence is …
Bangalore : In a bid to take its civilian products to the masses, the Defence Research and Development Organisation, through its new H1N1 detection system, has made testing for the deadly flu more affordable and less time consuming. The product, which has been developed over a period of six months, …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed three combination vaccines of Panacea Biotech from its pre-qualification list. It took the step after it found deficiencies in the quality management system followed in Panacea’s vaccine manufacturing facility in Punjab. Shipments of these vaccines – combinations of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Hepatitis B …
The first payments were made Thursday to Nigerian families who lost children during a 1996 trial of an experimental meningitis drug, and Pfizer, which had tested the drug, a new antibiotic, said it was “pleased” that payments were finally being made under a settlement reached two years ago. Four families …
The final hearings have started at the Supreme Court regarding Swiss drug-major Novartis' blood cancer drug Glivec. The landmark case will have ramifications on the implementation of the amended Indian Patents Acts, including aspects of interpreting and assessing the efficacy of a medicine seeking a product patent. Novartis had filed …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has ordered the closure of a pharmaceutical factory near Banur for violation of pollution control norms. According to board officials, M/s Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd, which was engaged in manufacturing bulk drugs, had been directed by the board to close down its operations under Section …
Families of those who died during clinical trials last year have finally been paid compensation by the pharmaceutical companies which owned these drugs. According to data available with drug controller general of India (DCGI), 22 people lost their lives in 2010 because of the drugs that were being tested on …
In last 4 yrs, 1,725 persons have died in clinical trials; weak law compounds risks For the first time since 2010 when six tribal girls from Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh involved in the clinical trials of anti-cervical cancer HPV vaccine died, the government has admitted that 1,725 persons have lost …
THAT day when Darla Dhanalakshmi suffered severe joint pain and numbness in the limbs she knew something was seriously wrong. She had been suffering from the pain since January after she visited a clinic on the outskirts of Hyderabad. There she was asked to pop an unknown pill. The pain …
