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NEW DELHI: In a major public health alert, India’s top drug regulator has flagged around 90 medicines—ranging from painkillers and antibiotics to cough syrups and vitamin supplements—being sold without approval, raising concerns over patient safety and gaps in enforcement.In a communication to all state drug controllers, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) said multiple…
Exactly one year after a special audit committee concluded that the pharma company AbbVie violated the Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices by spending almost Rs 2 crore to sponsor luxury vacations abroad for 30 doctors, no action has been taken. The ethics board of the National Medical Commission (NMC), that is supposed to take…
The health ministry recently told Parliament that the National Medical Commision (NMC) data shows there are 13,86,157 registered doctors in India, a number that is almost identical to the 13,86,136 it cited in the Lok Sabha in Aug last year. So, how could India have added just 21 doctors over the past year despite about…
