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    "Only switch medications under the supervision of a doctor or pharmacist” --Mr. Bejon Misra (Founder, PSM India) International workshop on Patient Safety and Drug Detection
When: 10th Monday –11th Tuesday, September , 2012 Partnership For Safe Medicines Interchange 2012 When: Friday, September 28, 2012Where: National Press Club, Washington DC Description: Click here
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 Two ayurveda quacks cheat 65-yr-old
MUMBAI : Two fake ayurvedic doctors have been arrested by the Mulund police for duping Mulund resident Mahadeo Mahadik, 65, to the tune of Rs5 lakh by promising to cure him of his chronic kidney ailment and diabetes. Mahadik, owner of a power loom in Sangli, died days after realising that he was duped.  Vigilance raids unearth sale of spurious drugs
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A large section of the public could be naively consuming spurious medication for a whole slew of ailments ranging from hypertension and diabetes to epilepsy, according to Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) officials who conducted State-wide surprise checks at medical stores, public health centres, warehouses of distributors of pharmaceutical products, and stockists of prescription drugs on Friday. Maharahstra, TN account for 36% of sub-standard drugs
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Fake imported Botox worth millions sold
BEIJING : People seeking beauty treatments, such as Botox injections, are being warned by the Ministry of Public Security to make sure they are buying the real thing after a Chinese company was found to be selling locally-made products as imported ones.  DCGI asks state authorities to ensure ban on manufacture, sale and distribution of serodiagnostic kits for TB
NEW DELHI : The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has asked the state drug authorities to take immediate steps to ensure the ban of serodiagnostic test kits for diagnosis of tuberculosis which was banned by the Centre in June vide letter dated 19.7.2012."The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in exercise of powers conferred under Section 10A and Section 26A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 has issued a notification prohibiting the import, |
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NEW DELHI: Almost one in three drugs (36%) found "not of standard quality" from across India last year were from Maharashtra (23%) and Tamil Nadu (13%) alone. Around 9.2% of the rest of the sub-standard quality drugs were from Kerala, 
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