Patient safety and product quality are its highest priorities Pfizer India has said, reacting to the Karnataka Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action regarding the circulation of counterfeit drugs. The Karnataka health regulator on Sunday said it has cancelled 16 drug…
The state govt has initiated steps to ensure lifelong access to life-saving medication for all eligible children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), health minister K Muraleedharan told the assembly on Thursday.
Published - October 29, 2026 07:18 pm IST - Belagavi Upalokayukta B. Veerappa has directed Health Department officers to withdraw all expired medicine from the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital. During a surprise visit to the teaching hospital of the government medical college here on…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29: Remdesivir that expired in May 2023 was administered to patients, including those treated for Nipah infection, at hospitals in Kerala in subsequent years, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan told the Assembly on Thursday, ordering an investigation into whether the use of…
Updated - October 29, 2026 05:22 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram A medical board will be constituted to investigate whether use of expired drug, Remdesivir, led to the deaths of Nipah patients. The board will also look into whether other patients who had been given the…
Replying to a submission, Minister says government is taking several steps through Kerala United Against Rare Diseases scheme to provide timely treatment and life-saving medicines to children affected by SMA Published - October 29, 2026 03:04 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala government has issued…
Dec 20, 2024, 19:27 ET Alhemo® is designed to block a protein called TFPI in the body that stops blood from clotting. By blocking TFPI, Alhemo® improves the production of thrombin, a protein that helps to clot the blood and prevent bleeding, when…
New Delhi: The Himachal Pradesh Drugs Control Administration has asked patients and the public to stop using specific batches of medicines declared ‘not of standard quality’ (NSQ) by the central drug regulator, according to the two senior government officials familiar…
The 3 June 2026 CDSCO circular reiterating the requirement for an effective pharmacovigilance system under Paragraph 6.11 of Schedule M of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules has brought a fundamental question into sharper focus for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in India: what must…
Hyderabad: The Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA), Telangana, has urged the Telangana Standards Authority for Safe Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) to strictly enforce prescription requirements for painkillers and antibiotics and intensify inspections of pharmacies to prevent their unauthorised…
India's drug regulators and medicine safety: CDSCO and the DCGI, state drug controllers, cough-syrup deaths, substandard and fake drugs, drug pricing.
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