Ficci calls for preventive measures of coronavirus in India Medical Dialogues Bureau3 March 2020 3:30 AM GMTNew Delhi: Industry body Ficci has recently called for measures to prevent the spread of deadly coronavirus in India, even as two more cases -- one in...
Pharmacists to protest at Jantar Mantar against amendment of Schedule K of Drugs and Cosmetics Act Farhat Nasim18 Nov 2019 9:25 AM GMTNew Delhi: The Indian Pharmacist Association (IPA) has decided to conduct a protest on November 29 at Jantar Mantar against the recent draft to amend...
Health Ministry proposes to allow Nurses, Community health workers to store, dispense medicines; Pharmacists see Red Farhat Nasim12 Nov 2019 9:26 AM GMTNew Delhi: With the central government moving to permit many allied healthcare practitioners including Community Health Officers, Nurses, Auxiliary...
Applying for CDSCO license for your drug? Make Sure your formulation does not have similar brand name Farhat Nasim9 Nov 2019 11:22 AM GMTNew Delhi: In a bid to curb the irrational practice of using similar names for different drugs that results in utter confusion, the Union Health...
Medical Devices classified as Drugs: CDSCO releases Amendment Rules for registeration of 36 devices Medical Dialogues Bureau25 Oct 2019 10:59 AM GMTNew Delhi: Through a recent Gazette Notification, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has recently released Draft Medical Devices...
Health Ministry to bring all Medical Devices under CDSCO regulations, Invites comments Farhat Nasim19 Oct 2019 12:08 PM GMTOnce finalized, the medical device makers will have to get licences from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) while CDSCO will be the nodal...
CDSCO Committee to draft new guidelines for effective recall of substandard drugs Farhat Nasim7 Oct 2019 11:59 AM GMTNew Delhi: To examine the issues regarding effective recall system of drugs found Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) and to review the recall guidelines...
Health Ministry, WHO join hands to redesignate NHSRC for development of medical devices Farhat Nasim4 Oct 2019 11:36 AM GMTThis year in collaboration with WHO's country office, NHSRC developed a guidance document for the health ministry's free diagnostics initiative to...
PIL against Health Ministry notifying 8 medical devices as DRUGS, Delhi HC seeks Centre reply Medical Dialogues Bureau30 Sep 2019 12:24 PM GMTIt was submitted that notifying blood monitoring devices, digital thermometers, nebulizers and glucometers as DRUGS will result in a substantial hike...
Biocon Chief Kiran Shaw, FM Nirmala Sitharaman in tiff over E-Cigarette ban Farhat Nasim20 Sep 2019 11:31 AM GMTNew Delhi: Biocon Chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw recently got into a spat with the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday. The minister defended...
Cracking Down on Spurious Drugs: Union Health Ministry directs States to create Intelligence Cells with CDSCO Medical Dialogues Bureau30 Aug 2019 9:27 AM GMTThese intelligence cells will work in coordination with the officers of state drug departments and the Central Drug Control Standard Organisation...
Price Cap: NLEM Committe to now target intraocular lens, dialysis fluid, hearing aids; Farhat Nasim7 Aug 2019 12:00 PM GMTNew Delhi: After fixing the prices of various stents including cardiac stents and orthopaedic implants and even cancer drugs, the government is soon...
