CCTV for prescription drug sales
Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

Health Ministry has proposed an amendment to the Drugs Rules, 1945, mandating CCTV surveillance at licensed premises dispensing prescription medicines and requiring recordings to be retained for a minimum period of three months.

Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Phenylephrine warning
Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Health Ministry has broadened warning-label requirements for all fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) containing Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride to protect children below four years of age.

Navi Mumbai Airport Drug Import Port
Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

Health Ministry has notified the Drugs (Ninth Amendment) Rules, 2026, adding Navi Mumbai Airport as a designated entry point for drug imports and increasing the total number of notified import ports to 42.

misleading discount ads by pharmacies
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court viewed that the power of the licensing authority to stipulate certain conditions while submitting applications for the grant of a licence cannot be said to be arbitrary or warranting an interference by this Court.

Prescription Mandatory for Cough Syrups
Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

With Drugs (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2026, notified, the Health Ministry has withdrawn cough syrups from the Schedule K exemptions, making a doctor’s prescription mandatory.

CDSCO Prohibits Injectable Cosmetics
Legislation UpdatesNotifications

CDSCO issued a notice clarifying cosmetic use, reaffirming that cosmetics are not medicines, are limited to external use, and cannot be injected.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that ‘Electro Homeopathy’ is not a recognized form of medicine, and its analysis does not fall within the jurisdictional purview of Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Delhi High Court dismissed Dabur's plea of passing an interim direction to stay the order of Advertising Standards Council of India and held that Dabur's product ‘Dabur Vita' was violating advertisement code.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that Medical Oxygen IP and Nitrous Oxide IP