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Govt may relax supply norms of controversial drug oxytocin

Drug advisory body proposes allowing only licensed retailers to sell oxytocin to ensure it is for human use

2 min read2 Aug 2018
Companies

Panel finds dosing mismatches in many FDCs

The committee found that most pharma firms had not generated the 'safety and efficacy data' of their own FDCs

3 min read27 Jul 2018
Industry

Panel reviewing efficacy of 349 FDCs may reinforce ban

Committee set to give its report to drug advisory body DTAB at a meeting on Wednesday

2 min read23 Jul 2018
Politics

Panel reviewing safety of banned FDC drugs to submit report in July

A committee is reviewing the safety, efficacy and therapeutic justification of FDC drugs, which were banned in 2015, along with those that were banned before 1988

2 min read25 May 2018
Industry

Regulator may limit fluoride content in toothpaste

Drugs Technical Advisory Board may restrict the use of fluoride to 1,000 ppm (parts-per-million)

2 min read24 May 2018
Industry

Govt may push for regulating manufacture, sale, import of implantable medical devices

Drug Advisory Technical Board will on 16 May decide on putting the devices under purview of Drugs andCosmeticsAct

2 min read8 May 2018
Politics

DTAB backs plan to scrap drug tests on animals

The recommendation would bring cheers to animal rights activists, who say non-animal alternatives to the Draize test have been available for years now

3 min read24 Aug 2016
Industry

PET is safe for use, says health ministry report

This finding will come as a major relief to the `4,000 crore Indian PET packaging industry

2 min read14 Mar 2016
Politics

Direct donor-patient blood transfusion to be legalized

At present, the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules (1945) authorize collection of blood only by licensed blood banks

2 min read16 Jan 2014
Companies

Advisory body to consider recognizing plant-based drugs

Advisory body to consider recognizing plant-based drugs

2 min read24 Jun 2009
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