Nepal drugs regulator bans sale of six critical antibiotics outside hospitals : Experts warn misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals and plants is fuelling a ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance (kp 13/03/2025)

Chinese-gifted 4 million Covid shots expired unused, now set for disposal : Three-member expert panel will oversee process to dispose of the Sinovac-CoronaVac doses that expired in December 2023 (kp 12/03/2025)

Department of Drug Administration reinforces red stripe label requirement for antibiotics (kh 04/03/2025)

Substandard medicines recalled, but many may have already been sold : Drug regulator says shoddy drugs may have already reached patients given the slow lab testing process, by Arjun Poudel (kp 05/02/2025)

Medicines that kill : The lives of millions of Nepalis who rely on quack medicines are on the line amid the state’s apathy (kh 15/01/2025)

Nepal drug regulator tells pharmacies to stop selling illegal food supplements and cosmetics : Threatens action for noncompliance, saying these products are costly, prescribed without assessing the need, and may cause more harm than good (kp 11/01/2025)

Choose Generic Drugs Over Brand-name Ones, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 31/12/2024)

What’s blocking Cetamol from reaching the market?, by Pawan Mudbhari (kh 29/11/2024)

What LDC graduation will mean for pharma industry : Domestic pharmaceutical companies say losing patent rights flexibilities will make medicines more expensive, as producing them would be costly, by Krishana Prasain (kp 06/10/2024)

Shady dietary supplements are fuelling heavy metal poisoning : Doctors warn that exposure to high levels of heavy metals can cause anaemia, weakness, kidney and brain damage, lung issues, skin disorders, and cancer, by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/09/2024)

KMC launching five fair-price pharmacies : Kathmandu Metropolitan City officials say the aim is to provide medicines at prices significantly lower than the maximum retail prices (kp 09/08/2024)

Nepal drugs regulator halts sales of Indian antibiotic injection Biotax 1gm : The antibiotic, vital for treating multiple infections, was found substandard in lab test (kp 18/06/2024)

Healing Nepal’s pharma industry : We can learn from Bangladesh’s experience in driving innovation and affordability in the pharmaceutical sector, by Sindhuj Thapa (kp 02/06/2024)

Under two percent medicines in the market tested in nine months : As drugs regulator is acutely short of staff, its lab is unable to perform timely tests, by Arjun Poudel (kp 03/05/2024)

Nepal drugs regulator to conduct on-site testing of medicines : Ensuring medicine quality remains a challenge due to chronic deficiencies at the Department of Drug Administration (kp 24/04/2024)

A taste of our own medicine : Made in Nepal medicines make up nearly half of all drugs used in the country but commercialisation and over-prescription still prevalent, by Yugeshwor Koirala (nt 19/04/2024)

Pandemic of drugs overuse : Indiscriminate prescriptions of steroids and antibiotics cause irreversible side effects in Nepal’s children, by Sagar Budhathoki (nt 20/04/2024)

Kathmandu metropolis plans running fair price pharmacies : Officials say the pharmacies will provide medicines at a cheaper rate than MRP (kp 28/03/2024)

Drug regulator seeks details of 98 types of free essential drugs : State-run health facilities throughout the country provide 98 types of medicines free of cost to patients, but none of the agencies in the country monitors their quality (kp 24/03/2024)

Drug regulator: Stop selling unregistered dietary supplements : Such unapproved products could cause more adverse health impacts than benefits, it warns (kp 09/03/2024)

KMC finds insulin, anti-rabies vaccine stored in malfunctioning refrigerators at numerous drug stores (rep 02/03/2024)

118 pharmacies operated against basic standards in KMC (rn 01/03/2024)

Different drugs, identical names. Nepal’s regulatory body is clueless : The drug regulator often recalls drugs when they are sold out or are close to expiry, by Arjun Poudel (kp 22/02/2024)

Hazard Of Over-the-counter Antibiotics, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rn 08/02/2024)

DDA orders recall of substandard paracetamol from market : The drug, which failed the test was manufactured by Lomus Pharmaceuticals and supplied to Nepal Army (kp 30/01/2024)

Palpa local unit turns to Chyawanprash production to promote health and wellness : Rambha Rural Municipality produces the Ayurvedic supplement using gooseberry, honey, jaggery, and ghee, by Madhav Aryal (kp 20/01/2024)