Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Medical Council of India (MCI) in an amendment to its existing code of conduct, the Indian Medical Council (professional conduct, etiquette and ethics) regulations 2002, has proposed sweeping guidelines on the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession in India. (Editorial)
For the melanoma patients who signed on to try a drug known as PLX4032, the clinical trial was a last resort. Their bodies were riddled with tumours, leaving them barely months to live. But a few weeks after taking their first dose, nearly all of them began to recover. Lee …
The 28th national workshop on clinical pharmacology, organised by the Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, began on Monday. Nearly 65 delegates from across the country and Nepal are participating in the weeklong workshop. In the first lecture of the day, Professor P Pandhi, Head, Department of Pharmacology and organising secretary …
Satish Shile, Bangalore, Feb 18, DH News Service: The manufacturing unit of a major pharmaceutical company located at Virgonagar in Bangalore has violated the norms for scientific disposal of effluent. The manufacturing unit of Cipla has stored liquid waste in a sump on its premises, close to Yellamma Lake. It …
On january 15, the World Health Organization (who) said it would review itself to see if international health regulations were followed while recommending purchase of H1N1 influenza vaccines to member countries. This follows after a report in the Danish news daily, Information, alleged that health advisers of who are on …
India is taking steps to reverse anti-counterfeiting measures in some east African nations that could stop the importation of generic drugs made in the country.
THE DELHI High Court on Monday referred six drug patent cases to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), the apex government body to hear such disputes. This could set a precedent for all future appeals regarding `pre-grant
The Medical Council of India (mci) has amended the ethical guidelines for doctors to discourage them from accepting favours from pharma companies to promote their products. This is the first such amendment in seven years. The Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct¤ Etiquette and Ethics) (Amendment) Regulations¤ 2009 prohibits medical practitioners …
By opening up its database of potential malaria drugs, GlaxoSmithKline has blazed a path that other pharmaceutical companies should follow. (Editorial)
The turf war between the pharmaceutical industry and Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) is set to intensify after sources close to DCGI confirmed on Monday that the drug controller will soon be approaching the Supreme Court over the issue of centralising power to grant Certificate of Pharmaceutical Products (CoPP)
Amiti Sen & Khomba singh NEW DELHI THE European Union has assured India that it will suitably modify its Customs regulation or its application by this month-end to ensure that generics shipped from India do not get detained at its ports, indicating a possible end to this long-standing irritant to …
Members Of Vaccine Board Had Financial Links With Pharma Majors Rema Nagarajan | TIMES INSIGHT GROUP Even as questions are being raised about whether the swine flu scare was exaggerated to benefit pharma companies, evidence has surfaced that several members of the World Health Organisation
Visakhapatnam , Jan. 12: Officials and environmentalists suspect that pharmaceutical units might have dumped pollutants in Yeleru canal leading to the death of fish in large quantities. Local people and media personnel on a visit to canal area, soon after the news spread out that the canal water was poisoned, …
