News:The central government has decided to expand the reach of the Smart Safety Surveillance or 3S programme to optimize post-marketing surveillance of priority drugs and vaccines. Facts: About Smart Safety …
Read MoreNews:Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO) has started looking into the concerns of potential cancer-causing substances contaminating popular acidity drug ranitidine. Facts: What is Ranitidine? Ranitidine is an over-the-counter prescription antacid …
Read MoreThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO) has suggested amendments to the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules,1945 to ensure that registered medical practitioners dispense only generic medicines. A generic medicine is a …
Read More1. US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Pvt Ltd has agreed to pay 25 lakhs to 67 patients affected by its faulty acetabular surface replacement (ASR) hip implants. Earlier,in …
Read MoreMedical device manufacturing company Medtronic has claimed that it had received no patient complaints in India after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in its safety communication has alerted …
Read MoreThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO) has issued an alert to healthcare providers, heart patients and medical device distributors on measures they have to take to prevent safety issues with …
Read MoreDrugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has recommended that the Centre should include all medical devices in the country under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act,1940 in a phased manner.Currently,the government regulates …
Read MoreCentral Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has issued an advisory to state drug regulators.It has asked them to keep monitoring on the manufacture,sale and distribution of buclizine.It is a brand …
Read MoreUnion Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules,2019. The new rules say that new drugs approved for use in the EU,UK,Australia, Japan and the …
Read MoreAccording to the Drug Controller General of India(DGCI),conviction rates in the cases of spurious drugs is abysmally low.During 2015 to 2018,India has been able to convict only 35 cases of …
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