Indian pharma eyes pride of place, regulation Achilles heel supriya kashyap kashyap24 Dec 2016 9:21 AM ISTNew Delhi : India is on track to cement its position next year as a source of safe, effective and quality medicines at affordable prices, but a...
USFDA approves tissue expander breast reconstruction after mastectomy supriya kashyap kashyap23 Dec 2016 12:38 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of a new tissue expander system for soft tissue expansion in two-stage breast reconstruction...
NPPA to embark study on Impact analysis of price regulation of essential drugs supriya kashyap kashyap23 Dec 2016 11:11 AM ISTMumbai : The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) will soon embark on a research study on 'Impact analysis of price regulation in India...
Stents under Price Control; Government amends Act Meghna A Singhania22 Dec 2016 12:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Stents prices will soon have a maximum limit, as the government is moving ahead in its endeavour to bring them under the national list of...
34 percent medical equipment across country dysfunctional: Health Ministry supriya kashyap kashyap21 Dec 2016 12:38 PM ISTNew Delhi : A massive exercise to map the inventory of all bio-medical equipment, including their functionality status, has revealed that 13-34 per...
Spurious medicines worth Rs 52 lakh seized by authorities supriya kashyap kashyap21 Dec 2016 12:36 PM ISTAhmedabad : The Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) here seized medicines, including antibiotics, worth over Rs 52 lakh, on suspicion of...
Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 being amended: AYUSH Minster savita thakur thakur20 Dec 2016 11:25 AM ISTDrugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 being amended to prohibit misleading advertisements of Ayurveda, Siddha & Unani Drugs: AYUSH MinsterThis...
FDA grants accelerated approval to new treatment for advanced ovarian cancer supriya kashyap kashyap20 Dec 2016 11:18 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Rubraca (rucaparib) to treat women with a certain type of ovarian cancer....
US states sue Mylan, Teva, others for fixing drug prices savita thakur thakur17 Dec 2016 12:15 PM ISTTwo years after high generic drug prices became a public controversy, legal cases are starting to land.Twenty states filed a lawsuit against Mylan NV...
Indian drug cos bet on global MnAs in growth pursuit: Moody's savita thakur thakur14 Dec 2016 11:16 AM ISTNew Delhi: Indian drug companies will continue scouting for acquiring overseas assets over the next two years to enhance their presence in developed...
Competition Appellate Tribunal quashes Rs 73 crore penalties on Lupin, 2 officials savita thakur thakur13 Dec 2016 11:01 AM ISTCiting multiple lapses in probe as well as in deciding the case by CCI, Competition Appellate Tribunal has quashed a Rs 73 crore fine imposed on...
Under Trump, Congress likely to pull plug on medical device tax savita thakur thakur12 Dec 2016 11:45 AM ISTWARSAW: When Donald Trump takes over as president on Jan. 20, one of the first business tax breaks he delivers is likely to go to the U.S. medical...
