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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: pharmaceutical

34 more fixed dose combination drugs likely to be banned, apex regulator says after big crackdown

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.

India sends 90 tonnes of medicines to Cuba

The consignment of medicines consists of nine active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).

SubscriberWrites: Drug Price Control – A boon or bane?

The procedure adopted by NPPA in implementing the price reduction is really beyond comprehension.

Four killed, over 10 injured in explosion at pharma plant in Telangana

Explosion in reactor at pharmaceutical company in Sangareddy district triggered fire. Relief operations underway.

No conferences in foreign locales, no gifts or hospitality — govt’s new marketing code for drugmakers

Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices 2024, which replaces a 2015 code, remains voluntary, with its implementation watched by ethics panel constituted by pharma associations.

Tax doctors on research grants by drugmakers, says govt panel reviewing pharma marketing practices

Five-member panel suggests doctors can't be given brand reminders exceeding Rs 1,000 each, Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices to remain voluntary, but strengthened.

No dent in Indian pharma exports despite quality concerns over cough syrups, data shows

WHO may be probing allegations of 20 substandard paracetamol & cough syrups by 15 manufacturers from India, but these allegations seem to have little impact on export of medicines.

Trade body says Indian pharma exports to hit $27 billion this fiscal, despite cough syrup deaths

India is the world's third largest maker of drugs by volume, and US sales, which account for 30% of total pharma exports, have risen by 6.2% last year.

Noida pharma company linked to Uzbekistan deaths halts cough syrup production, says report

Drug maker Marion Biotech said it regretted the deaths and informed about the govt conducting an enquiry. 'We'll take action as per report,' the company's legal representative said.

Ready to send fever drugs to China amid Covid surge, says export council Pharmexcil

Rising Covid-19 cases in China has surged demand for fever medicines & test kits. As one of the world's biggest drug makers, India is ready to step up exports, said Pharmexcil chairperson.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.