Price of 21 essential drugs went up in 2019, Details MD bureau8 Feb 2020 2:03 PM IST "It was noted that the twenty-one scheduled formulations considered for upward price revision under para 19 of DPCO, 2013 are low priced drugs and...
Overcharging on Anti-diabetic, Cardiac Care Drugs: Rs 245.96 crore recovered from Pharma Firms, Minister informs Parliament Farhat Nasim6 Feb 2020 4:43 PM ISTNPPA has detected and issued about 162 demand notices against the pharmaceutical companies for overcharging consumers on the sale of Anti-diabetic and...
Minister informs Parliament about steps taken to promote affordable generic drugs Medical Dialogues Bureau26 Nov 2019 4:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Minister in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers D V Sadananda Gowda recently informed the Parliament about the steps taken by the...
NPPA notices worth Rs 101 crore sent to Biocon, Lupin, Dr Reddys, others for skipping regulatory nod-Minister Medical Dialogues Bureau24 July 2019 12:16 PM ISTNPPA has so far issued demand notices for an amount of Rs 101 crore against defaulting companies. Out of this, an amount of Rs 5.56 crore has been...
Definition of generic drugs discussed in Parliament Farhat Nasim7 July 2019 9:50 AM ISTHe said that the generic medicines are generally those which contain some amount of same active ingredients in same dosage form, and are intended to...
Drugmakers cannot raise price of non-scheduled formulations by more than 10 pc yearly: Minister informs Parliament Medical Dialogues Bureau5 July 2019 5:58 PM ISTAs per provisions of DPCO, all manufacturers of Scheduled medicines (branded or generic) have to sell their products within the ceiling price fixed by...
More than 10 percent of Drug samples from Government sources Not of Standard Quality Meghna A Singhania25 Jun 2019 3:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Estimated 10.02% medicines of the sample of medicines from government sources tested by the government were found to be Not of Standard...
Labeling Norms For Generic Drugs: Health Minister apprises parliament Ruby Khatun Khatun11 March 2018 11:56 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey through a written reply in the Lok Sabha informed about the...
1,179 Ayush drug manufacturers not compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices: Govt Ruby Khatun Khatun20 Dec 2017 3:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: There are 8,667 licenced Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) drug manufacturers in the country, out of which 1,179 are...
China accounts for 66 percent of India's bulk drug imports in FY'17 Ruby Khatun Khatun20 Dec 2017 10:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: India's bulk drug imports from top five countries stood at Rs 18,372.54 crore in 2016-17 with China accounting for 66 percent, Parliament...
Pharma, medical devices should be under one ministry: Mansukh L Mandaviya Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Aug 2017 10:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) feels that subjects and regulatory bodies related to pharmaceuticals and medical devices should...
