All India Ophthalmological Society has set up expert group to review PresVu & develop guidelines on side-effects, keeping in mind 'potential inappropriate marketing, indiscriminate use'.
A total of 344 such medicines were banned in 2018, and another 156, used for common conditions such as fever, allergies, hypertension, colds etc, earlier this month.
Tirzepatide is a type 2 diabetes and obesity drug sold by US firm Eli Lilly under the brand names Mounjaro and Zepbound. It may take around 6 months for it to be launched in India.
Doctors & experts are divided on the move's efficacy. Some believe this could help ensure responsible use, while others feel it could reduce access for those benefiting from it.
CDSCO says Centre’s programme to identify such risks has been in place since 2015, but till now only hospitals designated as monitoring centres would report such events on voluntary basis.
India’s exports of pharmaceuticals during 2022-23 was valued at $25.4 billion with a growth of almost 3.25 percent over the previous financial year, according to Pharmexcil.
Following December notice prohibiting combination of chlorpheniramine maleate & phenylephrine hydrochloride, CDSCO has ‘decided to rope in paediatricians to review other permitted FDCs’.
Under revised good manufacturing practices (GMP) norms, pharma companies will be required to assume onus for quality of drugs to ensure they do not place patients at risk.
Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India seeks nod for drugs to be marketed at same time as US, Europe. But regulator rarely permits a drug launch without local clinical trials.
‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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