medicines
- Telangana
Telangana DCA cracks down on online pharmacy violations
Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, conducted a special statewide enforcement drive on Saturday, June 6, targeting online pharmacies and associated medical establishments to ensure compliance with the provisions of the…
- Telangana
Theranym Biologics manufacturing unit inaugurated in Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu on Wednesday, June 3, formally inaugurated the Theranym Biologics manufacturing facility, established at an outlay of Rs 1,200 crore in Sangareddy district. The…
- Telangana
Over 25,000 medical shops remain shut in Telangana
Hyderabad: Over 25,000 medical shops remained closed across Telangana on Wednesday in response to the one-day nationwide bandh call given by the All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD). In Hyderabad alone,…
- India
Nationwide chemists’ strike today against online sale of medicines
New Delhi: Chemists across the country have called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday, May 20, to protest against online pharmacies and the growing sale of medicines through digital platforms. The agitation,…
- Telangana
Hospital pharmacies, corporate stores in Telangana to stay open during strike
Hyderabad: Hospital-attached pharmacies and corporate medical chains will remain open and drug inspectors will be on standby across Telangana on Wednesday, May 20, as the state’s Drugs Control Administration (DCA) put in place…
- Hyderabad
Ahead of May 20 pharmacy bandh, TTCDA seeks Owaisi’s support
Hyderabad: A day after the Telangana Chemists and Druggists Association (TTCDA) announced all pharmacies across Telangana will be closed on May 20, a delegation met AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi seeking his support.…
- Health
Easy access to weight-loss drugs rings alarm bells, regulators step in
New Delhi: As prices tumble and generic versions of GLP-1-based weight-loss drugs flood the market, a quiet frenzy is unfolding that has doctors and authorities alarmed. Medicines that are strictly prescription-based are…
- Telangana
Telangana health min warns pharmacies over medicine price, quality violations
Hyderabad: Telangana health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha has stated that strict action will be taken if any discrepancies are found in the prices or quality of medicines sold at pharmacies located within government…
- Hyderabad
Vendors halt supplies to Telangana hospitals; govt says no shortage
Hyderabad: Twin Cities Hospital’s Suppliers Association on Thursday, March 12, wrote to the Superintendent of Osmania General Hospital informing them that due to outstanding payments amounting to crores, the association is forced…
- Telangana
DCA raids quack’s clinic, seizes unlicensed medicines worth Rs 21,650
Hyderabad: Drugs Control Administration officials on Tuesday raided the premises of a quack and unqualified practitioner, Swargam Sathish Babu, situated at First Aid Clinic in Elkathurthi mandal, Hanumakonda district, who was allegedly…
- India
Telangana bans high-dose Nimesulide, a popular painkiller
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (TDCA) has ordered an immediate ban on all oral formulations of the widely-used painkiller Nimesulide exceeding 100 mg, following a Union government directive citing serious health risks.…
- Middle East
Elderly Hyderabad woman released from Saudi custody over medicines
Hyderabad: An 80-year-old Hyderabad woman, Syeda Sakeena Bee, who was detained by police in Saudi Arabia’s Buraydah city over her prescribed medicines, has been released following the intervention of Indian authorities and…
- Health
Vitamin B3 supplement may reduce your risk of skin cancer
London: A major shift is unfolding in the field of skin cancer prevention, ignited by new research showing that an everyday vitamin supplement may prevent many cases of the world’s most frequently…
- Telangana
DCA raids unqualified practitioner in Medak, seizes illegal medicines
Hyderabad: The Drug Control Administration (DCA), acting on credible information, raided the premises of an unqualified practitioner, Palthya Raju, at Balaji First Aid Centre, Kothapet Rupla Thanda Gram Panchayat, Shivampet Mandal, Medak…
- Telangana
DCA raids unqualified practitioner in Nizamabad, seizes medicines
Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) officials raided the premises of an unqualified practitioner in Nizamabad on Saturday and seized a stock of medicines. Kurma Mallesh was running a clinic in Chikkadpally…
