In a major relief for patients battling cancer, chronic or other severe diseases, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that 36 lifesaving drugs and medicines will now be fully exempted from basic customs duty.
The operation, conducted at Star Cement Ltd. in Lumshnong, East Jaintia Hills district, was spearheaded by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma along with the high-level and district-level Drug Disposal Committees of the Meghalaya Police.
Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested after a raid at a courier delivery unit, police said.
The report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company, showed that anti-obesity medications are the industry trend that will have the greatest impact in the next 12 months.
Spurious drugs worth Rs 6.60 crore was seized by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), East Zone, and the Drugs Control Directorate, West Bengal from a whole premises in Kolkata.
Based on a secret input, the team stopped the scooty at Sector 23, Rohini. During the checking, the consignment of heroin was recovered from the vehicle.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has directed the officials to take strict action against those involved in drug smuggling to curb the problem of drugs in the state so that a clear message is sent that drugs will not be tolerated at any cost in Haryana
Contract manufacturing revenues in the pharmaceutical finished dose sector witnessed a significant slowdown over the past financial year, according to a report on Tuesday.
The Special Task Force (STF) in Assam on Sunday seized drugs worth Rs 6 crore which were smuggled from Manipur and arrested two persons including a drug peddler
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday informed that the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has revised the ceiling prices of eight scheduled drugs that are used for treatment of several diseases including Asthma, Glaucoma, Thalassemia, and Tuberculosis.
