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CDSCO mandates online safety reporting for medical devices
NEW DELHI : Following pharmaceuticals, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has mandated that manufacturers…
CDSCO issues sampling guidelines to ensuring quality and efficacy of drugs, cosmetics
CDSCO believes that the guidelines will use available information and identified risks for selecting samples and…
Government bans anti-cold drug combination for kids aged under four
Indian drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has banned a widely used anti-cold cocktail…
India reveals more toxic syrups months after poisoning deaths
NEW DELHI : India’s drug regulator has found that a cough syrup and an anti-allergy syrup…
Drugs regulator issues alert after pharma firm Abbott India recalls antacid syrup Digene Gel
Abbott India informed drug controller Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation of the voluntary recall of Digene…
Drug regulator to closely monitor small drug firms
The Drugs Controller General of India Rajeev Raghuvanshi has instructed all state drug regulators to closely…
RSS’s pharma body writes to Health Ministry criticising risk-based inspections, backtracks later
In a strongly worded letter to the Union Health Ministry, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh- (RSS) backed…
CDSCO starts probe into Indian-manufactured eye drops leading to infection
The CDSCO has begun investigation against a complaint raised by Sri Lankan Ministry of Health alleging…