NEW DELHI, June 26 -- The Centre is moving to place the painkiller Tapentadol under stricter narcotics control, a step that would bring its manufacture, sale and distribution under the country's tough... Read More
New Delhi, June 26 -- The government has proposed easing drug import rules and relaxing shelf-life norms for imported medicines to promote pharmaceutical research and development and improve ease of d... Read More
New Delhi, June 25 -- The Union health ministry expanded mandatory track-and-trace requirements to cover all vaccines, antibiotics, cancer drugs and narcotic and psychotropic substances, widening an a... Read More
NEW DELHI, June 25 -- India's drug regulator has ordered a nationwide crackdown on smuggled and unapproved medicines, escalating enforcement across borders, logistics hubs and the domestic pharmaceuti... Read More
New Delhi, June 24 -- India is moving to cut off supplies of critical IVF media, reagents and laboratory consumables to unregistered fertility clinics, in a regulatory crackdown aimed at curbing unaut... Read More
NEW DELHI, June 19 -- The government plans to introduce a national award to honour and celebrate the clinical excellence of doctors across specialties, filling a major recognition gap within India's m... Read More
New Delhi, June 18 -- Union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda chaired a high-level review meeting on Thursday to assess national preparedness against dengue, malaria, and other vector-borne diseases... Read More
New Delhi, June 17 -- The government has revamped food safety licensing norms for businesses by introducing perpetual validity for registrations and operational licences, eliminating the need for peri... Read More
New Delhi, June 16 -- The Union health ministry has amended the Drugs Rules, 1945, removing cough syrups from Schedule K, which covers drugs that can be sold over the counter without a prescription. ... Read More
NEW DELHI, June 16 -- India's food safety regulator has directed all food businesses to immediately remove damaged and non-compliant cutting tools from kitchens and processing units, tightening enforc... Read More