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Govt tightens sale of liquid medicines with high alcohol content

New Delhi, July 10 -- The Centre has tightened the sale of liquid medicines containing high levels of alcohol, moving them into the restricted category to curb misuse, according to a health ministry s... Read More


India plans mandatory registration for pharma packaging printers to curb counterfeit drugs

New Delhi, July 8 -- India is moving to bring manufacturers and suppliers of printed pharmaceutical packaging materials under drug laws after investigations found genuine packaging being diverted for ... Read More


Drug regulator orders fresh safety labels for five common antimicrobials

New Delhi, July 8 -- India's drug regulator has ordered immediate safety label updates for five widely used antimicrobial medicines after fresh data identified previously unlisted adverse drug reactio... Read More


India tightens drug quality norms with new pharmacopoeia standards

New Delhi, July 6 -- New Delhi: India has introduced stricter testing and observation requirements for veterinary medicines, including biological products, with a particular focus on inactivated foot-... Read More


Centre to mandate quality audits, digital tracking for all blood banks after screening lapses

New Delhi, July 5 -- Following a series of blood transfusion safety breaches, the Centre is making external quality audits and centralized digital inventory tracking mandatory for India's 4,153 blood ... Read More


Govt plans audit of 81 years of drug approvals amid safety concerns

New Delhi, July 3 -- India is preparing to launch a massive trace-and-track exercise to identify missing drug approvals from its central repository, amid concerns that decades-old formulations not mee... Read More


Explainer: Why govt plans to repeal Pharmacy Act 1948, and replace it with National Pharmacy Commission Bill

New Delhi, July 3 -- India plans to replace the Pharmacy Act of 1948 with the National Pharmacy Commission Bill 2026. This new law will establish a central commission to oversee training, research, an... Read More


Red Bull, Campa, Monster among beverage brands issued notices over 'energy drink' labels

New Delhi, July 1 -- India's food safety regulator has issued notices to several leading beverage manufacturers, including Red Bull, PepsiCo India, Monster Energy, Hell Energy and Reliance Consumer Pr... Read More


IVF, surrogacy clinics must renew licences under new rules

New Delhi, July 1 -- The Centre has made it mandatory for fertility clinics and semen banks to renew their registration certificates, or licenses, every five years, and for surrogacy clinics every thr... Read More


Govt reviews zero-percentile NEET-PG rule amid quality concerns

New Delhi, June 29 -- Professional competence may soon take precedence over merely filling seats, as the Centre is reviewing the zero-percentile eligibility criterion for NEET-PG admissions to 85,839 ... Read More