PIL against Health Ministry notifying 8 medical devices as DRUGS, Delhi HC seeks Centre reply Medical Dialogues Bureau30 Sept 2019 5:54 PM ISTIt 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 Sept 2019 5:01 PM ISTNew 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 2:57 PM ISTThese 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 5:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: After fixing the prices of various stents including cardiac stents and orthopaedic implants and even cancer drugs, the government is soon...
Doctors should prescribe only generic medicines: CDSCO Committee Medical Dialogues Bureau23 July 2019 5:36 PM ISTThe generic medicines are at least 90 per cent cheaper than branded medicines. There are nearly 600 types of generic medicines and about 23 kinds of...
Centre ask States not to partner with Philip Morris-led anti-smoking group Medical Dialogues Bureau2 July 2019 9:15 AM ISTIndia's federal health ministry has sent a letter, dated June 24, to chief secretaries of all states, saying they should not partner with FSFW and...
Global forum to examine use of safer nicotine products Farhat Nasim10 Jun 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe forum will examine the rapidly developing science in relation to nicotine and its use, including policy and regulatory responses.New Delhi: Amid a...
All medical devices sold in India to be CDSCO certified: What is Means Meghna A Singhania18 April 2019 2:59 PM ISTOnce this notification comes into effect, the manufacture and sale of all medical devices would have to be certified by the Central Drugs Standard...
Interim Relief: Delhi High Court stays ban on e-cigarettes,Vapes,E-Sheesha till May 17, 2019 Meghna A Singhania24 March 2019 11:00 AM ISTDelhi High Court observed that Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems(ENDS) including e cigarettes cannot be regarded as 'drugs'. New Delhi: Granting...
Union Health Ministry blocking Juul e cigarettes from coming into country: Report Meghna A Singhania18 March 2019 12:42 PM IST"Novel products such as 'Juul' are harmful and addictive and could potentially undermine our tobacco control efforts," Health Secretary Preeti Sudan...
CDSCO bans OTC sale of topical medications containing hydroquinone from April 1, 2019 Meghna A Singhania12 March 2019 2:03 PM ISTHydroquinone is also added to the CDSCO OTC ban list after several cases have shown that its unchecked sale is leading to adverse effects on skin such...
Eight medical devices including CT, MRI, X-ray notified as DRUGS by health ministry Meghna A Singhania9 Feb 2019 12:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a significant move to provide safety to patients and regulate the quality of diagnostic and medical devices in India, the health...
