KATHMANDU, March 27: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has instructed not to operate online pharmacies.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: The government has issued a directive to the consumers and stakeholders against using 103 types of antibiotics.

KATHMANDU, July 25: Government authorities have found extreme negligence in matters related to human health while monitoring pharmacies in the valley on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: The government has instructed pharmaceutical companies and drug dealers not to manufacture and sell the medicines that contain Ethylene Glycol and Di-ethylene Glycol compounds.

KATHMANDU, May 1: The government has permitted four companies to import 55,000 vials of Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has barred selling medicinal products using online platforms such as social media.

The government has already asked the Chinese company to submit the necessary documents including phase III trial data of the vaccine

KATHMANDU, Sep 28: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has imposed a ban on nine brands of hand sanitizers on Monday after finding inadequate concentrations of methanol in them.

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is planning to conduct a due diligence audit (DDA), for which it has called proposals from interested consultants.

KATHMANDU, March 12: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA), the drug regulating body of the country, is in a sorry state. However, the government has done nothing to restructure and empower it according to the spirit of federalism.

Among the 73 registered companies, only one company--Bhaskar Ayurved Company, Birgunj, has complied with the GMP- Santosh KC, senior drugs administrator at the DDA.

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Hundreds of pharmacies across the country are running without registration for years. However, the government has not taken any action against such stores.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: Following the misuse of Department of Drug Administration (DDA) locker facility by a representative of pharmaceutical company, the authority has introduced a raft of new rules to regulate such facility.