The proposed Draft Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2026 seeks to replace the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, with a new law for drugs, medical devices and cosmetics.
The Centre has expanded the eligibility criteria to include engineering disciplines, but serving drug inspectors say the new rules dilute the qualifications for the post.
Centre moves to reduce costs of trastuzumab deruxtecan, osimertinib & durvalumab, all 3 by British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca. Doctors seek exemptions for more such drugs.
Likely to be presented to Cabinet before being tabled in Parliament, latest version of draft bill aims to regulate, restrict or ban online sale of prescription drugs.
In a statement, Biological E. said it plans to manufacture 75 million doses a month, anticipating more than 100 million doses per month by February 2022.
The vaccine Dengvaxia has to be administered to individuals aged 9 to 45, who have been infected with the dengue virus before and who live in areas where this infection is endemic.
The Modi govt must not damage India’s competitive advantage in vaccines & pharmaceuticals through absurd benchmarks that will not be trusted by other countries.
Drugs Controller General of India has granted 'conditional approval' to the vaccine candidates. A third candidate by Cadila Healthcare has got nod to conduct Phase III clinical trial.
For as long as the Mid East & Russia-Ukraine wars continue, the trajectory of future oil consumption will matter little. What’s important today is the flow of barrels, writes Javier Blas.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.
Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.
COMMENTS