Medicine Labelling

The World Health Organization issued an alert on Monday warning drugmakers of five contaminated batches of propylene glycol, an ingredient used in medicinal syrups, that appear to have been falsely labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical units.

The drugs regulator in India has banned the use of an anti-cold drug combination in children aged below four and ordered that drugs should be labelled accordingly, in the wake of the deaths of at least 141 children globally linked to cough syrups.

The Supreme Court Monday refused to interfere with an order passed by the Delhi High Court on a plea raising the issue of alleged re-use of expired medicines by erasing original manufacturing details and re-stamping them, saying it was a "correct ord

Days after the CBI opposed an FIR in the Bombay High Court filed against Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters on Rhea Chakraborty's complaint, labeling it as "vitiated and bad in law", the Mumbai Police on Monday told the court the complaint "disclosed commission of offence".

According to a recent study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, food labels can lead to changes in consumers' intake of nutrients, calories, and fat.

Scientists, including those of Indian-origin, are developing a low-cost, portable device to authenticate medicines and supplements in order to prevent incorrectly labelled or fake pills from reaching consumers.

The Supreme Court labelled the formula by which prices of essential medicines are currently being fixed in India as "unreasonable and irrational", the lawyer said.

As many as 300 patients in a government hospital here have been administered antibiotic injections with vials carrying "For Animal Treatment Only" label, prompting authorities to order a probe into the matter.

If you are in Chennai, there is a good chance that the medicine you buy from your local drug store might have expired, even though the label says otherwise.

The World Health Organization issued an alert on Monday warning drugmakers of five contaminated batches of propylene glycol, an ingredient used in medicinal syrups, that appear to have been falsely labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical units.

The drugs regulator in India has banned the use of an anti-cold drug combination in children aged below four and ordered that drugs should be labelled accordingly, in the wake of the deaths of at least 141 children globally linked to cough syrups.

The Supreme Court Monday refused to interfere with an order passed by the Delhi High Court on a plea raising the issue of alleged re-use of expired medicines by erasing original manufacturing details and re-stamping them, saying it was a "correct ord

Days after the CBI opposed an FIR in the Bombay High Court filed against Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters on Rhea Chakraborty's complaint, labeling it as "vitiated and bad in law", the Mumbai Police on Monday told the court the complaint "disclosed commission of offence".

According to a recent study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, food labels can lead to changes in consumers' intake of nutrients, calories, and fat.

Scientists, including those of Indian-origin, are developing a low-cost, portable device to authenticate medicines and supplements in order to prevent incorrectly labelled or fake pills from reaching consumers.

The Supreme Court labelled the formula by which prices of essential medicines are currently being fixed in India as "unreasonable and irrational", the lawyer said.

As many as 300 patients in a government hospital here have been administered antibiotic injections with vials carrying "For Animal Treatment Only" label, prompting authorities to order a probe into the matter.

If you are in Chennai, there is a good chance that the medicine you buy from your local drug store might have expired, even though the label says otherwise.