DCGI approves market authorisation for Covovax as Covid booster dose

The Drug Controller General of India has approved market authorisation to COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a heterologous booster dose for adults who have been administered two doses of Covishield or......

Expert panel bats for Covovax as Covid booster jab for adults

An expert panel of the central drug regulatory authority has recommended market authorisation for Serum Institute of India's COVID vaccine Covovax as a heterologous booster dose for adults who have......

Poonawala's Serum Inst to soon launch India's first cervical cancer vaccine

India's first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer will be launched in a few months and made available to the people in an......

DCGI approves mRNA Covid jab for 18 yrs & above; Covovax for 7-11 yrs

The Drugs Controller General of India on Tuesday approved India's first indigenously developed mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 manufactured by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals for restricted emergency use......

Why is Novartis likely to lose Tiamulin drug licence?

Swiss drug maker Novartis is likely to face legal action for allegedly faking documents to seek registration of its veterinary product Tiamulin Hydrogen Fumarate (80 per cent granules) in India.......

Ranbaxy whistle-blower to talk on quality of Made-in-India drugs

The concerns surrounding drug manufacturing practices in India appear to have reached foreign shores, beyond the international regulators’ domain.  Ranbaxy whistle-blower Dinesh Thakur,......

Keep us in loop before any FDA swoop, India tells US

Inspections only in domestic authorities’ presence, visiting US drug regulator told Taking a tough stand on the ongoing regulatory issues faced by the domestic pharmaceutical industry because......

After ban on drug facilities, US regulator comes calling

Margaret A Hamburg, the first commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) to visit India officially, will meet heads of major domestic pharma companies such as Ranbaxy, Wockhardt,......