Antimicrobial resistance: Here is how pharma companies can reduce antibiotic pollution in effluents
There is a high risk of antibiotic residues entering the environment from wastewater used in manufacturing pharmaceuticals
As told to Parliament (March 14, 2023): After Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths, Centre cautioned pharma units
All that was discussed in the House through the day
When Big Pharma has all the answers
IFPMA, the biopharma trade body, has made its claim clear: COVID-19 vaccine management should be left to these handful of companies; and all …
Delhi High Court scraps ban on 344 fixed combination drugs
Health ministry banned 344 fixed combination drugs in March fearing antimicrobial resistance and other health hazards
US is finally trying to rein in drug giants
Biden government’s push to get Big Pharma to reduce the astronomical rates of prescription medicines is significant
Pharma’s dirty deals to stall generics
As generic companies, including Indian firms, collude with innovator pharma giants in pay-for-delay pacts, consumers pay a high price
Government stand against EU ban on Indian drugs much needed, says industry
Standing against the arbitrary ban on 700 drugs, India has decided to defer the proposed talks on the free trade agreement between India and the EU
AMR Awareness Week: Way forward for pharma companies to ensure antibiotics manufacturing doesn’t drive resistance
The risk of AMR posed by the release of antibiotic manufacturing waste can be prevented
Ranbaxy effect: Indian government defends pharma industry
Few isolated cases cannot undermine well regulated system, says commerce ministry
Software outsmarts drug research
Now, a programme can bypass patented drug pathways and create synthetically-produced medicines
There's an unhealthy alliance between doctors and pharma firms
The government has shown little interest to penalise pharma companies that offer sops to doctors to push their drugs
It is critical to view antimicrobial resistance through a multi-dimensional lens
Reducing pollution from the pharmaceutical, agricultural and healthcare sectors is needed to reduce the emergence, transmission and spread of …
India: the pharmacy of the world where ‘crazy drug combinations’ go unregulated
Of 175 drug combinations used to treat pain-relief, diabetes, anxiety/depression, and psychosis, a study found that 115 combinations had no …
'India’s drug dependence on China not good for its health sector'
Setting up of large-scale pharma and chemical clusters in proximity to each other can help sector perform better, says industry body ASSOCHAM
Trial by hire
Laissez-faire in clinical research has unleashed a ruthless profit-making machine blind to notions of justice or equity. It is time to rein in …
After cough-syrup, now eye drops: India-made solution causes 1 death, several infections in US
This could be particularly damning for India’s drug regulatory system since it is coming on the heels of cough-syrup-associated deaths in …
Indian pharma firms receive 34% of FDA warnings this year
These warnings were for misbranding, selling unapproved medicines and violating Current Good Management Practices
National List of Essential Medicines: 34 drugs enlisted in update after 7 years
The latest National List of Essential Medicines features 384 medicines, drops 26 old ones
Modi Cabinet approves 100% FDI in medical devices sector via automatic route
Existing conditions and prior approval required in case of merger and acquisition done away with
India to set up 10 pharma clusters across country
The move will reduce cost of production of medicines by up to 25 per cent
Sun Pharma to buy troubled giant Ranbaxy
The combined entity will create India’s largest pharma company and world’s fifth-largest specialty generics company
Single nanoparticle twists pave the way for medicines on demand: Study
Understanding chirality — twists within nanoparticles — can help several industries, including pharma
Budget 2023-24 live: Greening the economy is among top 7 priorities, says Nirmala Sitharaman in budget speech
Live updates from the budget speech February 1, 2023