Internal note identifies challenges in uniform enforcement of norms, mainly due to interchangeable usage of same nutrient or ingredient for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical use.
In Myanmar, tablets are produced almost on industry scale & Manipur is preferred route for drug to be smuggled in, not only for demand in India but also Bangladesh & south-east Asia.
Popular brands using combinations under the scanner include D Cold Total and Dolo Cold. The five FDCs are part of 344 drug combinations that the government had first banned in 2016.
Five men from Delhi's Molarband village arrested for alleged involvement in Noida rave saga in which YouTube Elvish Yadav is also a suspect. They're out on bail, but residents say damage done.
India's apex drug regulator will form a panel to examine whether more regulatory restrictions should be put in place. Experts say more curbs a good idea but implementation is key.
Govt’s moves to curb irrational fixed-dose combinations may have been insufficient & lack enforcement, say researchers. Study published in Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice.
Directive comes on 2022 plea filed by patient seeking Kerala HC's intervention to urge govt to help slash price of a critical cancer drug. She died during the course of the case.
Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales stoked controversy by kissing Spanish midfielder Jenni Hermoso without consent after the women's team won the World Cup.
At the launch of psychiatrist Dr Anirudh Kala’s book Most of What You Know About Addiction is Wrong, panellists wanted the audience to change their view of addicts as criminals.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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