Ministry of AYUSH issues Guidelines for Central Sector Scheme for Ayurgyan
Formerly, the Ministry had two separate schemes for the promotion of AYUSH’s education and Research. The Ministry, through these guidelines, now proposes to merge both schemes under one umbrella scheme namely “AYURGYAN Scheme” to support Education, Research & Innovation in AYUSH by providing academic activities., training, Capacity Building etc.
Gambia mandates Pre-shipment Inspection and Testing for Indian Pharmaceutical Products
These requirements seek to address issues of substandard and counterfeit medicines entering into Gambia from India and will be effective from 1st July, 2023.
CDSCO requests that Samples of Cough Syrup not be submitted to CDTL Mumbai Lab
CDSCO has observed that based on data for 21st June, 2023, CDTL Mumbai Lab has 93 samples of cough syrup under testing.. Hence it has instructed all manufacturers and exporters in the state of Maharashtra to refrain from submitting any samples to CDTL Mumbai Lab until it completes analysis and release of pending reports.
Enrolment of Nurses (who are working outside India) in Nurse Registration and Tracking System (NRTS) portal
It has come to the attention of the INC that a large number of nurses working outside India have not yet enrolled in the NRTS portal. In order to maintain an updated and comprehensive Live Register of Nurses, both working within and outside India, it is hereby requested that all Indian nurses working overseas enroll in the NRTS immediately.
CDSCO publishes List of Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics declared as Not of Standard Quality/Spurious for May 2023
This list includes a total of 28 drugs, medical devices and cosmetics that are identified as being deficient. Out of these 28 samples, 27 were declared as not of standard quality and 1 was declared spurious.
ICMR holds Innovative TB Health Technologies Workshop
The two-day workshop aims to promote innovative health technologies for tuberculosis (TB) and facilitate their adoption in the End TB program. It also serves as a platform to showcase TB innovation health technologies exhibited at the Stop TB Summit in Varanasi.
World Blood Donor Day inaugurated at RML Hospital as part of Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav
The slogan for this year’s World Blood Donor Day campaign is ‘Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often’. It focuses on patients requiring lifelong blood transfusion support and underlines the role every single person can play by giving the valuable gift of blood or plasma.
CDSCO to update Number of Batches of Cough Syrups at Different Labs
This measure is intended to foster work distribution among the labs and release of test reports in a timely manner. Hence, drug manufacturers/ exporters can view this information and submit their samples to laboratories having fewer samples as compared to other labs.
NPPA fixes the Retail Price of 23 New Drugs
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the retail price of 23 formulations under Drugs (Price Control) order 2013. The price so fixed is exclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The order for fixation of price was issued on 8th June, 2023.
Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2023
The Amendment Rules include a new clause in the Surrogacy Rules. The addition of this clause aims to define the term “Couple of Indian Origin” in the context of surrogacy arrangements in India.
