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New Guidelines for Good Pharmacovigilance Practices soon
The Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) will be drafting this guidance document for good pharmacovigilance (PV) in India for drug safety. The main intention behind this guideline is to give the industry with best practices in pharmacovigilance that can help them in preventing
Indian Medical Devices Act
The Union Health Ministry of India recently announced that the long waited Medical Device Act will be tabled in the winter session of the Parliament by the PMO (India). This expected notice was on the talks for a long time for this critical section (Medical Devices). The main aim of the
CBEC Plans For Paperless Customs From 2017
Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is taking steps to go paperless and move completely integrated customs system for facilitating documentation and fast-tracking clearances of consignments to make imports easier from next year. S K Vimalanathan (Additional Director General – Customs) said, in next 6 months CBEC is planning
New Medical Device Rules by the Indian Government
The Prime Minister’s Office gathered a meeting on promoting Make in India in the Medical devices sector. Indian health ministry has assured an early action on the matters raised by Medical Devices Industry. In the meeting the issues were expressed during a meeting convened by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
First Cosmetic Drink With All Natural Anti-Ageing Properties
Beauty brand Qiaohou launched a new cosmetics drink in Singapore market. It reduces wrinkles and slows the aging process of the skin. Qiaohou’s newest product Miracle Essence has primary ingredient edible birds’ nests. The firm says, previous trials of the product show that consistent use helps reduce wrinkles and reverse
India Releases New Trademark, Patent and IPR Policy
Government of India announced a new intellectual property policy for speeding up the online registration of patents and trademarks. India has resisted pressure from the US and other Western countries to modify its patent laws. In recent times India also announced New Quality Assurance Certification System for Medical Devices. The
Indian Drug Regulator to Surprise Drug Manufacturing Sites
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) – India’s drug regulatory will soon begin surprise inspections at drug manufacturing sites. This inspection will help the government to find out drug units that may deviate from standard manufacturing practices. CDSCO said if the drug manufacturing site is deviating from quality standards face
Experts Panel & SECs to Expand and Advise DCGI on Approvals of New Drugs
The Health ministry is expanding its experts list, who are to be included in the expert panels and Subject Experts Committees (SECs) to advise on matters relating to approval of new drugs including biological, medical devices and clinical trials and other related issues for the Drugs Controller General of India
Pharmexcil to Form Expert Forum for Implementation of Track & Trace Rule and its Guidance
A new expertize forum is about to kick start for providing guidance to the exporters on implementation of track and trace rule by the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil). Some of the vendors for this forum will be from GS1, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Industry, Pharmexcil. The issues
Latest Surgical Device Allows Beating Heart Bypass Surgery
A latest device for Heart bypass surgery was developed by a team of international Scientists that helps doctors to do the surgery on a heart that is beating. Scientists from Moscow and their colleagues from Australia’s medical have developed a special device to enhance heart surgery with a stapler-like tool that restores the