According to the drug price regulator, the moving annual turnover (MAT) for consumers on formulations for which the new prices have been finalised until the end of March 2023 is estimated to have decreased by over Rs. 3,500 crore annually…
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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has made a number of changes to its Integrated Public Database Management System 2.0 (IPDMS), a cloud-based application to support the industry in statutory filings with the Authority. One of these changes includes a…
Tenovi offers Tenovi, a leader in US FDA-approved remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions, recently announced the release of its cellular-enabled remote Peak Expiratory Flow Metre (PFM). The device enables asthma sufferers to quickly communicate peak expiratory flow rate (PEF) and…
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (AMDAC) unanimously voted 12-0 in favour of approval of sulbactam-durlobactam for the treatment of adults with ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia and hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia caused by susceptible strains, according to…
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre portfolio, the most widely used and reasonably priced continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) in the United States, will now make more Medicare beneficiaries than ever before eligible for reimbursement when using it. According to Jared Watkin, executive…
The Drug Control Officers Welfare Association (DCO India) is preparing a pan-Indian campaign to amplify and promote the use of generic formulations in support of the Union government’s programmes for generic medicine promotion. The drug control officers, who are concentrating…
Avastin (bevacizumab) plus Tecentriq (atezolizumab) showed a statistically significant improvement in recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at high risk of disease recurrence following liver resection or ablation with the intention of curing the disease, according to…
An airlifted donor organ from Bengaluru was used in a difficult small bowel transplant by Dr. Anil Vaidya, director and senior consultant of multi-visceral transplant surgeon at MGM Healthcare in Chennai. Under the direction of Dr Anil Vaidya, who is…
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has instructed the manufacturers and importers of these devices to apply for grant of manufacturing or import licence with all necessary documents and fees in accordance with the regulation in an effort to…
Experts have advised that it is urgently necessary to create a culture of quality in the pharmaceutical business in view of the sharp increase in US FDA inspections for compliance and quality assurance. They did this by highlighting the fall…
