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The Dollar Business Bureau   In a unique effort to eradicate malaria, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare, the MP government, Indian Council of Medical Research and Sun Pharma have joined hands for a ‘Malaria free India.’ Under this Public Private Partnership, which is in line with Sun Pharma’s CSR objective of development in sustainable manner, the efforts will be made to support national program to eliminate malaria. The initiatives taken to eradicate malaria through collaboration was announced by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Dr Soumya Swaminathan (Director General- ICMR), Gauri Singh (Principal Secretary- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) and Dilip Shanghvi (MD-Sun Pharma). The stakeholders in this collaboration will have technical and managing committees to keep a vigil on the spread of ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in its latest move on Tuesday, recommended imposition of ban on milk and milk products, chocolates from China for one-year period, i.e, till June 23, 2016. India imposed ban on said-products firstly in September 2008, after having found presence of melamine (used for making plastics and fertilizer) in the imported products. The recent move has been termed as a preventive measure, as India doesn’t import milk products from China. “Ban on import of milk and milk products, including chocolates and chocolate products and candies/confectioneries/ food preparations with milk and milk solids as ingredients from China may be extended for a period of one year, up to June 23, 2016, ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Central government has decided to exempt the customs duty on the imported drugs and equipment for HIV keeping in view the public interest and the greater good that these drugs will bring to the people suffering. The customs notification has revealed that the complete custom duty levied on the goods and also the additional duty levied there on subjected to the importer produces will be exempted. The drugs such as Anti-Retroviral Drugs and also the diagnostic and equipment fall under the exemption, which would now give the sigh of relief to the importers. However the charge is levied prior to the clearance of the said goods, either before the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The bio-services sector which is currently valued at US$ 5-6 billion is set to increase to US$ 50 billion soon and we should be prepared to meet this growth. V K Subburaj, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers, made the above statement at a round-table meeting on ‘Unleashing Opportunities in Bio-Services Including Contract Research & Manufacturing’, in New Delhi, on Friday. Stating that India makes pharmaceutical products worth US$ 30 billion every year and is a leading producer of generics, the Secretary expressed hope that the bio-pharmaceuticals will take over the sector in future. Speaking at the meet, the Secretary further stated that the conducive atmosphere for growth has been missing in ...

The Dollar Business  “With NLEM (National List of Essential Medicine) 2015 and DPCO (Drug Price Control Order) 2016, more drugs are likely to come under price control but this will not affect the growth of the pharmaceutical industry. The growth trend will be much better as compared to the past,” said a highly placed source from the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). “In the past, the Pharmaceutical Industry was not well prepared to take the impact of NLEM 2011 and the subsequent DPCO 2013,” added the source. While NLEM is a list of medicines, prepared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, which are essential in India, the DPCO is an order issued by the government under the essential commodities ...