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FSDA cancels 16 pharmacy licences, suspends 8, including Pfizer depot

September 20, 2026 admin

Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader. | Photo Credit: File photo The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FSDA) has cancelled the licences of 16 pharmaceutical retailers and wholesalers and suspended those of eight others, including the licence of multinational firm Pfizer’s depot in Nelamangala, in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged…

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Medical shops to remain open in NTR district on May 20 during nationwide bandh

May 19, 2026 admin

Officials in the Drugs Control Administration of NTR District stated on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) that necessary arrangements have been made to ensure the uninterrupted availability of medicines to the public in the district, in view of the proposed nationwide bandh on Wednesday (May 20). All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD) gave the…

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Acetaminophen | Spectacle of blame

September 27, 2025 admin

Bottles of generic acetaminophen are seen in a pharmacy in Houston, Texas, on September 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Every political story needs a villain and a vehicle. In the latest ‘Make America Healthy Again’ edition, the vehicle is maternal behaviour: what pregnant mothers take, what they eat, what they fail to suspect. In…

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