Medicine

CDSCO reports 49 drugs, including calcium and Vitamin D3 tablets, failed quality tests in September. Several flagged as spurious and recalled to ensure public safety.

Many media portals ran the 'news' declaring that the new eye drops by Entod Pharmaceuticals will help persons with presbyopia get rid of glasses. Naturally, curiosity around the product was spiked and some news reports and social media posts even hailed it as a remarkable innovation.

Government dismissed reports claiming that medicine prices will increase by up to 12% and called them false, misleading and malicious.

Vigilance asks Delhi health dept to stop payment for supply of non-standard drugs to govt hospitals, and to remove the stock

Reacting to NMC's modified logo, an X user wrote, "What's more saddening is NMC logo now will have Ayurveda founder Dhanvantari a kind of alternative medicine pic in its logo for Modern medicine in India."

MK Gandhi denied penicillin for Kasturba but he was okay opting for surgery for Manu Gandhi three years later

Media reports mislead about NMC guidelines on prescribing generic medicines

The PMBJP product range includes 1759 pharmaceuticals and 280 surgical equipment that span all significant therapeutic categories

Congress leader spread misinformation about the Indian cough syrup, incorrectly linking them to deaths of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan Health Ministry said the medicine given to the victim children surpassed the allowed dosage levels and was given without a prescription.