Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

'New drugs soon for malaria, diabetes'

'The "candidate drugs" for malaria, osteoporosis and diabetes were currently undergoing clinical trials'. The Indian pharmaceutical sector would soon be showcasing ‘candidate drugs’ for malaria, osteoporosis and diabetes, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. With further R&D;, important breakthroughs could be on …

Only 2% of drug samples are ‘not of standard quality’, says regulator

During nationwide surprise checks last year, Jammu region had the highest number of substandard drugs A special nationwide drive to check the quality of drugs by the national regulator for pharmaceuticals and medical devices has found that just a little over two per cent of the drug samples were not …

DGCI approving one drug a month without clinical trials: Panel report

In a scrutiny of 39 randomly picked drugs in India, a parliamentary panel found that in case of 11 drugs (28%), mandatory phase-III clinical trials were not conducted. Is the pill you're popping safe? Well, one cannot be certain. Several highly popular medicines in India are being sold without having …

Workshop on IPRs at CDRI

LUCKNOW: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play an important role in development of innovation driven sectors like drugs and pharmaceuticals. Despite recent spurt in promoting various aspects of IPRs during the last decade, the scientific community requires even more exposure to the complex issues involved. An IPR awareness generation workshop will …

Reetha effect

besides treating cold and constipation, the medicinal plant reetha is used as a contraceptive, called consap, for women. A study has now attributed another property to this contraceptive. Consap has been found effective against trichomoniasis, a protozoal disease that affects that genitourinary tract. Researchers at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, …

Vaccine gets clean bill of health

Report attributes death of infants to human error at Tiruvallur PHC THE measles vaccine administered to children in Tamil Nadu has been given a clean chit by the Central Drugs Laboratory at Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh. In its report submitted to the Union Health Ministry, the lab suggested that human …

Memory plus

The scientists of the Central Drug Research Institute of India (CDRI), Lucknow, conducted clinical tests on Memory Plus, a drug which owes its origin to the traditional herb

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