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UNETHICAL CONDUCT IN MEDICINE
IMA urges review of Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt's ‘Suryaa’ promo, 'movie glorifies violence, generalises graft in medical field'The Indian Medical Association has raised concerns about the promotional video of the film 'Suryaa - Ant Se Aarambh Tak'. They believe it p...
Supreme Court orders Centre to respond to PIL on unethical clinical trials within four weeksThe Supreme Court has instructed the Centre to respond within four weeks to a PIL filed by Swasthya Adhikar Manch against unethical clinica...
NMC starts probe against doctors over AbbVie-sponsored foreign tripsThe National Medical Commission has launched an investigation into doctors whose foreign trips, funded by AbbVie Healthcare, breached the U...
Indian pharma can't afford to miss governance bus amid growth focusRegulatory clampdowns and legislative changes are likely to expose the governance fault lines of the companies in the sector. Investors in ...
Government to bar placebos in trials of new Covid jabsThe new protocol will have to be followed by vaccine makers like Gennova and others who are yet to start Phase III clinical trials of their...
Britain moves closer to COVID-19 vaccine trials that infect volunteersPreliminary work for the trials, which aim to speed up the process of determining the efficacy of a vaccine candidate, is being carried out...
Haryana government to file FIR against Fortis for negligence in dengue caseThe government also plans to suspend Fortis' blood bank licence and is writing to a permanent committee in the Haryana Urban Development Au...
I-T probes pharmaceutical company's nexus with doctorsThe department, in the past few days, carried out raids at 20 premises of USV India and three reputed doctors in Mumbai, and one each in Na...
Non-availability of generic drugs: Delhi High Court reserves order on PILHC reserved its order on a PIL seeking its direction to Centre to make available generic medicines & medical treatment to public at a reaso...
NPPA's latest price control measure may hurt Indian pharma industry in long runResorting to price control as the easy way to affordability could drive quality out of the market, if not drug availability.
Doctors call for reduction in cancer drug pricesAdvocating for lower drug prices is a necessity to save the lives of patients who cannot afford them,” said a research report backed by the...
Pharma companies adopt tough ethical normsAfter facing flak for illegal drug trials, and unethical marketing practices, the pharma industry seems to be pulling up its socks.
- Ombudsman proposed to deal with doctor-drug firm nexus
Drug companies plan to appoint an ombudsman to address allegations that these firms offer gifts and incentives to doctors to prescribe thei...
- Government to meet pharma companies, MCI to end freebies to doctors
The department of pharmaceuticals will meet drug manufacturers on Wednesday to discuss making the unethical drug marketing code mandatory.
- Pharma cos to disclose gifts to doctors
GSK to publish info on website, other MNC subsidiaries may follow suit.
- No more off-the-record human clinical trials
The government has mandated all human clinical trials being done in the country to be registered with the Indian Council of Medical Researc...
- Uniform ethical code for drug cos on anvil
The government has directed drug manufacturers to have a common code of conduct for marketing their medicines in the market.
- Gifts to docs: Govt to meet drug cos
Drug companies , that have been doling out freebies and sponsoring jaunts of doctors, may face problems with the government now stepping in...
- No probe into doctor-pharma nexus: Ramadoss
Union health minister A Ramadoss said doctors should follow their personal code of conduct and refrain from 'accepting perks or bribes'.
- Code of conduct for doctors announced
The Government on Saturday approved the regulations on professional conduct, etiquette and ethics for the doctors practicing allopathic med...