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Why antibiotics need warning signs
With news of the recent resolve by the government to add warning signs on medication, there is a wide spread sigh of relief amongst physicians, many lauding the government on its initiative. Doctors...
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Brand India hit: Ghanian firms marketing fake drugs from India?
At a time the Indian pharmaceutical industry is attempting to brand itself to counter allegations of exporting counterfeit drugs, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has accused three local...
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Global Big Pharma targeting Indian pharmaceutical industry?
As Indian pharmaceutical companies face charges of selling counterfeit drugs in Africa, India has dubbed the allegations as ‘calculated attempts’ by Western cartels to destroy its march to provide...
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Metronomic chemotherapy: How it could revolutionise the war on cancer
Fighting cancer has always been a particularly costly affair and the cost of monthly doses can run into lakhs which makes battling the disease almost impossible for the poor. But all that could change...
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Misplaced hoopla over Indian anti-diarrhoea vaccine
Newspapers and television channels in India and abroad were abuzz recently with reports that an Indian rotavirus (anti-diarrhoea) vaccine had been developed and tested. We were told that the vaccine,...
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Is the ban of pioglitazone justified? (Expert interview)
With the recent ban of three popular drugs – pioglitazone (a popular anti-diabetes drug), analgin (a painkiller) and deanxit (an anti-depressant) –by the health ministry, there are a number of...
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Oral insulin pills for diabetics – it could soon be a reality!
Ever since man started popping pills for various ailments, pharmaceutical companies’ Holy Grail has been the insulin pill – a pill which will replace the pinpricks that diabetics have begun to consider...
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Who is most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS?
December 1 is World AIDS Day India has achieved a reduction in overall HIV infections, but injecting drug users remain one of the most vulnerable groups in the country as far as contracting HIV/AIDS is...
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Indian pharma to reach new heights but will it be able to maintain quality?
Pharmaceutical sales in India are expected to rise by 14.4 per cent to USD 27 billion in 2016 from last year, but the life sciences and health care industry is up against challenges such as quality...
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Union Budget 2014-15: Healthcare sector expectations by Dr Arun Singh, Senior...
Dr Arun Singh, Senior Economist, Dun & Bradstreet, India tells us what he expects from the Union Budget 2014-15. There are a significant number of expectations from the new finance minister in...
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UN officials highlight the rising trend of pharmaceutical misuse in India
After cannabis and heroin, the misuse of pharmaceutical drugs is rising among subcontinental drug users because of their easy availability at cheap rates and this is a cause for concern, a top UN...
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Health in India — lack of generic drugs hurting national health policy
The Supreme Court decided to examine the issue that the national health policy of the country was hit due to non-availability of cheaper medicines and vaccines of same generic nature. A bench...
View ArticleProducts of DRL and IPCA laboratories under Canadian radar
Hyderabad, Dec 26, 2014: On a request from drug regulator Health Canada, the importers of that country have agreed to quarantine health products from Dr Reddy’s Laboratories at Srikakulam in Andhra...
View ArticleFree health camps in India have an ulterior motive?
A special report has pointed out the concern over the drug industry’s involvement at the Indian ‘health camps.’ Pharmaceutical sales representatives are screening people in India in return for...
View ArticleThe most commonly used cough syrup, Corex, will not be available in India any...
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has with immediate effect stopped making and selling cough syrup Corex in India after the government prohibited fixed dose combination of Chlopheniramine Maleate + Codeine...
View ArticleReport says PET bottles are safe for packing drugs
An expert committee on Monday said plastic bottles made of PET (poly ethylene terephthalate) material were safe for packaging medicines. ‘There is no conclusive evidence to suggest that use of PET or...
View ArticleGovernment asks HC to lift the interim stay on FDC drugs
The central government on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to vacate the interim stay on ban on some fixed dose combinations (FDC) medicines sold by pharma majors saying they ‘endanger patient...
View ArticleGovt fixes prices of 42 essential drugs, prices come down by 15%
The government has decided to put a cap on prices of 42 essential medicines used in the treatment of various critical and life-threatening diseases such as tuberculosis, cancer and cardiac diseases. As...
View Article3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores to be opened across India under Pradhan Mantri Jan...
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY), the central government will open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) pan India by the end of this fiscal to make quality drugs available at affordable...
View ArticleFocusing on IP to increase access to healthcare is narrow approach
Access to healthcare is a major challenge in developing countries as this involves making available affordable and quality medicines to people living in poverty. Goal 3 of the UN’s sustainable...
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