MEET TO DISCUSS QUALITY CERTIFICATION FOR DRUGS

Indian consumers worried about the quality of medicines they consume can take heart. The Centre is set to discuss quality certification for medicines similar to the ISI or Agmark approvals that one sees on food and other products. The task force was set up on the behest of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and had recently stirred up a hornet's nest in its discussion paper that suggested that doctors prescribe only generic medicines in certain categories. This would mean curbing the unethical promotions adopted by drug companies to promote their medicines through doctors.

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