Ranitidine still sold as popular heartburn medicine in India despite being banned or suspended in US, Europe & Australia. It was dropped from essential medicines list last year.
Health minister concedes implementation of Schedule M of Drugs and Cosmetics Act has been poor. Timeline for adherence to norms for good manufacturing practices began on 1 August.
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has carried out nationwide inspections following a spate of incidents where drugs imported from India were found to be substandard or spurious.
Assam Rifles and the Mizoram customs department seized 39,04,000 triprolidine and pseudoephedrine tablets which act as precursors in manufacturing of addictive crystal methamphetamine.
Cipla, Dr Reddy’s Lab, Mondelez & Unilever lauded for transition to fourth industrial revolution using advanced technologies despite global challenges like Ukraine war & Covid.
Hyderabad-based pharma company, Hetero, announced promising interim results of phase 3 trials and has approached DCGI for emergency use authorisation for the drug in India.
The issue received attention after Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India requested US President to lift the embargo of raw material exports to ramp up vaccination.
The company and existing holders including Fosun Pharma Industrial Pte. are selling as many as 43.2 million shares for anywhere between Rs 1,490-1,500 each.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts.
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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