Gujarat To Bolster Healthcare Sector

Gujarat is now looking for upgradation of healthcare sector in the state to provide better social life. For the purpose, the state plans to introduce Public Health Act to streamline the health sector and address the entire gamut the health related issue.....

CII To Organize Seminars On Regulation On Medical Devices

In the wake of DCGI’s warning of strict action against the medical devices manufacturers, who run their business without licenses, the CII is making efforts to bring the regulators and the industry on a single platform to instill awareness on the issue of regulation on medical devices.....

Conference Theme For Next Delhi IPC: “Regulation For Better Healthcare”

The next Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), scheduled to be held in Delhi from December 12 to 14 under the aegis of Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association (IPGA), will have ‘Pharma Vision 2020: Regulations for better healthcare’ as the central theme.....

B Braun Launches Coroflex Please Drug Eluting Stent In India

B Braun Melsungen AG, Germany, one of the medical devices manufacturing majors, has launched the next generation ‘drug eluting stent’ (DES) - Coroflex Please - in India. The Coroflex Please is designed to overcome current procedural limitations of the first generation DES.....

HLL, IL&FS Ink Mou For An Integrated Medical Devices And Diagnostic Manufacturing Park

Hindustan Latex (HLL)has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) for developing an integrated medical devices and diagnostic manufacturing park (MediPark) at Chengalpet near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.....

Govt. To Finance Center Of Excellence For Medical Textiles

The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) based in Coimbatore has been identified by the Union Ministry of Textiles as the center of excellence for production of medical textiles products.....

Kehlescope, A Tongue Depressor For Examining The Oral Cavity, Invented By Indian Doctors

Doctors at a Medical College at Thrivananthapuram, Dr. V. S. Ajith Kumar, Dr. V. S. Arun Kumar and Dr. N. Viswanathan have invented compact equipment, named Kehlescope, which uses eco – friendly components and can be used by doctors as a tongue depressor for examining the oral cavity.....

Productivity Council finds 40% SSI units shut due to enforcement of GMP norms

Almost 40 per cent of the small scale drug units had to close down their operations during the past 3 years as they were not able to bear the cost of implementing Schedule M norms. The Union health ministry enforced the Schedule M norms from 2005 as a step towards improving the operations of the small scale sector in the new competitive environment.....

US FDA to establish offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad soon

To make the inspections and other related activities in the country more frequent and foolproof, the US FDA may soon establish its offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad in India.....

Spurious drugs bill to be moved in next session of parliament

The Union health ministry will put on fast track the much delayed Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2005, stipulating stricter penalties for manufacturing and selling spurious drugs and will move the bill in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament. The bill has recently received the Union Cabinet's nod.....

Dr Batra's launches first tele-homeopathic clinic at Mumbai

Dr Batra's Positive Health Clinic Pvt Ltd (DBPHCPL), the Mumbai-based homeopathic healthcare corporate, has launched tele-homeopathic clinic to connect its 25 clinics throughout 16 major cities in the country in Mumbai. The company claims that the clinic is the first tele-homeopathic facility in the world.....

Centre allots Rs 630 cr for medicinal plants cultivation covering one lakh hectares

About one lakh hectares of land will be covered under medicinal plants through direct financial assistance by the year of 2011-12 under the centrally-sponsored scheme of national mission on medicinal plants at a total outlay of Rs 630 crore.....

DCGI warns illegal units making medical devices, directs to obtain licenses

With a view to ensure quality in the medical devices industry, a largely unregulated segment, the central drug administration is planning to crack the whip against the manufacturers running business without licenses.....

DCGI to establish multi-level complaint redressal system to address industry grievances

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) will soon put in place a multi-level complaint redress mechanism including a grievances box to be manned and opened personally, in a bid to mitigate the irritants of the industry players to the best possible extent.....

GE Sensing develops Labwatch monitoring system for pharma-biotech sector

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies has developed the Labwatch monitoring system with real time temperature, pressure and humidity data controls. The system equipped with RF ValProbe offers significant economies of scale as it does not require wiring.....

CCE Software develops two new solutions for Pharma ERP and Medical Rep Management

After its success with the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software, CCE Software Pvt. Ltd. has now developed two products dedicated for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology production and marketing segments.....

Welch Allyn launches FlexiPort blood pressure cuffs

Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment and a complete range of digital and connected solutions, announced that the company has launched a new range of FlexiPort blood pressure cuffs, which connect to virtually any manual or electronic blood pressure device.....

US FDA revises communication regulation to drug companies on applications

The US Food and Drug Administration is revising the way it communicates to drug companies when a marketing application cannot be approved as submitted.

Under new regulations that govern the drug approval process, FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) will no longer issue "approvable" or "not approvable" letters when.....