 New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- India has tightened rules to ensure stricter testing and labelling of cosmetics to enhance safety, check counterfeit products and clearly define spurious items, said two off... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- India has issued its first formal playbook for how expert panels should vet new drugs, biologics and medical devices-a move aimed at fixing long-standing concerns about inconsiste... Read More
New Delhi, July 31 -- Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects birds but can occasionally spread to mammals, including humans. Recent outbre... Read More
New Delhi, July 30 -- India is battling a significant wave of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, with 41 outbreaks confirmed in poultry across 10 states this year, the government said in Par... Read More
New Delhi, July 29 -- An overwhelming 67.57% of adolescents in India are influenced by ads when making their food choices, a large nationwide survey has found, amid a focus on child obesity as a major... Read More
New Delhi, July 28 -- The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), is set to instruct states and Union territories to identify and take action against drugmakers failing to adhere to Good Manufacturin... Read More
New Delhi, July 27 -- The top body for allied and healthcare professionals-National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP)-has asked states and union territories to urgently set up t... Read More
New Delhi, July 27 -- To protect consumers from steep drug price increases, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued a directive to strictly enforce price control measures on no... Read More
New Delhi, July 25 -- Pharmacies and chemist shops across the nation will now be required to install CCTV cameras to strengthen efforts against drug and substance abuse by children. The new mandate i... Read More
New Delhi, July 24 -- India has significantly increased its efforts to combat substandard and spurious drugs in the market, with the government unearthing thousands of such medicines and prosecuting m... Read More