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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


India rolls out Drug Registry to standardize medicine data

New Delhi, June 29 -- The government on Monday launched Drug Registry, a centralized digital database of medicines to standardize drug information and reduce errors arising from inconsistent naming of... Read More


Centre proposes faster licensing to boost medical device manufacturing

New Delhi, June 28 -- The Union health ministry has proposed amendments to the Medical Devices Rules, 2017, to simplify and expedite the licensing process for manufacturing medical devices while ensur... Read More


India moves to tighten control on Tapentadol amid abuse concerns

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


India proposes easier drug imports for R&D, relaxes shelf-life rules

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