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Your vital drug may be a deadly dud

AHMEDABAD, 27 NOV: If your cough syrup has not shown the desired affect it claims on the labels recently, it could mean that the manufacturer has added less quantities of the active medicine. This is one of the ways in which the manufacturers are trying to cut corners, the Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) found in the latest tests they did

Drug policy hearing in Supreme Court deferred

MUMBAI, 27 NOV: The hearing on the revised drug policy in the Supreme Court has been deferred to December. Since the proposed policy has not been notified, the Government has sought more time, a source familiar with the case told Business Line. The hearing will now come up on December 12. The apex court hearing is crucial as the drug policy discussions gained traction under its watch.

PPA's attempts to recover overcharged amounts through district collectors

New Delhi, 22 Nov: The recovery of arrears by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) from the overcharging pharma companies continued to be very slow, even after pursuing the matter through district collectors, thanks to the long-pending cases in the cases. As per the latest records by the agency, notices were sent in 885 cases of overcharging till October 31 this year, for a total amount of Rs.2577.28 crore while the recovered amount stood at just Rs.232.51 crore so far.

Fake drug? Checking authenticity is just a click away

Ahmedabad, 24 Nov: Come November 26, people in Gujarat would get to check whether the drug purchased from a chemist shop is spurious or not by just logging onto the state Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) portal, a top official has said.

Himalaya wins trademark battle over Liv.52

NEW DELHI, 14 NOV: Pharma major Himalaya Drug Company has won a 15-year-old legal battle over its medicine Liv.52 with the Delhi High Court holding that homoeopathic firm SBL Limited infringed the trademark by coming up with its own preparation named as Liv-T.

Untested Insulin, vaccine vials on sale in medical shops

Kochi, 4 Nov: In a major revelation of the precarious state of health care system in the state, the insulin vials and vaccines for children is found to be on sale without being subjected to necessary quality checks. Lack of a proper machinery to conduct quality check in the state drugs control department is cited as the reason for this negligence. The revelation is made by the drugs control division of the state in its reply to a query sought through RTI on standards of quality of drugs sold in the state. Most of the machines used for the quality checks at the testing lab of the state drugs control department in Thiruvananthapuram has long since become dysfunctional. There is also an acute shortage of equipment for conducting basic quality tests.

Manorama Online

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