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Price Of Diabetes Drug Vildagliptin To Halve Soon As Cheap Versions To Hit Market
MUMBAI, 10 DEC 2019: There is some good news for the over 72 million diabetics in India, with a cheaper version of a blockbuster drug hitting the market on December 10. The domestic pharmaceutical market is abuzz with news of over 15-20 companies launching generic versions of the widelyprescribed anti-diabetic drug Vildagliptin, with its price expected to crash by half.
NITI Aayog Proposes Single Regime For Medical Devices, Penalty For Faulty Products: Report
New Delhi, 19 Dec 2019: The NITI Aayog, on December 18, has suggested a single regulatory regime to oversee medical devices and a separate four-division Medical Devices Administration (MDA) to improve ease of doing business in the sector, the Business Standard reported.
Drug Laws & Policy Injections
Need To Find Alternative To 100-Yr-Old Anti-VenomMadurai, 20 Dec 2019: Awareness needs to be created on snake bites and the treatment thereafter and there is also a need to find an alternative to the anti-venom that we have been using for more than 100 years, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri, associate professor, University of Reading, UK, has said.
Patiala: 49,000 Drug Tablets Recovered From 6 In Two Cases Chandigarh, 21 Dec 2019: The district police have arrested six drugs peddlers and recovered 2.6kg opium and 49,000 drug tablets from them in two separate cases in Patiala on Saturday.
ICMR To Bring Norms On Stem Cell Research & Banking By Jan-EndNEW DELHI, 23 DEC 2019: The government’s apex research body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) plans to bring in regulations for stem cell therapy and banking to prevent misuse and have standards laid out for research, clinical use and storage. The regulations are likely to be released by January-end.
Johnson & Johnson Cleared In Baby Powder-Cancer Litigation Case In USNew Delhi, 22 Dec 2019: The baby powder of Johnson & Johnson is not responsible for a Missouri woman's cancer, a jury in the US has decided in the company's latest win in a litigation case over its famous product.
Afghanistan Becomes First Country To Recognise Indian PharmacopoeiaMumbai, 23 Dec 2019: Afghanistan has become the first country to recognise Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) pursuant to the efforts of Department of Commerce and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Key Medicines Likely To Get Costlier SoonMUMBAI, 14 DEC 2019: Prices of widely used medicines—key antibiotics, anti-allergics, anti-malarial drugs, BCG vaccine and Vitamin C—will increase soon. Invoking for the first time a provision “in public interest’’, the drug prices regulator NPPA on Friday revised prices of 21 formulations, allowing a one-time increase of 50% from the existing ceiling price.
Pharma Injections
Drug Cos Under NPPA Lens For Self-Exemption From Price CapNEW DELHI, 16 DEC 2019: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Abbott, AstraZeneca, Lupin and other big drugmakers have come under the scanner of India’s drug pricing watchdog for excluding products from the price control regime without first applying for such an exemption, according to documents that ET has seen and people with knowledge of the matter. This is in violation of the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO).
IIT-M Partners With Ricovr Inc. For Research On Medical DeviceChennai, 20 Dec 2019: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has announced that it is going to collaborate with Ricovr Inc. , US-based oral diagnostics medical device company, for research on point-of-care medical device development.
IIT Hyderabad Team Uses Plant Extract, Heat To Kill Cancer Cells Hyderabad, 21 Dec 2019: Lipid-based nanoparticles encapsulating chlorophyll-rich extract of a medicinal plant Anthocephalus cadamba and a near-infrared dye has been found to selectively kill cancer cells when exposed to near-infrared light.
Natco Launches Cut Price Versions Of Cancer Drug Ibrutinib In India MUMBAI, 20 DEC 2019: Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma has launched a cut price version of ibrutinib, an anti-cancer drug, under its own brand name Ibrunat. The patent for the drug is held by Pharmacyclics for three to four more years in India.
Maharashtra: ‘Bring Hospitals, Nursing Homes Under Medical Council’ MUMBAI, 19 DEC 2019: The Maharashtra Medical Council Act, which governs only doctors, should have hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic facilities under its ambit, proposes a draft amendment to the law framed in 1965 to regulate the medical profession and act as an ethical watchdog.
Neha Shoree Murder Case: Father To Challenge Closure Report In HC MOHALI, 22 DEC 2019: Not satisfied with the cops' probe, Captain (retd) Kailash Kumar Shoree, father of slain food and drug administration officer Neha Shoree, said he will file a protest petition in the high court (HC) as and when the Punjab Police files closure report in the murder case.
Drug Dopes
Ambala: Chemist, Helper Held In 3.5kg Tramadol CaseAMBALA, 18 DEC 2019: Ambala police on Monday arrested two persons in connection with a case of 3.45kg drug haul in the district. 
Cipla Plans To Provide Low-Cost Drugs To Ayushman Bharat: ReportMumbai, 18 Dec 2019: Cipla Ltd plans to provide low-cost drugs to hospitals under the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, and will discuss the process with the nodal agency, according to a report in Business Standard today.
Gujarat: I-T Dept Searches Dishman Pharma Premises In City Ahmedabad, 20 Dec 2019: The Income-Tax Department conducted a day-long 'search and survey operation' at multiple premises of pharma major Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd in the city on Thursday. Officials searched 12 offices and eight residences of top bosses of the group, commonly known as Dishman Group. The operations went on till late into the night and is expected to continue on Friday.
BPPI Initiates Legal Action Against Four Nodal Officers And One Zonal Officer For Copying The Model Chennai, 20 Dec 2019: The central office of the Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India (BPPI), the implementing agency for the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojna (PMBJP), has initiated legal action against its south zonal officer and four nodal officers citing financial irregularities and copying the model of BPPI for starting similar supply chain business in south India.
12 Lakh Tablets Of Tramadol Seized In Amritsar CHANDIGARH, 22 DEC 2019 : In a bid to keep tab on the illegal sale and purchase of habit forming drugs, the FDA (Food and Drugs administration) was conducting the regular checking of wholesale and retail sale drugs licensees under which FDA team of Amritsar had seized the approximately 12 lakh tablets of Tramadol, having MRP value of approximately Rs 85 lakh under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. It was disclosed here today by the Health & Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu in a press communiqué.
Need To Ascertain Impact Of Buprenorphine Abuse: ExpertsCHANDIGARH, 21 DEC 2019: Expressing concern over “reckless” dispensing of buprenorphine, a scheduled drug, by private de-addiction centres in Punjab, experts have stressed on the need to evaluate the treatment outcome for ascertaining “abuse” of the medicine.
National Injections
5 Children Suffer Convulsions After Repeat Dose Of Antibiotics KOLHAPUR, 16 DEC 2019: Five children, aged between 4 and 10 years, suffered convulsions after they were administered repeat doses of antibiotics.
Indian Pharma Market Registers 14.5% Growth In Nov 2019Mumbai, 12 Dec 2019: The Indian Pharmaceutical Market (IPM) has registered a spectacular growth of 14.5 per cent for the month of November 2019. According to AIOCD AWACS report, the IPM has recorded sales of Rs.1,39,144 crore and a growth of 9.8 per cent for Moving Annual Total (MAT) basis during November 2019.
Industry Hails Niti Aayog’s Proposed Medical Devices Bill New Delhi, 18 Dec 2019 (IANS) : The medical device industry has responded positively to the Niti Ayog’s proposed Medical Devices Bill which aims to address the concerns on patient safety and reduce import dependency that is currently pegged at almost Rs 39000 crore.
NITI Aayog To Discuss Medical Devices Bill With Stakeholders Today Mumbai, 17 Dec 2019: As the Medical Devices Bill is in the works, government think tank NITI Aayog has called for an industry stakeholders' meeting this week to discuss the finer prints. Among other things, the draft legislation also proposes to have a separate regulator for medical devices as well as having provisions for patient compensation in case of faulty medical devices and implants.
Govt Plans Centralised Purchase For Ayushman; Medical Devices On GeM Soon New Delhi, 14 Dec 2019: The central government may soon start “collective bargaining” for medical devices that are used by hospitals for procedures covered under its flagship Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
PICS Issues Guidance For Pharma Industry To Maintain Perpetual Quality During Risk Based Change Management Bengaluru, 19 Dec 2019: Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-Operation Scheme (PICS) has come out with recommendations on how to demonstrate effectiveness of pharmaceutical quality system (PQS) in relation to risk based change management.
Global Injections
Obesity May Alter 70 Per Cent Of Children's Blood Tests: StudyTORONTO, 18 DEC 2019: Obesity in children may hinder doctors' ability to correctly interpret their routine blood tests, according to a study. The researchers, including those from the University of Toronto in Canada, performed the first comprehensive analysis of the effect of obesity on routine blood tests in a large community population of children.
DoP Approves Financial Assistance Of Rs.100 Crore For Common Facility Centres In Four Medical Device ParksMumbai, 16 Dec 2019: In order to boost indigenous medical device industry in the country, the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has approved a financial assistance of Rs.25 crore each for setting up common facility centres in the existing four medical device parks in the country.
Motto International Corp. Issues Voluntary Recall Of Bull, Stallion, Rhino 7, And Panther Platinum 30000 Due To Presence Of Undeclared Tadalafil
December 17, 2019 : When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company’s announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company.
Additional Testing Of Ranitidine And Nizatidine Ordered By US FDA
Maryland, 6 Dec 2019: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided an update on its investigation to understand the cause of the N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) impurity that has been widely reported to have been found in common heartburn medications (ranitidine, commonly known as Zantac, and nizatidine) available over-the-counter or by prescription.
EPharma Startups ‘Sensitive’ To Data Bill Definition
MUMBAI, 10 DEC 2019: Founders of ePharma companies and startups in the medical technology space have sought a better definition of ‘sensitive’ health data and guidelines for anonymised data in the Personal Data Protection Bill, which is expected to be tabled in Parliament in the ongoing Winter session.
'Tumor-On-A-Chip' To Revolutionize Cancer Drug Testing
Kyoto [Japan], 21 Dec 2019: Researchers from Kyoto University, Japan have created a new device that can culture cancerous cells in vitro in a three-dimensional fashion that better mimics the conditions present in the human body. Touted as 'tumour-on-a-chip', this piece of equipment opens up new possibilities for testing several potential cancer-fighting drugs with greater accuracy and ease.
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Trump proposes rule for importing drugs from Canada; industry says it won't cut costs
NEW YORK, December 19, 2019: The Trump administration on Wednesday said it is proposing a rule to allow states to import prescription drugs from Canada, advancing a plan announced in July that the president has said will bring cheaper prescription drugs to Americans.
Texas College Lecturer Charged With Manufacturing And Selling Counterfeit Adderall
December 19, 2019 : CBS Austin is reporting a 51-year-old lecturer that worked in the University of Texas system has been arrested as part of a larger underground ring that was manufacturing and selling counterfeit Adderall made with methamphetamine. Lecturer Rose Rodriguez-Rabin is accused of making counterfeit Adderall using methamphetamine inside her apartment in suburban San Antonio.
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