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Assistant Registrar of Geographical Indications Registry, on March 15, 2018, issued an order excluding the state from the area officially demarcated for cultivation of Basmati and rejected...

The global medical device industry is undergoing remarkable expansion, driven by technological innovation, rising healthcare demands, and increased investment across markets.

Food for special dietary uses, functional foods, nutraceuticals or health supplements are specifically processed or formulated to meet specific dietary...

Oxytocin is life-saving drug that is used for the induction and assistance of labour in women during childbirth

These parameters/ standards prescribed by BIS, have to be adhered to prior to the products being made available to consumers.

This mango was developed out of the grafting experiments done by the Portuguese during their rule in India.

India is home to generic pharmaceutical companies. These companies manufacture a generic drug, which is basically a pharmaceutical drug that contains the same active ingredients...

Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) 6-9 November 2017 ...

The pharmaceutical industry faces escalating risks from sophisticated fraud schemes, including counterfeit drug distribution, billing irregularities...

A petition seeking de-linking of a website, namely www.aarogyasetumitr.in, from the Aarogya Setu application, has been filed before the Delhi High Court.[1] It is contended that the linking...

Medical profession is considered to be the most pious and responsible profession amongst others.

A physician prescribes Olvance, an antihypertensive with Olmesartan, whiles the pharmacist, distracted and in a hurry, pulls Oleanz, an antipsychotic with Olanzapine. The two names share similar opening and internal letter patterns.

"Look a-like, sound a-like" (LASA) refers to a significant issue within the pharmaceutical industry where medications bear similar names or appearances...

The healthcare industry in India has seen an impressive growth trajectory in the past few years and the Indian medical devices market has been the sunrise segment in the healthcare space.

On 5th June 2020 the president of India promulgated The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (Ordinance) to amend The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (Act).

The programme was initiated in 1997 and was expanded to cover the entire country in 2006.

The new Amended Rules further amends the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.

Naming of drugs and/or other pharmaceutical products from the underlying active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) or the diseases or conditions that the drugs treat...