The Indian pharmaceutical industry that is forking out an excise duty of 16% at present, may get some solace in the near future. The government is considering slashing the duty to 8% in the wake of......
The prices of close to 1,000 brands of 'generic-generic' and 'branded generic' drugs, including Omeprazole and Ciprofloxacin, are set to crash by up to 92 per cent with the pharma industry agreeing......
The ministry of chemicals and fertilisers is setting up a committee in two weeks to look into the import of bulk drugs from China. The panel will study the damage caused to the country's production......
The government is planning to introduce health insurance and cheaper medicines to take drugs to people below the poverty line."Drug prices are the lowest in India as compared to those in the rest......
The committee set up by the consumer affairs ministry to probe into the alleged presence of pesticides in bottled drinking water has asked the Bureau of Indian Standards to overhaul its procedures......