Water Pollution

Divya Pharmacy continues to pour effluents into Ganga at Haridwar

Effluents from the factory at Divya Pharmacy, belonging to yoga Guru Ramdev, at the Indira industrial estate in Haridwar city, continue to flow directly into the Ganga, near Rishikul.

Publication Date: 
02/11/2015
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ganga, River Pollution, Drug Industry, Haridwar (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Industrial Waste, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Supreme Court lawyer opposes pharma city

Noted Supreme Court lawyer and Raman Magsaysay Award winner M.C.

Publication Date: 
29/10/2015
R. Ravikanth Reddy
Hindu (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Water Pollution, Drug Industry, Drinking Water, Industrial Pollution, Hussain Sagar
Health

In 15 days, a Rs 5 herbal drug to fight diabetes

A scientifically validated anti-diabetes herbal drug, named `BGR-34', was launched by a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratory in Lucknow on Sunday .

Publication Date: 
26/10/2015
Neha Shukla
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Diabetes, Herbal Medcine, Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), Medical Research, Drug Industry, Ayurveda, Health Care, Drugs, Health
Health

Affordable healthcare threatened! Concern for all stakeholders

The outrageous price rise of the 62-year-old drug, Daraprim (Pyrimethamine) has sent the United States medical fraternity into a dizzy. The price of the drug was raised from USD 13.50 to USD 750 per pill in just over a month. This obnoxious price rise of over 5,000% came after the New York-based pharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals acquired the patent for the drug from Impax Laboratories. (Editorial)

Original Source

Publication Date: 
25/10/2015
Samir K. Brahmachari, Nisha Chandran
Current Science
109
8
1375-1376
Tags:
Health Care, India, Health For All, Drugs, Patents, Drug Industry, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Public Sector, Government Of India (GOI)
Industry

Pharma cos team up to clean industry's image

50 Firms Vow To Follow Ethical Mktg Practices

Publication Date: 
19/10/2015
Rupali Mukherjee
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drug Industry, Drugs, Medical Research, Health Care
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by M/s. Anjan Drug Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 13/10/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Anjan Drug Private Limited Vs The Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Ors dated 13/10/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/s. Anjan Drug Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Judgement Date: 
13/10/2015
Tags:
Drug Industry, Industrial Pollution, Tamil Nadu, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Green panel okays Aurobindo Pharma's Telangana unit expansion

Environment Ministry's green panel EAC has approved drug maker Aurobindo Pharma's proposal to expand its bulk drugs facility in Medak district in Telangana, entailing an investment of about Rs 300

Publication Date: 
13/10/2015
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Telangana, Environment Clearance (EC), Medak, Drug Industry, Central Expert Appraisal Committee (CEAC), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Environment
Water Pollution

Time to get clean

Most nations have strict controls on environmental waste, from arsenic to zinc. Yet no legal limits have been set to control pollution from drugs during their manufacture, use and disposal. That is despite evidence that pharmaceutical waste can wreak havoc in the environment — hormones found in contraceptives cause male fish to grow female sex organs, and a painkiller used in livestock has wiped out millions of vultures in India that fed on the carcasses. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
08/10/2015
Nature
164
Tags:
Drug Industry, Waste Disposal, UNEP, Wastewater Treatment, Europe, Water Pollution, Global
Health

Judgement of the Delhi High Court regarding infringement patented anti diabetic drugs, India, 07/10/2015

Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation & Others Vs Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. dated 07/10/2015 regarding infringement of Merck Sharp's patented anti diabetic drugs sold under the brand name JANUVIA and JANUMET.

Judgement Date: 
07/10/2015
Tags:
Drugs, Drug Industry, Patents, Diabetes, High Court, India
Health

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding trademark for generic drug PROFOL, 05/10/2015

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Neon Laboratories Ltd. Vs Medical Technologies Ltd. & Ors dated 05/10/2015 regarding trademark for generic drug PROFOL.

Judgement Date: 
05/10/2015
Tags:
Drugs, Trademarks, Supreme Court, India, Drug Industry

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