Solan: Pharma hub without State Drugs Controller since Jan 1
Source: Tribune India Even as the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) industrial cluster is acclaimed as the pharmaceutical hub of Asia, the drugs control administration (DCA) has been functioning without a State Drugs Controller (SDC) since January 1. The post fell vacant on December 31 after incumbent Navneet Marwaha superannuated. The state government has failed to appoint an […]
Domestic pharma market grew by 6.8% in 2023
Source: rediff The Indian pharmaceutical market (IPM) grew 6.8 per cent to touch a turnover of ~1.93 trillion in calendar year 2023, despite volumes going down marginally by 0.9 per cent. Growth in the moving annual turnover (the previous 12 months’ turnover) in December was 5.1 per cent and that in new product introduction 2.6 […]
After prohibiting FDC for kids under 4, regulator scrutinize other remedies
India’s apex drug regulator, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), last month instructed drugmakers not to sell a popular fixed dose combination (FDC) medicine, indicated as a cough syrup, for kids under the age of four. While the 18 December notice mentioned the combination of chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine hydrochloride, other FDCs marketed as […]