Latest Central Drugs Laboratory News & Updates

New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has notified amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945, enabling the Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) at the Chaudhary Charan Singh-National Institute of Animal Health (CCS-NIAH), Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, to test 42 veterinary vaccines instead of just two, an official said on Saturday. The initiative is aimed at strengthening the country’s veterinary biological testing infrastructure, the official said in a statement.Before this amend…

New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Hyderabad-based drugmaker Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) on Saturday refuted claims by Australian health authorities over fake doses of its antirabies vaccine in India.Earlier this week, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation issued an alert that counterfeit batches of rabies vaccine Abhayrab have been circulating in India since November 2023.IIL has been manufacturing Abhayrab in India since 2000.In a statement, IIL “strongly refuted the over-cau…