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 …
Indian bio-pharmaceutical companies continue to play a relatively small role in innovation, says a report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). This, despite Indian companies signing research alliances with overseas companies, with plans afoot to expand such collaborations. Of the 40 global bio-pharma executives surveyed recently, over 70 percent are …
Co may resume supplies to the US nearly 3 years after they were halted from its 2 plants American drug authorities have started inspecting Ranbaxy Laboratories
A clinical trial that came under fire in India threatens to have a dual legacy: inflaming unfounded fears about a lifesaving vaccine and raising new questions about the management of medical research in the country. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110622/pdf/474427a.pdf
The pharmaceutical industry is seeking stronger ties with academia in a bid to speed up drug development. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110622/pdf/474433a.pdf
Hyderabad Good food, old Telugu movies and handsome money is what 25 women at Pidiguralla town in the coastal district of Guntur were promised in return for vials of their blood. But what they had not bargained for was severe body ache and hospitalisation. The women, most of whom are …
Govt Seals Offices Of Pharma Co For Testing Cancer Drug Which Is Yet To Get Approval Hyderabad: A day after the chilling exposure of clinical trials on poverty-stricken women by a pharma major in Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh government on Friday raided and sealed the offices of a drug company. …
When we consider that expenditure on medicines in India accounts for 50% to 80% of treatment costs, India’s pharmaceutical success has clearly not translated into availability or affordability of medicines for all. As part of Universal Access to Healthcare, good quality healthcare should be accessible, affordable, and available to all …
India is going all out to monitor global ban on drugs. The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has ordered the setting up of a new special cell in the Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) that will monitor the fate of drugs being sold both abroad and back home. …
The self-regulatory draft code for putting an end to unethical marketing practices by pharma companies, formulated by the government, will be made mandatory if not adhered to by companies. This may be the first ever instance of the government talking tough, as nearly all codes discussed till now have been …
Pharmaceutical firms have been given two weeks to finalize the amount they have to pay as compensation to the legal heirs of those who died in their clinical trials in 2010. On Monday, the drug controller general of India, Dr Surinder Singh, cracked the whip on nine pharma companies for …
Reports of trace concentrations of pharmaceuticals in the water cycle have raised concerns amongst various stakeholders such as drinking-water regulators, governments, water suppliers and the public, over potential human health risks from exposure to very low levels of pharmaceuticals in drinking-water. This technical report aims to provide practical guidance and …
Just like our people, every Indian-origin drug will be counted and have its history documented soon. From July, each drug exported will have its packaging adequately laced with bar codes so that at any point during the supply chain or afterwards, if doubts are cast on the quality or efficacy …
Vertex Pharmaceuticals won regulatory approval on Monday for a new hepatitis C drug, setting off a marketing battle with Merck over new drugs that are expected to improve the cure rate of the disease and shorten the duration of treatment. Incivek, as the drug will be called, is expected to …
The government may make it mandatory for all doctors to write the generic or chemical name of drugs they prescribe, a move that can cut medicine costs by more than half. Last year, the health ministry had asked doctors in over 300 central government hospitals, clinics and autonomous institutions under …
