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- Read more about Clinical trial purely for academic research may be approved by the IEC instead of DCGI
Health Ministry decided that academic clinical research may be approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, however, in the case of new drug is being evaluated or a new use of an existing drug is being evaluated, then approval of DCG(I) is required at 70th meet of DTAB.
- Read more about Government moves on organ transplant facilities
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday said the government has taken some decisive initiatives to accelerate the number of organ donations and to open organ transplant facilities at all major government hospitals.

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- Read more about Next stop of NIPER at Rajasthan
The Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Ananth Kumar has announced the setting up of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Jhalawar, Rajasthan. Speaking at the Resurgent Rajasthan function in Jaipur today, he said that the Government will invest Rs 500 crore in this international level institute which will come up in two years.
- Read more about Health Ministry okays setting up of National Resource Facility for Bio-medical Research
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the Department of Health Research in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for setting up of a National Resource Facility for Bio-medical Research (NARF) at Genome Valley in Hyderabad by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR).

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- Read more about Pharmacy selling cancer drugs at heavy discount opened
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Sunday inaugurated India's first retail facility at AIIMS to provide drugs for cancer and cardiovascular diseases at highly discounted rates.
- Read more about India aims for at least 1500 biotech start-ups
India aims to scale up start-ups in the biotechnology sector to at least 1,500 in the next two to three years to boost technological interventions in the health and agriculture sectors, a senior biotechnology department official said.
- Read more about Centre should act to limit use of antibiotics in livestock
The Indian Pharmaceutical Association's West Bengal chapter on Thursday urged the union health ministry to take steps to limit the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in livestock in the wake of increasing antibiotic resistance in India.
- Read more about Use of oxytocin in dairying on Bengal drug controller's radar
West Bengal's drug controller has sounded an alarm on the indiscriminate use of pregnancy hormone oxytocin in dairying, which could lead to major hormonal imbalance in humans, an official said on Thursday.
- Read more about IPC set to become the first WHO Collaborating Centre for Safety of Medicines and Vaccines in South-East Asia
The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is set to become the first WHO Collaborating Centre for Safety of Medicines and Vaccines in the South-East Asia Region. This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare while addressing the 38th Annual Meeting of Representatives of the National Pharmacovigilance Centres participating in the World Health Organization Programme for International Drug Monitoring, organized by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) and World Health Organization (WHO).
- Read more about NIPERs and Pharma Industries bridged to fulfill academic and industry gap
National Institutes for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) and Pharma Industries signed 17 MoU to bridge gap betwwen academic education and industrial needs. One of the critical factors in building innovation ecosystem and for Drug Discovery is Academia-Industry linkage. Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) for the last one year has actively engaged both the NIPERs and the Pharma Industry to build partnership in areas of education, research and development.