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FSSAI initiates legal action against Nestle India over alleged infant food violations

New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated legal action against Nestle India Ltd in three cases involving alleged promotional violations and nutritio... Read More


FSSAI initiates legal action against Nestle over alleged infant food violations

New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated legal action against Nestle India Ltd in three cases involving alleged promotional violations and nutritio... Read More


Pulse oximeters, glucometers at grocery stores? Centre plans rule change

New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Retail general stores and grocery outlets may soon be allowed to sell home-use medical devices such as pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors, glucometers, pregnancy test kits... Read More


India proposes mandatory CCTVs at medical stores to regulate prescription drug sales

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- India plans to mandate CCTV surveillance across retail medical stores to curb the unauthorized sale of prescription medicines. The measure has been proposed by amending the Dru... Read More


Health ministry bars stem cell therapy for autism as routine care

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The health ministry has reiterated that stem cell therapy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) cannot be offered as routine or commercial clinical care and can be used only in dul... Read More


Medical device industry backs Tukaram Mundhe's call for review of pricing rules

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The medical device industry has backed Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) commissioner Tukaram Mundhe's call for a national overhaul of device pricing rules. The s... Read More


Mint Explainer | How India is cracking down on smuggled cosmetics from Pakistan

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- India's apex drugs controller, Rajeev Raghuvanshi, has red-flagged two imported Pakistani cosmetic products after laboratory tests confirmed they contained heavy metals exceedin... Read More


CGHS maps domestic manufacturing capacity for 153 critical drugs to shorten supply delays

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The health ministry is mapping the domestic manufacturing capacity of 153 specialized medicines and identifying potential suppliers in a bid to boost the availability of critica... Read More


Mundhe flags 2,841% markup on hospital consumables, seeks NPPA review

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Some hospital surgical consumables and medical devices are being sold at markups as high as 2,841% over their trade procurement price in certain cases, according to a Maharashtr... Read More


National Health Authority launches digital academy to fast-track electronic health records push

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- The National Health Authority (NHA), which implements the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), has launched digital health courses through its new digital academy to fast-tra... Read More