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 Chennai racket smuggling 'Viagra' busted
SITAPATHI,CHENNAI, NOV 2013: Central drug control authorities raided a Mylapore-based pharma agency and seized sildenafil citrate (sold in the market also as Viagra) meant for smuggling abroad. The drug distributor had been sending the drug through courier to the Middle East and western countries.
DC officials in Gurgaon raid premises of fake doctors, seize huge stocks of medicines
CHENNAI, 2013: The enforcement officials of the Gurgaon zone of the drugs control department of Haryana along with police and health department staff raided 20 clinics of fake doctors in Gurgaon, Narnol and Rewadi districts and seized huge quantities of medicines kept in their consulting rooms.
FDA suspends licenses of Goa pharmacies flouting drug norms
PANAJI, 2013: In a bid to check misuse of psychotropic substances supplied through various pharmacies, the Goa Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) department has started suspending licenses of retailers found violating the laws. Eight licenses have been suspended for violating various provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945, during the current financial year till September 30, FDA Director Salim A Veljee said.
  After High Court disallows ban, Government to put warning on anti-depressant
New Delhi,Nov 2013: Left red-faced after yet another drug ban order failed to pass judicial scrutiny, the government is set to pass an order that anti-depressant Deanxit should be sold with a warning in red that the drug is to be sold only on the prescription of a registered psychiatrist. A notification regarding this will soon be issued under section 26A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Union Government notifies draft rules on phyto-pharmaceuticals to assess plant-based drugs
BENGALURU, Nov 2013: Union government has notified draft rules on phyto-pharmaceuticals that will form the basis for a regulatory system to evaluate and get approvals of plant-based drugs. The draft is a further amendment to the Drugs & Cosmetic Rules 1945 which will be known as the Drugs & Cosmetics 5th (Amendment) Rules 2013. 7th Edition of IP 2014 Released By Shri.Ghulam Nabi Azad
NEW DELHI, Nov 2013 (PIB): The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad released the 7th edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia 2014 – a book of Drug Standards at the Nirman Bhawan. The Minister congratulated the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission and the expert members of the Scientific Body, IPC staff and various other professionals and organizations for this achievement.  FDA Investigates Acute Hepatitis Illnesses Potentially Linked to Products Labeled OxyElite Pro
On November 9, 2013, USPlabs LLC, of Dallas, Texas, recalled certain OxyElite Pro dietary supplement products that the company markets. The company took this action after receiving a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that the products have been linked to liver illnesses and that there is a reasonable probability that the products are adulterated. NAFDAC seizes fake vaccines in Enugu
ENUGU, Nov 2013: The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized two bags of tetanus vaccines worth N2.5 million at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.The head of the NAFDAC office in the airport, Mr John Okwori, told newsmen on Friday that the vaccines were seized on Oct. Police nab 17 fake-drug manufacturers, dealers
BEIJING, Nov (Xinhua) : Chinese police have captured 17 suspects who were allegedly involved in the production and sale of counterfeit medicines, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced Saturday.Under the direction of the MPS and the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), police and CFDA's provincial branches in Guangxi, Hunan, Anhui and Henan seized more than 16,600 bottles of fake medicine and vaccines, said a statement of the MPS.  Ayush department bans use of prefix & suffix with name of licensed Ayurveda, Siddha & Unani drugs
MUMBAI, Nov 2013: Thousands of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drug manufacturers in the country have now to change their decades old brand names as the Department of Ayush has banned the use of any prefix or suffix with the name of all licensed Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani medicines. Cough medicines linked to surgery complications
CANBERRA, May, 2013: Anaesthetists are calling for 53 cough medicines and lozenges to be withdrawn from the Australian market because of concerns they are causing life-threatening allergic reactions during surgery.  Prescriptions must be stamped once medicines dispensed from it
 (Contribution by Deepak Barai )Whenever consumers walk into a pharmacy for medicines against their prescriptions , a pharmacist must always stamp the prescription with his medical shop details and date.
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On October 24th, the Partnership for Safe Medicines gathered stakeholders in the efforts to combat counterfeit medicine in Washington D.C. for a one-day conference at the Newseum’s Knight Conference Center. This was the 4th annual conference, focused on U. S. drug supply chain security and the safety of American patients.
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