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TopicPharmaceutical industry

Topic: Pharmaceutical industry

Hundreds of colleges came up amid India’s pharma boom. Here’s why govt wants no more

India has barred new pharma colleges until 2021-22 to check poor-quality institutes looking to tap the industry’s growing popularity.

To fix quality of Indian drugs, Modi govt plans to tighten transportation & storage laws

Govt has stepped up the process after recent controversies raised question marks on the quality of drugs being manufactured in India.

US drug authority says some sleeping pills have serious side-effects, need warning on label

The drugs — eszopiclone (Lunesta), zaleplon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien, Ambien CR, Edluar, Intermezzo, and Zolpimist) — are commonly prescribed in India too.

Sun pharma falls after report of fresh whistle-blower complaint

Shares of India’s largest drugmaker fell as much as 13.2 percent.

Stay on online sale of drugs to continue till rules are framed, says Delhi High Court

Pharmacies urged the court to remove the prohibition on online sale of drugs, saying they held licences and no medicines were sold illegally.

Discarded antibiotics make a comeback as fight against superbugs gathers pace

Move assumes significance as WHO has termed antibiotic resistance as one of the ‘biggest threats’ to global health.

Coming soon to China pharmacies, breakthrough drugs sold nowhere else

The nation's rapidly aging population with significant unmet medical needs has made it a big draw for global pharma. 

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.