ICMR to allow COVID-19 vaccines with 50% efficacy

Published: September 23, 2020

The Indian Council for Medical Research approves COVID-19 vaccines with 50-100% efficacy. According to ICMR, no respiratory vaccines have 100% efficacy. Highlights According to the World Health Organization, a vaccine should have three things namely safety, efficacy and immunogenicity. Immunogenicity is the ability of a foreign substance to trigger the immune response. Guidelines The Central ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Central Drugs Standard Control Organization • COVAXIN • COVID-19 vaccine • Indian Council of Medical Research • SPUTNIK V • USFDA • World Health Organisation

Cabinet approves MoU between CDSCO and Saudi FDA

Published: December 12, 2019

Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and Saudi Food and Drug Authority in field of Medical Products Regulation. The MoU was signed on 29 October 2019 during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Highlights of ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Cabinet Decision • CDSCO • Central Drugs Standard Control Organization • Drugs and Cosmetics Act • India-Saudi Arabia • Saudi Food and Drug Authority

Medicine Labels in Regional Language

Published: April 24, 2019

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that in order to curb fake, sub-standard and expired drugs drug names and expiry date during tendering will be in Hindi/regional language along with English. In the beginning, the proposal will be implemented for Iron tablets and polio drops as they are the drugs most commonly ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: CDSCO • Central Drugs Standard Control Organization • Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 • Drugs Technical Advisory Board • DTAB • English • Hindi • Iron tablets • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Polio Drops • regional language

Eight medical Equipment as Drugs by the Health Ministry

Published: February 11, 2019

The government has notified the following eight medical equipments as Drugs after consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board: All implantable devices. CT scan. PET equipment. MRI equipment. Defibrillators. Dialysis machines. Bone marrow separators. X-ray machine. The notification has been made under Section 3 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, with effect from April 1, ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019

Topics: all implantable devices • bone marrow separators • CDSCO • Central Drugs Standard Control Organization • CT Scan • defibrillators • dialysis machines • Drugs • Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 • Drugs Technical Advisory Board • MRI equipment. • PET equipment • X-ray machine

22nd Conference of Asian Harmonization Working Party held in New Delhi

Published: December 6, 2017

The 22nd conference of Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) was recently held New Delhi. It was inaugurated by Minister of State (MoS) Health & Family Welfare Anupriya Patel. The five day conference was organised by Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and National Drug Regulatory Authority (NDRA) of India in collaboration with Union Ministry of ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017

Topics: Anupriya Patel • Asian Harmonization Working Party • Central Drugs Standard Control Organization • Events • Ministry of Health & family Welfare • National • NDRA

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