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Diagnostic centers and pathological labs are the backbones of the health system and the entire treatment of a person depends on such clinical reports. Hence, it is important that the government takes appropriate measures in order to have quality diagnostic centres and pathological labs. PSM India founder director, Bejon Kumar Misra files a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking urgent action against all illegal pathological labs and diagnostic centers across Delhi. Read more on this and the Draft Charter of Patients’ Rights in PSM India Capsules.
While industry experts and stakeholders can submit suggestions on the ‘first-of-its-kind’ reference document that spells out standards for medical devices in the country till September 25, the Supreme Court prescribes pain relief for 15 banned combination drugs. DCGI invites suggestions for renaming CDSCO while the Ministry of Health notifies new draft rules for online sale of drugs. All this and more under Drug Laws and Policy Injections.
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PSM India founder director, Bejon Kumar Misra files public interest litigation (PIL) seeking urgent action against all illegal pathological labs and diagnostic centers across Delhi
New Delhi, 6 Sept 2018: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Delhi government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking urgent action against all illegal pathological labs a nd diagnostic centers across the region. The case will come up for hearing on September 17.
Draft Charter Of Patients’ Rights Released
If the draft Charter of Patients’ Rights released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare comes into force, patients will not just have the right to emergency medical care and informed consent, but will also have the right to non-discrimination, seek a second opinion and choose alternative treatment options, if available.
Drug Laws & Policy Injections
MoH Extends Date For Comments On Draft Guidance Document For Medical Devices Till Sept 25New Delhi, 10 Sept 2018: Industry experts and stakeholders can submit suggestions on the ‘first-of-its-kind’ reference document that spells out standards for medical devices in the country till September 25.
Supreme Court Prescribes Pain Relief For 15 Banned Combination Drugs New Delhi, 8 Sept 2018: The Supreme Court told the government it could not use a technical advisory body’s report to prohibit 15 types of combination medicines manufactured in India since before 1988, said lawyers present during the proceedings, providing relief to several pharmaceutical companies including Abbott, Cipla and Intas.
DCGI Invites Suggestions For Renaming CDSCONew Delhi, 7 Sept 2018: The DCGI has invited suggestions for renaming the country's drug regulator CDSCO in line with its expanded roles. In a public notice issued Thursday, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) said its name was given keeping its role when it was created, but the present nomenclature was not reflecting its roles and responsibilities.
DoP Finalises Modalities Of Interest Subvention Scheme On Loans To Help Pharma Units Upgrade To WHO-GMP StandardsNew Delhi, 3 Sept 2018: The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has finalised the modalities of an interest subvention scheme on sanctioned loans that would facilitate small pharmaceutical companies upgrade their technology and infrastructure to the World Health Organisation good manufacturing practice (WHO-GMP) standards.
MoH Notifies New Draft Rules For Online Sale Of DrugsNew Delhi, 1 Sept 2018: Online pharmacies will need to register with the government of India to sell medicines through the internet and will be bound a set of new draft rules that were notified by the health ministry recently.
Delhi HC Suspends Ban On Oxytocin Sale, Production Till OctoberNew Delhi, 31 Aug 2018: In a blow to the government, Delhi high court on Friday suspended for a month the ban it had imposed on private companies from manufacturing and selling of hormone drug oxytocin.
Pharma Injections
Lupin To Train Over 1,000 Graduates For Pharma IndustryNew Delhi, 6 Sept 2018: Pharmceutical giant, Lupin Limited expects to train more than 1,000 under graduates into pharma professionals by the year 2020 under its Learn and Earn Initiative, a senior company official said today. 
USP's Collaboration Helps Build Skill And Capability For Pharma Industry: Dr. Jayesh Ranjan Hyderabad, 7 Sept 2018: Stressing the need for continuous skill and capacity building training for the pharma professionals to maintain the highest standards of quality in pharma and biotechnology industry, Dr. Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary, Industries and Commerce and Information Technology, government of Telangana said that collaboration of pharma industry with United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) is vital as it is designed to help build skill and capacity for the industry.
State Panels To Track Hip Implant Patients Mumbai, 4 Sept 2018: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that State-level committees consisting of two orthopaedic surgeons or physical medical rehabilitation experts and one radiologist from government hospital, a representative from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and drug controller of respective States should be formed to identify patients who have received the faulty hip implant by pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson.
Pharma Factory Owner Among 6 Arrested In Drug Haul Case Phagwara, 2 Sept 2018: Six people including the owner of a pharmaceutical factory were arrested after a massive haul of drugs was seized from the unit during a raid, police said on Sunday.
Price Control, Regulatory Changes May Hit Pharma Mumbai, 2 Sept 2018: Pharma major Pfizer fears that the pharma industry may have to face challenges from price controls, ad-hoc regulatory changes and new policies that may impact sustainable growth.
Cardiac Procedures Costlier Here Than In Richer Countries NEW DELHI, 2 SEPT 2018: A comparison of costs of cardiac procedures across seven Asian countries has shown that most procedures were more expensive in India than in South Korea, a country with a per capita income five and a half times as high as India’s.
Drug Dopes
Updated LIST OF NEW DRUGS APPROVED FROM 01-01-2018 TILL DATE BY NEW DRUGS DIVISION, CDSCO, FDA Bhawan, New Delhi List of New Drug Approved by FDA 
India Must Put In Place A Regulation For Safe Disposal Of Unused Or Expiry Dated Drugs: Dr Sujit PaulBengaluru, 5 Sept 2018: India must put in place a practical process to tackle the threat of unused and expiry dated medicines. The government should mandate ‘Drug Take-Back programmes’, adopt safer methods to dispose of such medicines, said Dr Sujit Paul, managing director, StayHappi Pharmacy.
Seized Painkillers Turn Out To Be FakesNEW DELHI, 2 SEPT 2018: The seizure of 46,656 capsules of a pain-relief drug from three smugglers two days ago just took a more serious turn. The investigators discovered on Saturday that the seized pills were fake, and the capsules were being prepared, packed and supplied from a factory in Ghaziabad. The cops are determining whether the contents of the capsules are life threatening.
Over 3 Lakh Intoxicant Tablets, Powder Seized Phagwara, 1 Sept 2018: Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid on a pharmaceutical factory - Long Life Pharmaceutical Co - and seized a huge quantity of intoxicant powder and tablets here on Saturday late night.
3 Held For Selling Fake Medicines To AIDS, Cancer And Heart Patients New Delhi, 1 Sept 2018: Three men from Karnataka, who posed as doctors to target Delhi’s AIDS, cancer and heart patients and sold them fake Ayurvedic medicines worth lakhs of rupees, have been arrested, police said on Friday.
Painkillers For A High: Cops Bust Drug Racket NEW DELHI, 31 AUG 2018: Painkillers are the new source of pain for Delhi cops. The crime branch has busted an inter-state syndicate that was illegally supplying a drug called tramadol to youngsters in Delhi, Kolkata and Northeast states.
National Injections
Joint Surprise Check Carried Out By CDSCO At Gazipur, East Delhi To Unearth Misuse Of Oxytocin New Delhi, 9 Sept 2018: On 08.09.2018, based on information gathered by CDSCO through intelligence, a joint surprise check was carried out in various chemist shops, departmental stores and diaries in Gazipur, East Delhi by a team of officers of CDSCO and Drug control Department, NCT Delhi for search and seizure of unauthorized sale, distribution of Oxytocin.
CCI To Probe Pricing Ways Of Super Specialty Hospitals In National Capitalew Delhi, 6 Sept 2018: The Competition Commission will probe super specialty hospitals in the national capital for possible unfair pricing in services and products provided to their in-patients, according to an official release. After finding that "huge profit margins" are being earned by super speciality hospitals through "sale of products to the locked-in in-patients", the fair trade regulator has decided to widen the scope of the investigation.
Delhi HC Tells 1MG Not To Sell Amway Products In Violation Of Direct Selling Guidelines New Delhi, 5 Sept 2018: Justice Pratibha M Singh restrained 1MG and another independent seller selling products through the online platform from selling any Amway product either through the website or the mobile App and approach Amway India to seek written permission to sell its products as per the Direct Selling Guidelines, 2016.
CBI Raids Residences Of Health Minister Vijayabaskar, Top Cop New Delhi, 5 Sept 2018: The CBI on Wednesday raided 31 locations across Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore, including the premises of Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijaybhaskar, Tamil Nadu DGP TK Rajendran, Tamil Nadu DG (Fire and Rescue) S George, former minister BV Ramana and several officials of the Central excise department, food safety department and health department in connection with the multi-crore Gutkha scam.
US FDA Issues Draft Guidance On REMS For Multiple Prescription Drugs Including Biologicals Bengaluru, 31 Aug 2018: The US FDA has issued a draft guidance on the development of a shared system for risk valuation and mitigation strategy (REMS).
Top Pharma Company Brands Under Scanner For Spurious Drugs In J&K Srinagar, 28 Aug 2018: The Drug and Food Control Organisation (DFCO) has sent more than 100 samples of dubious drugs, most of them manufactured by top pharma companies, for tests after an alert on spurious drugs was issued in J&K by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).
Global Injections
China Drug Safety Body Finds No Problems In Inspections Of Vaccine Makers BEIJING, 7 SEPT 2018: China's drug safety body has found no problems in its inspection of 45 vaccine makers and will step up supervision of vaccine quality, it said on Friday, following a scandal that put children at risk.
Burnout Making Doctors Prescribe Wrong Medicines: Study London, 7 Sept 2018: Doctors with burnout are twice as likely to prescribe wrong medicines and make incorrect diagnoses, a large-scale study has found. The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, looked at 47 research papers which together analysed the responses of 43,000 doctors.
Patients Want More Information About Their Medicine
Washington D.C. [USA], 5 Sept 2018: According to a recent study, patients are looking for more information on the medicines they're prescribed and want a greater say in the brands they use.
Fluoxetine Antidepressant May Cause Antibiotic Resistance
Brisbane St Lucia, 7 Sept 2018: A key ingredient in common antidepressants such as Prozac could be causing antibiotic resistance according to new University of Queensland research.
Thousands Of Antibiotic Combinations Found To Be More Effective Than Predicted
Los Angeles, 4 Sept 2018: The general tenet when trying to identify drug combinations that are effective against resistant bacteria, is that using three or more antibiotics is unlikely to be any more beneficial than using just one or two, either because interactions between the different drugs would largely cancel out any benefits, or because any additional benefits would be insignificant.
T Cells May Help In The Development Of Immunotherapy For Cancer Patients
Washington D.C, 8 Sept 2018: Turns out, disease-fighting T cells, elicited from vaccines, do not require glucose for their rapid reproduction, which may help the development of immunotherapy for cancer patients, a new study has revealed. Researchers from CU Anschutz, along with colleagues from the Mayo Clinic and the University of Pennsylvania, examined T cells that arose in the body's immune system after they received a subunit vaccination - a vaccine that uses just part of a disease-causing virus.
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Fentanyl Continues To Take Canadian Lives In Record Numbers
September 10, 2018 : Global News reported that fentanyl continues to kill Canadians in record numbers. While authorities there are targeting fentanyl mailed into the country from China, a new trend of fentanyl being smuggled into the country by a vehicle in the eastern provinces has worsened the crisis.
Safe Savings Tip: Using Your Insurance At The Pharmacy Does Not Always Guarantee You The Best Price
September 7, 2018: PBS Newshour reported on the surprise one man felt after learning that paying cash for his wife’s prescription would have been far cheaper than running it through their insurance. Gretchen Liu suffered a transient ischemic attack while on a trip abroad. Once she returned home, her doctor prescribed telmisartan, a generic medication that helps to manage blood pressure.
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