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Over 2,000 cough syrup makers: Can regulators ensure their safety?
June 19, 2026 3:06 pm
Cough syrups are among the country’s most consumed medicines, but recurring contamination incidents have exposed weaknesses in quality checks and regulatory coordination
Govt plans to cut down on imports of pharma agents, biofuel enzymes
August 31, 2025 3:25 am
The government has already listed 1,000 such products for which there is a need to develop indigenous manufacturing facilities, which will be put on a website soon.
France's Sanofi to acquire US-based Provention Bio for $2.9 billion
March 13, 2023 2:35 pm
With the acquisition, the French pharmaceutical group intends to acquire full ownership of an innovative treatment for the delay of stage 3 type 1 diabetes affecting about 65,000 people every year, it said in a statement.
US regulator doubled warnings to Indian drugmakers last year
January 21, 2020 11:46 am
The sanctions may delay about 18 per cent of new products Indian companies were planning to introduce in the US, according to a report Monday from Crisil Ltd, the local unit of S&P Global Ratings.
‘Pharma firms will get CSR benefits only if they donate medicines to the poor’
March 26, 2014 1:05 am
Delhi High Court orders Ministry of Corporate Affairs to add this condition to CSR rules.
BSE Healthcare index at life-time high as market improves
December 28, 2013 2:44 am
BSE Healthcare Index tracks healthcare service providers and pharma cos,closed at its new all-time high.
Tried,tested and failed
October 28, 2013 12:09 am
Clinical trials would be more popular in India if they had safer,clearer protocols.
Pharma cos may move clinical trials out
October 23, 2013 5:45 am
The uncertainty,companies say,will impact the availability of new drugs in India in the long run.
Govt may have to rethink stand on FDI in pharma
September 16, 2013 1:51 am
The Health Ministry has been opposed to the idea of including pharmaceutical companies in the automatic FDI list since its inception.
Drug firms overcharged Rs 2,700 cr
August 14, 2013 1:13 am
Less than 10 per cent of money is recovered by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
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