In a worrying trend, there has been an increase in cases of fake drugs in last three years and efforts by authorities to encourage whistleblowers to report such illegal activity too have failed to elicit the desired response.
February 11 2013, 4:20 pm
Read MoreUnion Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the report of an expert committee set up to examine the issue of alleged approval of drugs without clinical trial by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is being considered by the government. In a written reply to Rajya Sabha Azad
December 12 2012, 8:46 am
Read MoreIn a move to discourage the rampant frequency with which untested drugs are released in India, all pharmaceutical companies that conduct clinical trials will have to register internal ethics committees. The latest gazette notification made it compulsory for all pharma companies to register ethical
February 15 2013, 4:05 pm
Read MoreAs many as 436 people died last year due to serious adverse events (SAE) during clinical trials and the Union Health Minister has said the deaths could be due to life-threatening diseases such as cancer, heart failure and stroke or the side-effects of the drugs or their administration to terminally
February 24 2013, 9:07 am
Read More14 years – that’s how long Deanxit, anti-depressant marketed by a Danish company was sold in this country until its safety and efficacy was questioned. The drug in question is an antidepressant which is mostly marketed in smaller countries and is banned in the United States, Britain, Ireland,
January 30 2013, 1:08 pm
Read MoreThe fourth episode of Satyamev Jayate dealt with medical malpractice. Aamir Khan’s show had earlier dealt with burning issues like female foeticide and child sex abuse which had actually seen a somnolent government pass the child sex abuse bill and take various measures to curb female
December 14 2012, 7:46 pm
Read MoreThe Andhra Pradesh government was stable and there was no cause for concern on account of the ongoing agitation over Telangana, senior Congress leader and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Saturday.
February 5 2011, 10:04 pm
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